Allowable carryons
Aug 19, 2009, 6:52 pm
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Allowable carryons
I would like to take 4 pounds of schrimps on a flight. 
If so, how would I keep it cold.
Has anyone had any experience with this type of carryon? And with TSA? I would appreciate any comments, you may have?
Thanks in advance.
If so, how would I keep it cold.
Has anyone had any experience with this type of carryon? And with TSA? I would appreciate any comments, you may have?
Thanks in advance.
Aug 19, 2009, 6:57 pm
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Well Delta says it is OK for a carry on as long as it uses frozen gel packs to keep it cold. No dry ice (or wet either) allowed.
https://www.delta.com/traveling_chec...bles/index.jsp
No idea about the TSA.
https://www.delta.com/traveling_chec...bles/index.jsp
No idea about the TSA.
Aug 19, 2009, 7:22 pm
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Well Delta says it is OK for a carry on as long as it uses frozen gel packs to keep it cold. No dry ice (or wet either) allowed.
https://www.delta.com/traveling_chec...bles/index.jsp
No idea about the TSA.
https://www.delta.com/traveling_chec...bles/index.jsp
No idea about the TSA.
Or enlist some traveling companions to assist. TSA has not seen through the security risk of multiple people each carrying on a quart of shrimp.
The solution here is to put the shrimp into checked luggage.
Almost anything (unfortunately) can still be put on a plane in checked luggage.
Aug 19, 2009, 10:38 pm
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Aug 19, 2009, 11:14 pm
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Isn't that the truth. It scares me some of the things people seem to check in their luggage. I am also shocked by those glass displays TSA puts up in the airport as to what you can't carry on to a plane. In one I saw a chainsaw once. I mean come on who seriously thinks they can carry a chainsaw onto a plane if you can't even take on a pocket knife?
Aug 19, 2009, 11:14 pm
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I was at JFK once an an idiot wanted to carry on an AXE.
Aug 20, 2009, 6:25 am
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But heck, I once took a medium sized outboard motor on an international flight once so anything's possible.
Aug 20, 2009, 6:34 am
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The TSA won't let you take frozen gel packs on board if they catch you with them... they consider it to be a liquid.
Aug 20, 2009, 6:34 am
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I've taken about 4 pounds of lobster tail before and not had a problem. I put a couple of tails in a ziploc baggie, put some water in there and then froze the whole thing. Had 4 bags total and then put them in a small soft sided cooler (the type you might pack a lunch in) right before I left for the airport. When I went through security, they did inspect my bag and saw the frozen tails but didn't say anything. Everything was still frozen when I got to my destination about 9 hours later.
Aug 20, 2009, 6:55 am
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I've taken about 4 pounds of lobster tail before and not had a problem. I put a couple of tails in a ziploc baggie, put some water in there and then froze the whole thing. Had 4 bags total and then put them in a small soft sided cooler (the type you might pack a lunch in) right before I left for the airport. When I went through security, they did inspect my bag and saw the frozen tails but didn't say anything. Everything was still frozen when I got to my destination about 9 hours later.
Aug 20, 2009, 7:32 am
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Bring ziplock bags of ice... chuck the ice right before the security check point and buy 4 glasses of ice from a food vendor in the secured area and refill the bags...
Aug 20, 2009, 10:02 am
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