Hookah?
Aug 16, 2009, 2:23 pm
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Even if there are questions, you should not answer them, nor do they have any right to confiscate it as it's not illegal, nor is it on the prohibited items list.
Escalate to the supervisor or airline GSC as needed.
Escalate to the supervisor or airline GSC as needed.
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Aug 16, 2009, 11:41 pm
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I brought quite a large one home from Morocco for my son, disassembled of course, in my hand luggage. No comments on it at CDG or at LAX from CBP although the agent did ask me what "sheesha" was on my declaration form.
Aug 17, 2009, 3:52 am
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CBP personnel in DHS are more competent in determining prohibited items than TSA personnel in the same Department, so I am not surprised that LAX's CBP wouldn't make a mountain out of air. The TSA is unfortunately another beast but usually even they don't make an issue of transporting this item, at least not if disassembled and with the more dense components placed in checked luggage rather than carry-on.
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I have known many people to fly with a bong. It's a perfectly legal item, and a pipe, hookah, or even cigarette paper should fall into the same category. If the standard is: you can smoke pot from it, then they should confiscate empty aluminum cans, aluminum foil, notebook paper, Bic pens, and just about anything else a creative and desperate high school student can come up with. What a security guard (even a federally employed one) imagines what you could do with your hookah should not be your concern, and they should not share their thoughts with you.
Pack the pieces in different bags, but I cannot understand why you should have any trouble.
Pack the pieces in different bags, but I cannot understand why you should have any trouble.
Aug 17, 2009, 8:23 pm
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Originally Posted by goalie;12226501now with all of that, make sure you have a [URL="http://www.millerworks.net/TSA-Complaint-Compliment-Form.pdf"
tsa complaint form[/URL] handy (thanks to ND SOL) and be prepared to take names and badge numbers "just in case" as my gut is telling me you're gonna get haSSSSled
Aug 18, 2009, 10:18 am
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Aug 19, 2009, 11:05 am
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I have
I have a medium sized hookah that I'm taking with me on a EWR-BOM-XXX-XXX flight. Should I anticipate any TSA scope creep nonsense about "paraphenalia" on this? (Yes, I actually use it for tobacco and that's what is in the case with it. In fact, it is brand new and unused in any event. I'd rather this not be a thread about weed. I just want to know if I should I expect any shenanigans at EWR!)
Thanks!
peace,
~Ben~
Thanks!
peace,
~Ben~