[Millee]

If he wins his suit, I suspect there will be more $7,000 lost ring claims.

BTW - I never take my jewelry off to go through the scanners, do you?

[hattend]

BTW - I never take my jewelry off to go through the scanners, do you?

Nope. Keys and change, that's it. If the alarm goes off after that, I will remove my watch. Otherwise, I always keep jewelry on my person.

[ut1992]

I fly at least 100+k miles a year (US & Overseas) and have NEVER taken off, or been asked to take off, my class ring (you know..the big UT-Austin kind), or more recently my "Shields of Faith" dog-tags.

Only once did security ever "alert" to my dog-tags, and this was in Hong Kong if I remember correctly...coulda' been Singapore. I was asked to pull them out from under my shirt. The customs officer asked if I was U.S. military and I told him no, and that was that.

When I travel I always leave my nice watch that my better-half gave me at home and wear a $25 "dive" watch instead. That way if it "grows legs" during security no big deal.

However, you will not separate me from my laptop. I've exchanged words with a few TSA'ers wanting me to put my laptop on the scanner, with 10 people ahead of me waiting to walk through the metal detector...no way!!!