Contact Lens solution now allowed
Aug 23, 2006 | 1:50 pm
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Contact Lens solution now allowed
Don't know if this has been reported already but just read on NWA that contact lens solution is now allowed carry -on, some sense of sanity returning. 
Aug 23, 2006 | 1:53 pm
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This is more for the T S & S forum so I'm moving it there... Mods if it's something you want to merge, go ahead.
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Aug 23, 2006 | 2:37 pm
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Originally Posted by szerfam
Don't know if this has been reported already but just read on NWA that contact lens solution is now allowed carry -on, some sense of sanity returning.
Aug 23, 2006 | 5:33 pm
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I suspect TSA is getting overwhelmed with complaints and are having to adjust the list of items constantly. It seems to be different every time I look at their site.
Aug 23, 2006 | 7:30 pm
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What I want to know is whether I need to have a 4 oz bottle, or whether I can have an old bottle with less than 4 oz in it.
I think the standard bottles are 10 oz. I recall being given tiny sample bottles from my eye doctor, but I have no idea whether you can buy these small bottles in the store.
I think the standard bottles are 10 oz. I recall being given tiny sample bottles from my eye doctor, but I have no idea whether you can buy these small bottles in the store.
Aug 23, 2006 | 7:34 pm
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Originally Posted by szerfam
Don't know if this has been reported already but just read on NWA that contact lens solution is now allowed carry -on, some sense of sanity returning.
Aug 23, 2006 | 7:35 pm
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Originally Posted by iahphx
What I want to know is whether I need to have a 4 oz bottle, or whether I can have an old bottle with less than 4 oz in it.
I think the standard bottles are 10 oz. I recall being given tiny sample bottles from my eye doctor, but I have no idea whether you can buy these small bottles in the store.
I think the standard bottles are 10 oz. I recall being given tiny sample bottles from my eye doctor, but I have no idea whether you can buy these small bottles in the store.
Aug 23, 2006 | 8:18 pm
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Originally Posted by iahphx
What I want to know is whether I need to have a 4 oz bottle, or whether I can have an old bottle with less than 4 oz in it.
I think the standard bottles are 10 oz. I recall being given tiny sample bottles from my eye doctor, but I have no idea whether you can buy these small bottles in the store.
I think the standard bottles are 10 oz. I recall being given tiny sample bottles from my eye doctor, but I have no idea whether you can buy these small bottles in the store.
Aug 23, 2006 | 9:20 pm
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Ok, I forget - why is 4 oz good and 5 oz bad? Other than an arbitrary line - probably Chertoff looked in his briefcase and saw a 4-oz bottle of nose spray or something and said "that looks like a good amount" - is there a particular reason?
Aug 23, 2006 | 10:52 pm
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Originally Posted by etch5895
That is good news. Hopefully BA follows suit by the end of the month.
Aug 24, 2006 | 12:11 am
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Originally Posted by catocony
Ok, I forget - why is 4 oz good and 5 oz bad? Other than an arbitrary line - probably Chertoff looked in his briefcase and saw a 4-oz bottle of nose spray or something and said "that looks like a good amount" - is there a particular reason?
Aug 24, 2006 | 12:49 am
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I started carrying contact lens solution last week. The bans are just dumb and not being enforced. I am glad that the TSA is allowing sanity to return to the system.