TSA tips for holiday travel

The TSA expects that Sunday will be the busiest day at BTV.

Travelers may bring wrapped gifts in their luggage; however, if a wrapped gift alarms, appears to have been tampered with, or poses other security concerns it may need to be unwrapped for additional screening.

With an improving economy and lower fuel prices, the number of people hitting the road this year will be the most in years, according to forecasts.

“Holiday travelers and deer hunters should consider avoiding I-41 and WIS 172 in Brown County and use alternate routes before and after the Packer game”, the DOT said in the statement.

At the Burlington worldwide Airport in South Burlington, the federal security director said his staff is working with the State Department to adhere to the global alert. There’s also already increased security following the Paris attacks. Passengers who violate this rule will also cause delays for themselves and those who are in line behind them. Passengers should arrive two hours ahead of their flight.

To prove their point, the TSA laid out at least 100 items that passengers attempted to board with.

Dane County Regional Airport directors said no security changes will be noticeable to fliers there, though. All of these items were found here at the Sacramento global Airport in the last few days. Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines Inc.is going one better: it urges worldwide travelers to arrive with 3 hours to spare.

Airlines for America, an industry trade group, expects more than 25 million passengers to travel on USA airlines between November 20 and December 1. The group took credit for placing a bomb on a Russian jet that blew up over Egypt on October 31, killing 224.