What can I NOT take in my carry-on (from Canada to Florida)?

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Zef H

Here are the rules for liquids ...

The following rules apply to all liquids, gels, and aerosols carried through security checkpoints.

1. All liquids, gels and aerosols must be in three-ounce or smaller containers. Larger containers that are half-full or toothpaste tubes rolled up are not allowed. Each container must be three ounces or smaller.
2. All liquids, gels and aerosols must be placed in a single, quart-size, zip-top, clear plastic bag. Gallon size bags or bags that are not zip-top such as fold-over sandwich bags are not allowed. Each traveler can use only one, quart-size, zip-top, clear plastic bag.
3. Each traveler must remove their quart-sized plastic, zip-top bag from their carry-on and place it in a bin or on the conveyor belt for X-ray screening. X-raying separately will allow TSA security officers to more easily examine the declared items.

http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/prohibited/permitted-prohibited-items.shtm#0

QUANACATAUG

Two midgets wearing pasley chaps and a pair of barbed wire underpants. For some strange and twisted reason, they kinda frown on that. People are just so damned uptight these days.

Resident Heretic

Go to the tsa website for a list of allowed and prohibited items.

sjmazzella3380

You may take small liquids, gels or areosols as long as they are 100ml or smaller. (3.4 oz I think) They must also fit into a clear quart sized ziplock style bag.
(you might get about 4 containers in that baggie)

You have to take this bag out before you go through security.
You can place any larger liquids, gels or areosols in your checked luggage.

Fee-Fee

I have no idea about that either. I haven't been on a plane since I was 8!

budokie

You may NOT take snowballs.

daddylongtrips

Just check your bag. You can live without your toothpaste at your side for a 3 hour flight.

A.P.

For the USA side of it, here's the deal. And, from the responses I've read, almost EVERY SINGLE PERSON has it completely wrong. Pocket knives haven't been allowed in your carry-on since 9/11. Are these people really that ignorant?

My B-I-L works for TSA, and here's what he says:

Any liquids/gels/lotions/aerosols/etc. in your carry-on need to be 3.4 oz. (100 ML) or less in container size. Doesn't matter how much is in the container, what matters is the size of the tube or bottle. For example, 4 oz. bottle of axe body spray, no. Not even if it's almost empty.

Now, of that, you can have 1 clear, quart-sized resealable bag per person in your carry-on. And only one baggie. If you have more than will fit in the baggie and/or some of it is larger than 3.4 ounces, check the bag. Checked luggage doesn't have those restrictions, as you can't access your checked luggage while you're in the cabin. AND, you have to declare (pull out) your little baggie of liquids. And if you have any liquid medication, that doesn't have to be in the baggie, but it DOES have to come out of your carry-on. And you have to make sure that they (the airport security officer you're dealing with) are told that it's medication. Not all medications are obvious.

This means the restrictions are on things like peanut butter, yogurt, cream cheese, shaving cream, hand lotion, hand sanitizer, shampoo, cologne, you get the picture. Put anything that's over 100ML in your checked luggage.

Obviously knives and things like that aren't allowed.

Knitting needles are fine (despite what someone else said), and if you have a bottle of water, they won't make you take a drink (that stopped happening after something like 2002 or so), they will tell you you can't take it. Now, you CAN take an empty water bottle. Empty bottles are fine. You can even fill that up on the inside of security and take that on the plane with you.

I'm not sure how Canada's airport security is these days, but I would imagine that it's probably fairly similar in regards to the rules. However, you should check with security at the airport you're going through before you fly. And get a name. That way, should you have any trouble (unlikely as that may be), you can always say "Well, I spoke to so-and-so. Are they here right now?". You get my drift.

For the rules according to TSA, go to http://www.tsa.gov and click "for travelers".

And FYI, things like nail clippers, files, knitting needles, those are all fine in your carry-on. Knives and things like martial arts weapons aren't okay in your carry-on. Okay in your checked luggage, not in your carry-on.

Have a safe trip!

baglady75

check with your airline directly. But, I beleive it is no liquids above 1 oz. I was able to larger lotions for my son, but only b/c of medical notes I had along with me.

Dug48

Google your carrier and they will give detailed instructions as to what you can carry on as well as specifications.

-:-vInTaGe PaSsIon-:-

You can have:

1. Bottles and liquids under 3 oz. as long as they are in a Ziplock bag.
2. Anything NOT edible
3. Things that are NOT sharp, liek sissors, nail clippers, pocket knives, needles, etc.

Good Luck!

Tina Get The Axe!

you can only take a little bit of water and other stuff like that.
call your airline for the full list

*wifey

yes, you can take them in your carry-on. If you take water they will ask you to take a drink of it to make sure its not dangerous. Wierd huh?

The Advisor

creams, water, liquids, hand sanitizer (unless its all in ONE medium sized plastic baggie 5 oz. max) guns, knifes, batteries, bombs....ect.

billyhomeboy1

toothpaste and shampoo should be fine i think, but u might want to put those in a non carry-on cuz ur not gunna need those on the plane neway. You can take bottles of water only if there not open i think.

bmwr606

no guns, hand-grenades, axes, swords, knives or knitting needles

but seriously, check the airline web-site, they spell it out

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