Originally Posted by
ilya7x
It is not an option to buy 3.4 oz bottles in my city (all I can find is 2.4oz at Target) I dug deep in my bathroom and found a bunch of small lotion bottles. One is a bottle still with the label (3.4 oz scented lotion). I have a few other bottles that are slightly shorter, I think 3 oz but it does not say 3 oz anywhere on the bottle. Also some little white non-see through containers I presume to be less than .5 oz (they were sample sun screens)
Is this okay? (I need to divide 4- 4oz organic sunscreens into smaller bottles) I called TSA (they took down my first and last name, why?)
and they said it's up to the checkers "discretion"?
Also anyone here have experience ask another stranger flying to hold their quart size liquid bag for them? No way all my stuff will fit in just ONE. >=/
Thanks for any advice. ESpecially in the next couple hours because I am leaving in the next 15 hours
I
have had bottles confiscated because they weren't labelled - even though they were in a baggie with other (slightly larger) bottles that
were clearly labelled. TSO just told me that was procedure (ie, "checker's discretion", aka, 'whatever they feel like doing'.
Absolutely no way someone else should be holding anything of yours or vice versa. Way too much at risk.
What kind of baggie are you using? If you use the ones with the little sliding 'zipper', they seem to hold a bit more.
I've had a TSA ask for my BP and ID just to get a comment card. One supervisor in LIH used to log the information of anyone who opted out. This is always 'just' for their records. I suspect Nappy never gave up on her idea of a 'domestic extremist' database, and that's probably where all this information will end up.
The best part? When I wanted the comment card, it was actually to praise a competent, respectful screener. I don't do that any more. If the price of complimenting a screener is to get an entry in a TSA database, forget it.