Pillow in a vacuum bag
May 9, 2024, 9:20 pm
#1
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Pillow in a vacuum bag
Will my very compressed pillow make it through the scanner, or will it they take it out? If they do, there's no way it will go back in my roller bag.
May 17, 2024, 9:17 pm
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Is it a regular pillow that you sucked the air out?
May 20, 2024, 8:02 am
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It's possible that by vacuum packing the pillow it changes how it looks on xray and they will want to examine it more closely. Doubtful but possible. If there is no way it's going back in your carryon after being removed from the vacuum bag, what is your plan if they do? Don't count on anything staying in any compressed format.
May 21, 2024, 4:32 pm
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It's possible that by vacuum packing the pillow it changes how it looks on xray and they will want to examine it more closely. Doubtful but possible. If there is no way it's going back in your carryon after being removed from the vacuum bag, what is your plan if they do? Don't count on anything staying in any compressed format.
But if it does get uncompressed, I expect airline crew will not provide too much objection to a pillow being a 2nd carryon...