These discussions have helped me so much! I have learned that some shops are really much easier than I have made them out to be. And that some shops are, well, just not for me. I will bring a book and my music and try to relax through the travelling ordeal. I can do shops when I get to LA and not have to stress about airport shops. Seriously, thank you so much for helping me out here.

icloud is a mac exclusive storage system based totally online

dropbox is basically the same but you have to download the software onto whatever you need to use it on

icloud comes with all current mac devices and does not need to be downloaded...

as to smashing things up in the wallet... yes thats me... i try to fold them neatly but it often does not work...

if you have an android phone camscanner is an app that you can download in the marketplace for free... works really good... i am very tempted to go on some road trips once my car is inspected... specially with all this mild weather...

cooldude: an android camscanner? what does it do? jersey

Where's Flash been?

Jersey, I've done several airport shops in LA and they are not bad but as Steve said each terminal has a separate security so you really need to know for sure which terminal you are landing in and which terminal the shop is in. I asked a msc once which terminal as it was not advertised in the ad and they had no idea. If you are landing late at night there's a good chance you might not find any shops as the ones I have seen have early "closing" times. All that said, I have not done any airport shops on a day I am actually flying, just too much worry the plane will be late, etc. If you are landing in Long Beach by any chance, the shops there go begging every month and are currently bonused. It is too far for me to drive but every month I think about it for a minute or two. Don't stress about LAX for your travels. I find it a very easy airport to deal with. But then again I am originally from NY and LAX is so small compared to the NY airports (and Chicago and Philly). There was some terminal switching a few months back when Southwest combined with another carrier and had to expand their space but I think they are done now.

Hi Sandyf. thanks so much. I am going to be landing and taking off from LAX. Not sure if Long Beach is in the stars for anything, but if you could PM me and let me know which MSCs have shops in that area, I would appreciate it. My son says he will drive me around a couple of times, especially if the shops are someplace we might visit any way. I think he is planning a trip to San Diego while I am visiting. Thanks again!!!

sandyf Wrote:
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> Jersey, I've done several airport shops in LA and
> they are not bad but as Steve said each terminal
> has a separate security so you really need to know
> for sure which terminal you are landing in and
> which terminal the shop is in. I asked a msc once
> which terminal as it was not advertised in the ad
> and they had no idea. If you are landing late at
> night there's a good chance you might not find any
> shops as the ones I have seen have early "closing"
> times. All that said, I have not done any airport
> shops on a day I am actually flying, just too much
> worry the plane will be late, etc. If you are
> landing in Long Beach by any chance, the shops
> there go begging every month and are currently
> bonused. It is too far for me to drive but every
> month I think about it for a minute or two. Don't
> stress about LAX for your travels. I find it a
> very easy airport to deal with. But then again I
> am originally from NY and LAX is so small compared
> to the NY airports (and Chicago and Philly).
> There was some terminal switching a few months
> back when Southwest combined with another carrier
> and had to expand their space but I think they are
> done now.