Guide to TSA Approved Travel Locks
75Before stowing your bags under the plane your bags will need to be checked by TSA. Usually they will screen your bag with an x-ray, but sometimes the TSA agents will actually need to open your bag to inspect to inside. This is where TSA Approved Locks are helpful. They allow agents to open the lock with their special keys and relock it, so it is safely secure for the rest of the journey.
TSA's job is to screen each passenger's baggage before they allow it to be placed on the plane. TSA worked with several companies to develop a universal standard of locks so that master keys could open the locks and allow passengers to also lock their bags without interfering in TSA's operations.
TSA Locks have either the Travel Sentry or Safe Skies mark. These certify that the lock is guaranteed to be a TSA lock.
The TSA List of Locks
The following locks are certified to be TSA approved:
American Tourister Accessories
Atlantic Luggage
Austin House Travel Essentials
Brinks
Brookstone Easy Check
Delsey Luggage
Eagle Creek Travel Safe
EasyGo
eBags
Franzus Travel Smart
Kenneth Cole Luggage
Lewis N Clark Magellan's
Master Lock
Pacsafe by Outpac
Prestolock SearchAlert
Royal Traveller by Samsonite Accessories
Samsonite Accessories
Samsonite Luggage
Sharper Image
Target Embark
Tumi Luggage
Voltage Valet
Benefits to owning a TSA lock
Keep your bags locked and secure.
The locks come in different sizes to fit different bags.
Only TSA Agents have the keys to unlock them.
Negatives to owning a TSA lock
The locks cost more than usual locks.
Anyone who has a TSA key can unlock your bag.
Where to buy TSA approved locks?
TSA approved locks can be found in most places where locks are sold. This includes Target, Wal-Mart, and Ace Hardware
Travelsentry.org has a listing of all the places where these locks are sold as well as a listing of the different types of Sentry locks.
TSA Approved Lock
Video Guide to Setting a TSA Lock
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What do you do when TSA STEALS your locks? There is no recourse on that one!
Fabulous Video, It is more clear that the instructions provided with the lock package...
Thank you for this post. Now I can show this to my customers!
How do I set the TSA lock that is built in on a Samsonite suitcase that I just bought? It is now set at 0-0-0, but I can't see how to reset it to my preferred combination.
Bought a lock, matched it to my luggage, worried about the code, set said code, placed on luggage, locked, blocked code, delivered it to luggage area with a feeling of security~ Got to final destination only to have no lock. It had the TSA emblem on it, just needed a simple key or code, no hassle, right? Well, not when you're busy, I guess. Trying to retrieve my lock now... or reimbursement.
Mine is from plastic, the instructions are different from the film and neither the procedure shown in the film, nor that one on the manual that comes with the lock do work
It was delivered with a SAMSONITE bag !
mine is plasitc... im not able to pull it back up :(
thank you so much.. the instructions in the package are misleading, thanks to this video i was able to set two locks. Thks!!
the airline did not reset it so I am not able to lock it...do I need to get this done at the airport now?
I bought a TSA lock in 2009 in New York. But now I have forgotten the combination numbers and thus unable to use it. Please help.
shanta, if it's a 3-digit lock, you can simply try all combinations from 000 to 999. You'll get quicker as you try more numbers.
Hola Shanta, si eres la persona que creo???? Si es así recibe afectuosos saludos
Debbie 3 years ago
FABULOUS!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you so very much. Reading the instructions provided with the lock didn't get me anywhere. I have successfully changed the combination on my locks due to your instruction video.
Thank you again.