i had exactly the same problem at iah on 10/5 (thursday) and have rather a long thread i typed up about it currently stuck in a non-functioning computer. i escalated through the agent and the supervisor to a second supervisor before i was finally allowed to take the saline. women (agent and first supe) were insisting that only 3 oz of saline was allowed.

these guys give pax a hard time about not knowing the regulations--THEY don't even know them.

hubby was watching the whole thing from a safe distance, he told me he almost approached them to say 'really my wife probably knows more about this than you do, you should just believe her' but decided it wouldn't speed things up. i'll add my thread if/when my computer comes back.