Had a really bad experience boarding return flight to the US from BLR. The gate agent refused to allow all edible items in checked baggage - packaged sweets/snacks/dry spices. As a result, I had to board with just one of my 2 checked bags and ended up having to mail out my other suitcase to family in India at great expense. The gate agent at Etihad said this was due to US preclearance requirements. Any one else have similar issues? I just will never be using this airline again!