

I departed from Shenzhen to Beijing on board China Southern where I connected with a flight from Beijing to Dubai via Doha on board Qatar Airways.





I remember very clearly exchanging $100 USD in Shenzhen airport and I saw the money then ($5000 total in Canadian dollars and Arab Emirates dirhams). The money was in my travel wallet that I always keep inside my laptop and business documents bag which is **LOCKED** by a combination travel lock that never leaves my sight unless it's in the overhead bin during flight.

Police in Qatar were very quick to act when I reported the robbery inside Doha Airport as I was waiting for my connecting flight to Dubai. They singled out two Chinese nationals suspects, apparently with a previous history, but it was too late since they were already in the air on board their respective connecting flights. They said that there are more and more complaints of mid-flight thefts nowadays on flights originating from China because they are long night flights where people are tired and asleep. I also suspect the China Southern flight to be the place where the robbery may have occurred.

I know that some of you might say I should always carry my money on me personally. The problem is, I've heard of so many pick pocketing cases that I don't really feel safe when carrying stuff in my pocket unless it's buried deep in my inner jacket pockets. Moreover, my business partner had his wallet stolen in Shenzhen which reinforced my belief that my money would be safe in my bag. I've been flying to China for years now and I never had an incident until lately.







I'm also extremely disappointed with the Chinese police when we reported my partner's wallet theft near Lo Wu in Shenzhen. They did not help us at all and they even refused to look in the CCTV logs after we gave them an exact timeline of where we were that day. They dismissed the case as if it was nothing and they played dumb using the language barrier as an excuse.





Be careful people and I hope this never happens to anyone else!

(story courtesy of /u/rj_yul )





>How did they open your business documents bag mid flight? Did they steal the bag itself or just the money?

Just the money. My best guess is they had a TSA master key that can open travel locks or something like that.







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/u/kendo81:

I'll add my story. Flying from SH to Tokyo, then back to US (was visiting friends/relatives) in 2014 on Spring Air. It was an early flight from SH, so quickly fell asleep. Was wearing a hoodie and had my cell phone (Moto X gen 1) in my hoodie pocket. Woke up once and noticed the guy seated behind me leaning uncomfortably close to the gap between my seat and the empty one next to me (I was on the window). Didn't think much of it, went back to sleep. When we landed in Tokyo, I noticed that my phone wasn't in my pocket. I figured I would look under seats, in my carry-on, etc. while everyone got off plane. Even had all the attendants looking. Never found it. I have no doubt it was the man sitting behind me. I never understood why he would risk so much for phone, cuz if he was caught, he would have nowhere to run. Worst part was losing all the photos I took with it, since I was waiting to get wifi to back up to cloud. Cost me 250 to get a new phone, but definitely learned to keep all variables buried deep in pants pocket or in a safety pouch. Sorry to hear OP.





/u/rebirth_of_the_cool:

This is why I keep emergency travel cash in a pocket in my underwear. Come feel my balls thieves.

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