Airline security question

[memnus]

So if I have a cylinder of approximate length 32 inches and diameter 1.5 inches, could I consider it alone a single checked bag? Not only is 32 inches longer than the diagonal of the allowed carryon dimensions, the contents of the cylinder are explicitly disallowed in carryon.

click

Comments

[willworker.livejournal.com]

Isn't pretty much anything you feel like generally acceptable as a single checked bag? Except some funny things like skis and bicycles since they're kind of huge?

Steve

(FWIW: http://www.luggagepoint.com/baggageguide.asp)

[zhukora1.livejournal.com]

As long as you're not going through LAX where they tend to actually enforce some of this stuff because their flights are so crowded, I wouldn't sweat it.

I carried all sorts of bizarrely sized and shaped packages on both domestic and international flights during my semester abroad and the summer afterwards, and the only remark I got from flight staff was when I had a giant falling-apart plastic bag of Oud (Egyptian guitar) and Nubian basketry that would only fit in an overhead compartment at the waaayyy front of the plane whilst I was seated in the waaayyy back. The trio of flight attendants peered in at it after all the other passengers had shuffled out and said something to the effect of "Oh, it's a...sombrero, or something."

You'll be fine. :D

[ozzygoddess.livejournal.com]

Should be OK. I'm not certain what works and what doesn't . . . once went on a trip, and checked a "luggage" that was actually several cases of Japanese rice crackers duct taped together for good measure. I think you should be OK.

BTW, I haven't forgotten about you and Wii night. A few bumps in the road have popped up which have negated my free time, but I'll be in touch as soon as I can.

Sorry.

[memnus.livejournal.com]

No problem at all - my free time is pretty much shot at this point as well. The next good time may well be in June.

[janna.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think you could just check it... don't see what issue there'd be with that.

[hmdavid83.livejournal.com]

Are you at all worried about the safety of this cylinder? I would be worried about the putting some heavy big bag on top of it and bending or otherwise damaging the contents (which I assume are projectiles with feathers and pointing ends). Could you put the case in another suitcase or bag? I assume that given the ban on "gels and liquids" you're checking the rest of your bags so that you can carry dangerous substances like toothpaste.