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Prohibited and restricted baggage items

Below are hyperlinks to key details about safety and baggage, together with solutions on the best way to cope with TSA procedures and the best way to pack your stick with it or checked bag.

The listing beneath has hyperlinks to assets on widespread baggage restrictions which can be on this web page. The desk that follows has hyperlinks to assets on different pages.

Common baggage restrictions

• Banned items
• Items restricted to checked baggage
• Items allowed in your carry-on baggage
• Don’t put these in checked baggage
• Restrictions on liquids and gels
• Exceptions to liquids and gel guidelines
• Flying with money
• Rules for batteries
• Flying with drones
• Restrictions on obligation free items
• Additional airline restrictions
• Video on banned and restricted items

Additional baggage data

Baggage recommendation

Carry-on bag suggestions

Flying with batteries

Flying with intercourse toys

Flying with money

Acceptable identification

Child journey guidelines

Getting bumped

E-cigarette guidelines

Laptop safety

Liquids and gels

Duty-free liquids

Flying and marijuana

Marijuana FAQs

Top 10 baggage suggestions

Baggage declare suggestions

Carry-on solely

Checked bag solely

Before you fly

Before you head to the airport, it is best to take the time to get accustomed to widespread safety guidelines corresponding to what sorts of identification it’s possible you’ll want, and primary baggage guidelines corresponding to what useful or crucial private items ought to all the time be in your carry-on bag and not in your checked baggage.

Going by means of airport safety with none further delays shall be so much simpler if you happen to keep away from taking banned or restricted items by means of the safety checkpoint. While the next descriptions of banned or restricted items are primarily based on TSA guidelines and tips, most international locations have comparable restrictions.

Banned items

The following items are fully banned from plane, and shouldn’t be dropped at the airport:

• Explosive and incendiary supplies
• Flammable items
• Gasses and stress containers
• Matches
• Oxidizers and natural peroxides
• Poisons
• Infectious supplies
• Corrosives
• Organics
• Radioactive supplies
• Magnetic supplies
• Marijuana (hashish)

Note: For extra data, together with particulars on different harmful items, go to the banned items web page. Also, if you’re in any doubt about whether or not your merchandise could also be hazardous, it is best to carry it to the eye of both your airline or the safety screener.

Related assets While explosives are banned, passengers can observe particular procedures to hold firearms and some sorts of ammunition in checked baggage.

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Items restricted to checked baggage

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has prohibited the next items from airplane cabins and carry-on baggage however might (with some exceptions) be carried solely in checked baggage:

• Stick or membership kind sporting items
• Firearms (together with firearm replicas and firearm components) and ammunition
• Knives and slicing devices
• Paintball weapons
• Power instruments and bigger hand instruments
• Dry ice (frozen carbon dioxide)

Note: For extra data, together with a extra detailed listing of items that may solely be in a checked bag, go to the checked bag solely web page for extra particulars.

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Items allowed in your carry-on baggage

There are a lot of items that might be thought of hazardous or harmful which can be really allowed within the passenger cabin, together with your carry-on baggage:

• Non-rechargeable batteries
• Spare rechargeable batteries (there are further restrictions primarily based on the capability of the battery)
• Electronic cigarettes and vaping gadgets (unpowered)
• Small hand instruments (lower than seven inches or 18 cm in size) that do not have sharp slicing edges
• Matches (apart from strike anyplace matches) and widespread cigarette lighters
• Scissors with a leading edge lower than 4 inches (10 cm)

If you’ve gotten any doubts or questions on your carry-on merchandise, contact your airline for recommendation.

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Don’t put these items in checked baggage

There are many other forms of items that it is best to solely have in your carry-on bag, or in your individual, particularly whether it is arduous to switch, very costly, or vital to your well being and properly being. Examples embody:

• Money associated items
• Computers and private digital gadgets
• Passports and different identification
• Jewelry, costly watches, treasured metals, and valuables
• Medications and medical gadgets.
• Difficult to switch items like keys; eyeglasses; mail, paperwork, and gadgets with digital information.

For a extra detailed listing of items that ought to by no means be in a checked bag, go to the Things it is best to by no means put in a checked bag web page.

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Restrictions on liquids, gels, and aerosols

Most international locations have restricted what liquids and gels a passenger might have within the passenger cabin or within the safe space of the airport. In the US, containers holding liquid and gel merchandise will need to have a capability of no better than 3.4 fluid ounces (100 ml). Also snow globes and comparable liquid-crammed decorations, it doesn’t matter what dimension, can solely be carried in checked baggage.

