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Airplane Baggage Rules Help.

posted 2 years ago in Honeymoons
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    Beesgf    October 16, 2010   Canada

    The fiance and I are considering Hawaii for a honeymoon (by considering, I mean, pinching every last penny and wishing, hoping, and praying! lol)

    I've travelled by plane twice. Once was to DR pre-9/11 the other to AZ post-9/11 but pre-liquid restrictrions. I'm far from a seasoned traveller and the luggage rules boggle my mind.

    *I can pack light, and plan on wearing a lot of sun dresses and bathing suits when I'm there.

    We both have a standard carryon bag - if we can fit everything in this bag clothing and toiletry wise and I carry a large purse (as my personal bag) with makeup (no liquid) and various 'purse things' and I make my fiance carry my messenger bag from University (much to his shagrin) with whatever else we need, cameras, ipods etc, will that be allowed? so long as we don't have any restricted items? Do they care if your personal bag (purse) has a bathing suit in it? or somthing like that?

     

     
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    OttawaBride2011    May 21, 2011   Ottawa, Ontario

    That is perfectly fine! You can carry whatever you want in  your carry-on so long as it's not on the restricted list. Just make sure you don't have too many liquids, and they aren't more than 100 mL.

     
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    MissAsB    June 6, 2009   Married in CO, Living in AL

    All electronics are allowed on the airplane.  The only thing that is restricted in the US are liquids.  You need to have all liquids in a quart sized ziploc bag and they need to be under 3 oz.  The bottle has to be below 3 oz, you can't have a 5 oz bottle that is half full.

    Everyone is allowed one carryon and one personal item so the bag and purse are fine.  A lot of planes are overbooked so if you are the last to board, there might not be room for your carryons in the overhead bin though.

     
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    Moose1209       Nashville, TN

    Nope.. doesn't matter if you pack clothes in your personal bag.  As long as at least one of the pieces can fit under the seat in front of you (the purse and the messenger bag both should) then you will be totally fine.  For the liquids, you can carry liquids in a sandwich size plastic bag.  No individual item can be more than 3 ounces but other than that as long as everything fits in the bag and you can close it.. then you're OK.  You and your FI can each bring your own bag of liquids.

     
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    Tulip61110    June 11, 2010   Philadelphia

    Each person is allowed one carry on bag and one additional item (purse and messenger bag qualify).  I see no reason you can't put a bathing suit in whatever bag.

    Also, remember that the liquids, even in your carry on suitcase, have to fit into a quart sized clear bag and each container has to be 3 ounces or less.

     
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    ribbons    June 12, 2010  

    You can definitely do that as long as you adhere to their 3 ounces of liquid rule (or whatever it currently is).

     
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    Ella1978    June 19, 2010   Cleveland, Ohio

    We have issues with carry on only due to my contact solutions!

    Depending on the airline, there will be a "checked baggage fee".  We mostly fly Continental, it's 15 a bag, each way.

    You are also allowed one sandwich bag filled with liquid items, none can be over 3 oz in size.  Even if your 4 oz bottle of face wash is half empty, it goes in the trash if the bottle says more than 3 oz.

     
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    Moose1209       Nashville, TN

    Ella, contact solution is actually considered medicinal and does not have to adhere to the 3 oz rules!  You just needs to pull it out of your bag to go through the scanner.

     
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    MissAsB    June 6, 2009   Married in CO, Living in AL

    @Moose: Thanks for the heads up about contact solution!  I usually still check a bag because I don't want to have to buy all the sunscreen I need when I get to the vacation spot.  Plus, I can't handle hotel shampoos!

     
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    snmcdowell    9-13-08   Chicago

    Moose is correct. You can bring any amount of contact lense solution you want, you just have to declare it as you go through the scanner. Pull it out and show it to the screener attendant and let them know it is a medical item.

     
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    Moose1209       Nashville, TN

    HAHA I'm with you on the shampoo @MissAB!  I fly home to MA to see my family A LOT so normally the only liquid thing I have to bring there is the contact solution so I can just do carry on.  But one time I forgot the rules and tried to pack a huge aerosol can of mousse... TSA didn't like that so much.

     
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    Tulip61110    June 11, 2010   Philadelphia

    Wow I never knew that about contact lens solution - good to know for next time!

     
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    Ella1978    June 19, 2010   Cleveland, Ohio

    Wow, that's great to know about the contact solution!  That will make me super happy in future travels.  We have just been shoving all our stuff into one checked bag to save a few dollars!  Now I know!

     

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