Carrying a slow cooker as hand luggage?
Jan 29, 2018, 7:11 pm
#1
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Carrying a slow cooker as hand luggage?
If someone needs to bring a slow cook er on a journey (travelling BA economy), can that be achieved? Package dimensions are (LxWxH)730x370x536mm, so exceeds hand luggage limits, but checking it in will likely result in a damaged / useless utensil even if marked "fragile".
Is there any solution?
Thank you very much.
Is there any solution?
Thank you very much.
Jan 29, 2018, 9:17 pm
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I’m not sure the crew will let you plug it into the in-seat power though... If the flight is long enough it’s an interesting way to improve the catering.
Jan 29, 2018, 11:39 pm
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Jan 30, 2018, 1:02 am
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While not completely relevant, my grandmother always traveled with her favorite cast iron skillets when she'd take the bus to visit us. My father nearly threw his back out the first time he offered to carry her luggage for her. ;-)
Good luck traveling with your cooking utensil!
Good luck traveling with your cooking utensil!
Jan 30, 2018, 2:05 am
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I frequently fly with equipment that can be a little delicate. We over-engineer the packaging, ie lots of interior packaging and lashings of duct tape around the box, and then ask for it to be treated as 'outsize' (this involves you taking it to a separate drop-off location, it doesn't just trundle off on the belt behind the check-in desk). We've never had a breakage.
Jan 30, 2018, 2:19 am
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I have actually transported one of these as hand baggage, although I must say it was nowhere near as large as the dimensions you state. I was travelling in CE and the crew found a spot for it in the wardrobe and was really helpful. Not sure how it would work now the wardrobes are being enhanced away but if it can fit in the overhead locker it should be ok. It will, after all, still be smaller than the bags some passengers bring on board.
Is the device itself really as large as you say or is that just the packaging?
Jan 30, 2018, 2:45 am
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I can't find the picture at the moment but on a BA short haul flight once I snapped a photo of a rice cooker a person of Asian heritage had dumped at the CE overhead bin before walking off to row 613 to take his seat. I actually was not sure if I was dreaming or it had actually happened 
Jan 30, 2018, 2:59 am
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I can't find the picture at the moment but on a BA short haul flight once I snapped a photo of a rice cooker a person of Asian heritage had dumped at the CE overhead bin before walking off to row 613 to take his seat. I actually was not sure if I was dreaming or it had actually happened