Exceptions to liquid, gel and aerosol guidelines There are a lot of exceptions to the restrictions on liquids, gels, and aerosols. Most of these revolve round medical items and meals items supposed for young children.

• All over-the-counter and prescription drugs, together with insulin and diabetes medical provides.
• Items wanted for passengers with a incapacity or medical situation.
• Items used to enhance the physique for medical or beauty causes corresponding to mastectomy merchandise, prosthetic breasts, bras or shells containing gels, saline resolution, or different liquids.
• Food items like child formulation, breast milk, juice or water for a touring toddler small little one.
• Duty-free items bought on the airport.

Visit the Rules and exceptions for liquids for extra recommendation on liquids, gels, lotions, and aerosols.

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Flying with money

There are two issues it is best to contemplate when flying with money or different monetary devices, lack of your money and coping with authorized points. There are some staple items that you are able to do decrease these two sorts of dangers.

Protecting your money from loss

• Never put money or monetary devices in a checked bag.
• Keep your money out of sight as a lot as attainable
• When passing by means of safety, hold your eyes on the bag with the money.

Legal points with money

• There aren’t any limits, or reporting necessities, when flying with money on a US home flight.
• When touring to or from the US, it’s essential to declare money or money equivalents valued at greater than $10,000.
• Rules in different international locations could also be very completely different, so examine earlier than you fly

Visit the How to fly with massive quantities of money web page for extra detailed data on flying with massive quantities of money or monetary devices, particularly when flying to or from the US.

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Rules for batteries

The FAA permits passengers to have of their carry-on baggage most batteries generally utilized in private digital gadgets. Batteries in checked baggage might have further restrictions. Below is a short overview of battery guidelines.

Batteries allowed in stick with it baggage

• Common batteries corresponding to AA, AAA, C, D, 9-volt, and button sized cells utilized in shopper digital items together with handheld video games and listening to aids.
• Spare batteries for private digital gadgets.
• Small lithium steel batteries generally utilized in cell telephones, handheld digital video games, and laptop computer computer systems.

Batteries allowed in checked baggage

• Most batteries allowed in stick with it baggage are additionally allowed in checked baggage.
• Exceptions embody spare (uninstalled) lithium batteries
• Battery-powered gadgets must be protected against unintended activation.

Wheelchair batteries Any kind of battery used to energy a scooter or wheelchair is allowed. If you’re packing a spare battery for a scooter or wheelchair, contact your airline to make it possible for the battery is correctly packed for journey.

Visit the next pages for extra detailed details about batteries: General recommendation on flying with batteries Specific recommendation on flying with rechargeable batteries

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Flying with drones

When passengers fly with drones both in stick with it or checked baggage, they need to observe each airline guidelines and FAA guidelines, particularly the principles relating to rechargeable drone batteries: How to fly with a drone Flying with rechargeable drone batteries Drone FAQs

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Restrictions on obligation free items

If your obligation-free buy of liquor, fragrance, cosmetics, or every other merchandise accommodates liquids, gels, or aerosols; and the container is bigger than 100 ml (3.4 fluid ounces), you need to observe particular procedures to make sure that your items is not going to be confiscated.

Rules differ by nation, however generally, one of many following will apply to you:

• If you’ll be able to put it in a checked bag earlier than passing by means of airport safety, you do not have to take any precautions.
• If you bought the merchandise after passing by means of safety, and you’re on the final leg of your journey, you’ll be able to put the merchandise in your carry-on bag.
• If you bought the merchandise after passing by means of safety, you aren’t on the final leg of your journey, and you need to go by means of airport safety earlier than getting in your subsequent flight (commonplace process if you’re getting into the US), you might have to put it right into a checked bag previous to your subsequent flight.

For further particulars on coping with the final state of affairs, go to the obligation free procuring recommendation web page for particulars on the best way to fly with obligation free liquids, aerosols, and gels.

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Additional airline restrictions

In addition to the restrictions of the TSA, your airline may have restrictions on what’s allowed on the airplane. If you’re carrying an uncommon merchandise, or if you happen to suppose that an airline might have a restriction, you should definitely contact your airline forward of time, or to contact a consultant within the airport. Also, within the occasion that an airline loses your baggage and finds them later, they might have restricted baggage transport choices for getting your baggage again to you, particularly if you’re touring abroad.

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Video on banned and restricted items

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