PLEASE HELP! I lost my wallet and can't get home

[alarimer]

I came to minnesota yesterday. I am in Mankato visiting my grandmother and I lost my wallet (including my ID)
Which means I will not be able to get on the plane Monday. In order to get a new license I have to be in Texas
where I live and all my documents are. Unless they can find my wallet (which I know I left at the checkout at Cubs Foods)
I am stuck here until whenever. I am scared and pissed off.

[Rising Phoenix]

1. good wallet finding vibes to you!

good luck

[matcom]

2. you need to get to Texas?

you better call your foreign consulate

j/k

sorry. not sure how I can help

[LaraMN]

3. Kick!

Uh-oh!

[BrotherBuzz]

4. Report the loss to the police, and get a copy of the report

It's a start, and it might just let you fly if you allow enough time to play the game with the boys.

[Gormy Cuss]

5. Call the TSA and ask.

Also I agree with BrotherBuzz. File a report with the police and get a copy. It can't hurt.

Here's a TSA contact page. Check "travelers' assistance"
http://contact.tsa.dhs.gov/default.aspx

[alarimer]

8. I can't find a phone number on there

I am using a crappy old browser so maybe that's why. Nothing shows up the way it should.

Never mind. I found it.

[coffeenap]

10. This is the number from the site--hope you can read it!

Travel Assistance
If you are encountering problems obtaining a boarding pass, please contact the TSA Contact Center.

Phone: [phone] toll-free
E-mail: [e-mail]

[Sgent]

6. They should let you fly

but you'll be subject to secondary screening.

[alarimer]

7. I have no ID at all at this point

No photo id, not even a credit card with my name on it. I do not see how they will let me fly.

[VenusRising]

9. You can get a replacement Texas license online.

You might even be able to call the DPS and let them know. We had to get my husband's replaced from Ohio before.

Good luck!

[AmyDeLune]

11. Kick! n/t

[alarimer]

12. UPDATE: Turned out to be much ado about NOTHING

I feel utterly stupid. The good news is I found my wallet but not until after about 6 hours of drama. It was, in fact, in the only place in the rental car I had not checked, which was the compartment beneath the center arm rest.

I cannot possible explain how embarrassed I feel right now to have panicked for essentially no reason. I appreciate all the advice I was able to see. In fact I could have gotten on the plane. The man at TSA said it should be okay as long as I had my old boarding passes, which I did. But for some reason I hit full-blown panic mode where nothing makes any sense at all and reason goes right out the window.

In my defense I was down here visiting my grandmother in a nursing home and it was kind of sad and stressful. I am sure I will talk more about that later when I am home.

Thank you all.

[Heidi]

13. Good for you, alarimer!

I've been in that place of panic before (misplaced passport, misplaced Permanent Resident/Work permit . . . and so on), and the relief in finding them defies words.

[LaurenG]

14. I did the same thing two days ago.

I figured I'd lost it somewhere between the office and the parking garage but it had slipped between the seat and door on the passenger side of the car. R E L I E F, and suddenly I could breathe better. I am happy you found it.

[Lisa]

15. what a relief!

Feeling embarrassed is MUCH less of a pain than having to deal with lost ID, though. And at least your thread got some useful info on what to do if this happens to any of us.

[alarimer]

17. Yes and now I know I could still have flown

I guess people have wallets and IDs stolen all the time so there has to be some provision for people to get home if that happens.

[VenusRising]

16. What great news!!

Losing your wallet is a very scary thing.

My husband and I were driving from Ohio to Texas to visit his parents, and we got to Indiana and needed gas. My husband could not find his wallet with the only debit card it in. All we had was a check book. So, after rifling through everything packed in the truck, we pull off the interstate and into a gas station. My husband was going to call his parents and tell them we had to go back home to get the wallet, which by this time he is positive he left on the coffee table. So, I'm sitting in the car while my husband goes to the pay phone and 30 seconds later he comes over and taps my window with his wallet. It was in his athletic pants in the front pocket. He felt it hitting his leg when he was walking to the phone, and because he wasn't used to wearing them, he wasn't used to the very deep pockets.

We laugh now, but I was not relishing pushing the truck all the way back to Ohio.

I'm glad your story turned out okay.

[Skittles]

18. well thank you for the tip

that's always been a nightmare scenario of mine, losing my license before my return trip - I will definitely be holding on to those boarding passes