Originally Posted by Business as usual
So, Bart (and thanks for sharing your information), the size of the container, not the quantity of the liquid is the determining factor?
Just wondering, because I use refillable bottles for shampoo and such that are larger than 3 oz. I'd be happy to fill them with no more than 3 oz., but it sounds as if that's not OK and I'll have to turn over some money to the Acme Small-Container Cartel. Can you confirm?
To minimize the odds of a confrontation (or goods seizure) with the TSA, here's what I'm doing:
The size of the liquid-/gel-containing containers must be less than 3 oz. each. And all the liquid/gel containing containers put together must fit in the plastic bag "comfortably".
I don't trust that some TSAer won't make a stink about a mostly empty liquid/gel-containing container that is labeled as being 5 ozs.
Originally Posted by Business as usual
Second question: I usually do not check a bag, even for a two-week international lesiure trip. Obviously, I'll never make it through the trip with just 3 oz. of shampoo. Is there a rule against tossing two or three 3 oz. bottles of the stuff into the quart-sized bag so I have enough?
Whatever fits into a quart-sized bag should be fine as long as each of the individual liquid/gel-containing containers inside the bag do not individually appear to exceed 3 oz. That is, a one liter bottle with a mere 3 oz of liquids/gels inside is probably best left behind.
So far, I'm presuming empty containers are allowed, especially since they've not been seized on any of my domestic US flights. I'm also presuming that the mostly liquid-holding containers that are the human body are still allowed past the security checkpoint.
