SATTSO

Honestly, then, I and many other TSOs allow more than that, then....

SATTSO

Because you, sir, dealt with an idiot.

squeakr

this happened to a FT'er a couple of years ago.

spd476

Only quart size bags are made of the special material that renders all liquids harmless. I think it's the same material that the trashcans and trash bags are made from that all of the surrendered liquids are thrown away in next to the checkpoint.

It's interesting that a quart bag holds more than a quart of liquid. Of course you can't just put only liquid in a bag though. The magical 3.4 oz bottles that are required also render liquids harmless. The bottles also confuse terrorists because they don't realize they can combine their liquids after the checkpoint.

cordelli

I saw a woman get asked to remove all her stuff from her quart sized freezer bag and put it into one of their quart sized bags because the freezer bag was tinted blue. So apparently they must douse the bags with some kind of ray to render the contents harmless, and whatever they use can not get through the blue tinted plastic of the freezer bags.

She was actually pretty funny about it in her use of the word "really" in confirming her stuff would be magically less dangerous in a regular plastic bag instead of the freezer ones.

There are zip close clear (and colorless) plastic bags in sizes from the usual 8 x 8 or whatever size your brand uses to bags for things like posters that can be 2 x 30 (also about a quart). Imagine showing up with all your stuff in a three foot long clear plastic resealable tube.

Most places it probably wouldn't matter, but to just drive that one nutcase crazy.

janetdoe

YGBFKM!

Oooh, I want to try it. Maybe I can fill my tube-bag with frozen shampoo, so it's not liquid, even if they object to my baggie.

N1120A

There are countries that actually do limit the total number of milliliters. I think you can only take 900 ml though HKG.

BruceyBonus

Is there a limit to the number of items that can be included in the carry on liquid bag?

I have a 20cm x 20cm bag containing about 25 items, totalling 700ml. All are less than 100ml. The bag is massively bulging, but the clip at the top stays shut.

Would this be allowed?

(Before anyone asks what I'm carrying, it's sachets of a food item that a friend can't seem to buy outside the UK plus my usual bathroom products. I'm staying within the EU, so no customs issues. I don't have any checked in bags.)

TWA884

I've merged your question into a thread discussing the same topic. Please review the earlier messages.

I usually travel with a liquids bag that's on the verge of bursting. I have never had an issue taking it through security in the US, Mexico, the EU, the UK or Israel.

TWA884
Travel Safety/Security co-moderator

stifle

If everything's the right size and the bag closes, you're good.