Originally Posted by L-1011
There is a link to AA's CoC posted here and I looked at that one. Where does it say lighters and matches are prohibited? I just scrolled quickly through the baggage section and didn't see anything about it. There is a sentence that refers to an AA Ticket Office for more information, but I don't call that "contained in the CoC".
You're right that it does not appear to be specified in the CofC page
per se, but it is on a different
page on the website.
Safety Matches and/or a Lighter may only be carried on your person. However, "strike-anywhere" matches, lighters with flammable liquid reservoirs and lighter fluid are forbidden. There is a maximum of 4 books and 2 lighters per person.
But like I said who bothers to look this stuff up before flying ? Some (most ?) airports have signs by the checkin and/or security checkpoint indicating prohibited items, but as our TSA contributors rightly observe, passengers don't read signs either
