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  Ed Wetschler November 16, 2011 at 11:28pm

  I wasn't changing planes, Darryl. I stayed in Auckland for a few days (SATW board of directors meeting) before going back to the airport for the Wellington flight.
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  Darryl Musick November 16, 2011 at 11:21pm

  Ed, did you leave the secure zone when you changed planes?
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  Ed Wetschler November 16, 2011 at 11:20pm

  I've kept my shoes on plenty of times, too, but I've never flown anywhere within the U.S. or even Europe without going through some kind of security. Is it possible that they didn't check your ID because you were wearing that red dive suit?
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  Allan Lynch November 16, 2011 at 11:02pm

  Ed,

   

  We don't take off our shoes in Canada, unless we're flying to the US. And I haven't had to take off my shoes in Europe. Interestingly, last October I flew JFK to the DR and didn't have to produce any photo ID. I've flown Denver to Chicago, Chicago to Washington and a couple of times through JFK and Newark and never had to produce a photo ID. I could never get on a plane in Canada without a photo ID, even when flying domestically.
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  Ed Wetschler November 16, 2011 at 9:57pm

  I'm fascinated by the security rules in New Zealand: No need to take off your shoes or show your ID. In fact, flying from Auckland to Wellington, there was no security gate at all. Is this a lack of hysteria or a surfeit of complacency?  
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  Tony Abreu May 6, 2011 at 6:53pm

  On the same page Travel Weekly said that ARC reported a 39% increase in ticket refunds.

  http://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/Air-ticket-ref...

  Initial data revealed a 39% increase in refunds on Monday and Tuesday compared with the same two days a week earlier, ARC said. There were 33,518 ticket refunds on May 2 and 3, up from 24,146 the week before.
  
  Refunds processed on May 2 and 3 represented 2.6% of the 1.3 million outstanding air tickets during the two days, up from 1.9% of the 1.2 million outstanding tickets during April 25 and 26.
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  David Paul Appell May 6, 2011 at 6:17pm

  It appears bin Laden's death is not affecting travel as much as some feared. Here's a note from Travel Weekly this week:

   

  "A nervous travel industry this week reflected on how the death of Osama bin Laden might affect consumers' attitudes toward traveling abroad, nearly 10 years after the Sept. 11 attacks he masterminded changed the industry forever. 
  
  For the most part, agents, operators, hoteliers and security experts alike appeared to believe that the greatest disruption in travel had occurred a decade ago; everything since has been par for the course. 
  
  If anything, they reported finding themselves reassured by the reaction — non-reaction, actually — of the traveling public. "