Originally Posted by
RussianTexan
That being said, of the options RadioGirl gave me, the best-sounding one seems to be burying it in my carry-on bag & hoping they're flirting and being goofy. How is this "risky", by the way? It's a sealed bottle of BBQ sauce, what are they gonna do? It barely qualifies as a liquid, it's got pepper in it and other solids, hahaha.
If they do find it and harass me for it, what happens? I'll just be forced to check the bag in, right? Or shall something more devious and evil at the hands of a sinister cabal occur?
If they find the sauce, they
will declare it a liquid and not allow you to carry it through. (According to TSA, peanut butter is a liquid.
) My only experience in Texas was a transit at DFW in about 1993, so I don't know how likely they are to find it at your particular airport.
In
theory, if they find it, they should offer you the chance to go back and check in your bag; in
practice, it has been widely reported here that TSA droids simply slam-dunk your bottle of "liquid" into the Rubbermaid trashcan before you have a chance to contemplate your other options. Again, I have no idea how likely this is at your airport.
So my mention of "risk" was simply that you might lose the sauce.
Originally Posted by
RussianTexan
I'm transiting via Atlanta...
If you have to go through security again in ATL, you double the chances that they'll find the bottle or that they'll trash it.
I'd go with the box and bubble-wrap solution.
