Security Seals Replace
Luggage Locks For Air Travelers Checking Baggage:
Locks Still Needed at All Other Times!
 Wheeling,
Illinois—CCL Security Products, a unit of
The Eastern Company of Naugatuck, Connecticut,
introduced Prestoseals™ at the Travel Goods
Show this past Spring in Las Vegas.
Disposable, inexpensive, one-time-use vandal-detection
products, Prestoseals replace luggage locks at
airports at check-in time. Prestoseals prevent
the loss of a luggage lock if Federal Transportation
Security Administration (TSA) Agents need to hand
search luggage following its trip through the
electronic screening process.
TSA Agents currently have the authority to cut-off
locks on pieces of luggage needing more thorough
inspections. Prestoseals by design, cannot be
removed without destroying its one-time use security
feature. Travelers affix Prestoseals in the same
areas where luggage locks are used. If the Prestoseal
is not present when a traveler retrieves his or
her luggage, and by law, if a Federal TSA Seal
has not been used to re-seal the luggage, it means
that an unauthorized person has gone through the
luggage. (TSA Agents are also required to leave
an official TSA Notice of Inspection inside any
piece of luggage, which was hand-searched out
of the view of the traveler).
At this point, travelers are urged to take their
luggage to a security person to determine if anything
is missing, or worse yet, to determine if anything
has been added to the luggage.
CCL Security Products then recommends that a
Prestolock® Combination Luggage Lock be used
to secure the luggage as it is transferred to
hotels, via shuttles, or other commercial vehicles.
The Prestolocks are also important at hotels at
check-in as well as securing important items or
documents inside luggage during room stays. Items
of great value, of course, should only be stored
in room safes, or in hotel safe deposit areas.
Prestoseals are available in 3 versions: Mini,
Deluxe and Rugged Luggage Seals.
Mini Luggage Seals are recommended for small
bags or back-packs. The Deluxe Seals were developed
for larger over-night bags, and luggage which
is normally too large to be considered carry-on.
Rugged seals were developed for large pieces of
luggage, trunks, photo-cases, tool carriers, golf
club bags and display cases.
The three Prestoseal versions help prevent surreptitious
entry into checked luggage by unauthorized people
at airports or where-ever TSA Agents are present
or where screening devices are used. Luggage locks
should be used by travelers to secure their travel
pieces everywhere else.
Prestoseals and Prestolocks may be purchased
at Luggage Dealers and at Locksmith Shops across
the United States.
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