For Christmas this year, I decided to get my mom a few bottles of her favorite wine--which cannot, as far as I can tell, be purchased in MN. As I was buying it, I started thinking about how big of a pain it was going to be to transport it from LAX to MSP (this last thanksgiving) I started talking to a woman at the store who suggested I bring 6 bottles and put it in one of those carriers you can find at Vons/safeway...so I was thinking I'd swing by vons and pick one of those up after I bought the wine. Anyhow, I decided to one up that idea and bring a whole case. It was much easier and the bottles are better protected in the box than if I had taken them out. Security did have to open it up and examine each individual bottle, but the box fit nicely in the overhead of an A320. The only negative aspect was carrying the box with me into the mens room at MSP...for what its worth.