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Old Jun 2, 2008 | 2:00 pm
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Originally Posted by AndyAA
If you speak French, 100ml is fine.

"... contenant des récipients
de liquides ou gels, d’une capacité de 3 onces (100 ml)
amaximum."

http://www.tsa.gov/assets/pdf/311-broch-french.pdf

Also, it will appear to work for those Spanish speaking passengers.

"...de mano envases de
líquido o gel de 3 onzas/100 ml o menos en ..."

http://www.tsa.gov/assets/pdf/311-broch-spanish.pdf
Ahh that explains it: My friend who is american and speaks neither french nor spanish had a 100 mL bottle confiscated last month at a TSA checkpoint at PHL because "... it exceeded 3 ounces". He tried arguing but no dice: Leave it or check it!
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