Originally Posted by
ORDofcr
You may bring a bottle of contact solution that is over 3.4 ounces if you are saying it is medically necessary. Remove it from your bag, claim your exemption. It will be screened via some sort of liquid screening and if it passes the test you are permitted to take it inside and on board with you. I have only told one person they couldn't take their contact solution, it was over sized and alarmed liquid screening, I told her it was going to alarm and when it did she would be subject to SSSS screening; She said "I want you to test it." There simply isn't enough personnel to do additional screening on every persons water bottle or can of hairspray.
Don't test the system. You will end up like that Hays woman with her civil fine for interference. There are Civil Fines associated with "testing the system."
Do you know if it was saline or not?
I ask because I'm a hard contact lens wearer and I'm unable to use saline solution for my contacts, so I can't exactly run the risk of having my solution discarded for any reason. Yes, if I'm traveling domestically, I can improvise while airside and can get to a Target, Wal-Mart or other store of that nature to find my solution upon arrival, but if I'm traveling internationally...I'm not willing to take that much of a risk.
In case you're not aware, hard contact lenses require separate cleansing and conditioning solutions...the cleansing solution I use isn't a problem for the TSA, since the biggest container is only 1 oz., but my conditioning solution's largest bottle is 4 oz. Yes, they make smaller bottles, but it's in a "travel kit" and I find it silly to buy the kit (which is almost the same price as one full size bottle of conditioning solution) just for a travel sized bottle of my conditioning solution.