With 12 on the list, bowling ball gets the open FC seat
Aug 9, 2012, 11:49 pm
#46
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Aug 10, 2012, 12:09 am
#48
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Nope...saw the guy carry it on as he went back to Y. FC had been full most of the day...there was a no show. Seems an awful lot of folks disregard the GAs' admonitions about limited overhead space on the 700s and head onboard with oversized bags (and bowling balls, apparently) that have to be dealt with by the FAs.
Aug 10, 2012, 12:31 am
#49
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Was Bill Murray sitting in the window seat?
Are you sure that it wasn't this guy in the seat next to the bowling ball?
Honestly, if "Big Ern" from Kingpin wants to have his ball with him in F, he should be allowed to buy a ticket for it. If you're going to have a custom bowling-ball made with a rose inside of it, it deserves to ride in F.
Strangely, on the same flight, a guy named Carl was denied boarding by the TSA. He was packing a squirrel made out of plastic explosives.
Honestly, if "Big Ern" from Kingpin wants to have his ball with him in F, he should be allowed to buy a ticket for it. If you're going to have a custom bowling-ball made with a rose inside of it, it deserves to ride in F.
Strangely, on the same flight, a guy named Carl was denied boarding by the TSA. He was packing a squirrel made out of plastic explosives.
Aug 10, 2012, 7:31 am
#54
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Perhaps Bal,B. had status. Was Cel,C. on the flight? Keep in mind, it's not unusual for United to bump people for inanimate objects. I think the rules are:
- ToD upgrades
- Global Services
- Anyone on a Y, B, or M fare (in the case of 1ks and sport equipment)
- Any instruments
- CPUs
- ToD upgrades
- Global Services
- Anyone on a Y, B, or M fare (in the case of 1ks and sport equipment)
- Any instruments
- CPUs
Aug 10, 2012, 8:02 am
#55
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Tuesday night, was in 3a on a RJ145. 3b was empty, 3c was occupied by a guitar, which thankfully followed the rules and buckled up.
Tuesday night, was in 3a on a RJ145. 3b was empty, 3c was occupied by a guitar, which thankfully followed the rules and buckled up.
Aug 10, 2012, 8:07 am
#56
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Bowling balls are explicitly listed as prohibited I believe.
How does the OP know that it was a bowling ball? It might have been a bowling ball bag with heavens-knows-what in the bag (maybe the cremated remains of grandma?). Though of course that would still be a strange scenario.
I would like to know the rest of the story. . .
How does the OP know that it was a bowling ball? It might have been a bowling ball bag with heavens-knows-what in the bag (maybe the cremated remains of grandma?). Though of course that would still be a strange scenario.
I would like to know the rest of the story. . .
I have had TSA agents question it, but supervisors always clear it.
Looks like for next year, I'll make 1p, so assuming they don't screw us over again and lower the gold weight limit, I won't have to do that when I fly to Reno.
Aug 10, 2012, 9:38 am
#59
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Only a matter of time until the USLBA files a class-action on behalf of all the bocce balls
http://www.uslba.org/
http://www.uslba.org/
Aug 10, 2012, 10:03 am
#60
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