clkelley

OK, just realized, I have a gel wrist rest and gel keyboard rest that lives in my laptop case. Flying US domestic tomorrow. Does anybody else here have those and have had problems with them being a carryon item??

Thanks,

Carol

ob1

Hmmm - now this is very off IMHO. Being screen when you arrived assuming this was final destination. Why? They complain they can't cope wiht the existing workload - why woud they add an irrelevant screenign to passengers arriving - unless this was customs in which case Why oh why woud they confiscate shaving cream......
Enourmous SIGH - it is a mess and unfortunatlye has nto added to safety IMHO

Boraxo

I think this thread should be closed or at least unstickied as much of the info is dated and no longer accurate due to the recently revised rules..

Advance The Man

I am an infrequent traveler and finally found the accepatable list by TSA. Hope this helps someone, I spent 10 minutes searching if I can bring my laptop and other miscelaneous items. I'd think this link will always be up to date.

ptony101

Since I can't find some of the liquids I use in 3 oz sizes, I bought some small travel containers at a local camping store. I filled one of them, which probably holds about 1.5 oz, with shaving cream and left for my next trip.

Out of BDL, the pre-screener didn't take any notice (but did note my 4 oz bottle of saline). The screener at the x-ray pulled it and wouldn't let it through. The problem was it didn't have a manufacturer's label with the size printed on it. Although it was obviously less than 3 oz, being the same as a hotel size complimentary shampoo bottle, and was so acknowledged by the screener, she wouldn't let it go; "those are the rules". Well, I don't see anything on the TSA website that says it has to be in an original, manufacturer's labeled bottle but I guess it must be true...

So, if you're planning to "pour your own", watch out. I'm not sure if it would be OK to use a bottle that had a volume stamped on the bottom (mine didn't).

stc

I wish Keith Olbermann would start ripping this situation too. Unfortunately I suspect he is busy with more important things. Maybe Dilbert will pick up on this more.

-Good night and good luck

rove312

At some airports, the only exit from customs is into the sterile area, so even people exiting to the street get a screening. I don't know if this is the case at ATL.

ob1

More on limits - even almost finished versions won't help - it has to say <3oz it will be taken....

ob1

Well that does make sense as to why you would be screened..... but why drop people out into the secure area. Certainly the UK and the US have rules that say no matter where you were screened if it was not "our" country then you must go through screening again - if you are flyign on one of the flights departing from "our" country.

rove312

I think it's logistically difficult with the architecture of some terminals. Customs has been put by a gate area where they can bring wide-bodies, and sometimes that's far from the front terminal area, so people need to go through a gate concourse to exit. I think the big reason for screening pax connecting internationally is that they had access to their checked luggage, rather than not trusting the other country's screening. When people connect from Canadian airports that have U.S. customs, they've just had Canadian security screening. I guess their procedures are coordinated with TSA, but when I was last screened in Canada in May 2005, they told people not to take their shoes off.

LouiseMc

Without going through all the previous posts, I have a question I hope someone can answer. I would like to put a few items in a plastic bag in my purse so I don't have to get my carryon bag down during my flights - I have 5 starting this evening. Am I allowed items in a plastic bag in my purse and also in my carryon or am I just allowed one - period? Thanks for any help.

iff

Or else "pour your own" into regular brand-name travel-sized product containers which you have emptied of their original contents... As far as I know, they're not checking inside to see whether that little Pantene or whatever brand bottle holds conditioner or shaving cream.

iff

The official rules: TSA Permitted Items List

You are allowed to carry on ONE quart-sized zip-top bag with your permitted products. It doesn't matter whether it's in your purse or your carry-on or your pocket; you are allowed one only.

flyzabit

Previous Question: What exactly is a solid deodorant? Well, tell El Paso that. My green Mennen SpeedStick from an old Continental remain-over-night amenity kit was taken away because "it is a gel". This was on Day T+3 of the baggie-carnival-before-return-to-liquids. My current 3 oz. stick is in my bag, but it doesn't fit nicely in my kit...

studentff

Some airports such as ATL are so poorly designed that there is no way to exit the international arrivals area (i.e., customs hall) without passing through the departure sterile area (i.e., gate area). Since foreign screeners are not trusted, even passengers at their final destination have to pass through TSA screening to get into the gate area to eventually reach the exit.

If I understand correctly, this process also means passengers that are not connecting must claim their luggage at customs, re-check it with the airline, and then claim it again after passing through the sterile area, since you can carry neither multiple bags nor many common everyday items (pocket knives, water) through a TSA checkpoint. I have no idea how this process works with duty-free items purchased on the international flight, which would not have a checked-bag tag and could not be carried through the TSA checkpoint because of the water ban.

Though I haven't suffered it myself, this process must be enormously frustrating for passengers. To my knowledge there has not been a court case dealing with a passenger who refused to go through the additional screening. A smart agent would avoid an altercation with such a passenger by simply providing them an escort out of the airport, but such smarts are uncommon at US airports.