USA airline prohibited items list

[caligurl]

6) Water rules: The day I travelled, you COULD buy water inside and take it with you EXCEPT on flights to/from the UK. Now they may be more restrictive on that. But attendants were more than usually attendant about hydration. They were there with the water & juice every few minutes, it seemed.

i missed this the first time around... there... water problem solved! phew!

NOW what would you like to argue about? perhaps the color of the sky?

[caligurl]

Honestly, I guess I'm sort of glad they are patting down everyone. Seems a lot more secure when we're talking liquid explosives!

i'm with you... i'd rather have the tight security and no liquids if it means the plane isn't going to be blown up! a little inconvenience to come through alive makes a lot more sense to me!

[mimitabby]

that's what've been saying... rules are rules... and arguing only slows down the line behind you (but everyone here seems to want to argue about that, too!)

It's nice and easy to argue about it here. We all know better than to argue in the security lines!!!

[Duck on Wheels]

I must say that I'm glad that I flew to Dallas a few weeks ago and not after the bomb scare. :/ I have many medications which are labeled to me, under the name everyone knows me by, and not by my old asian name that only my parents call me. :/ It would mean getting new prescriptions filled out, mail ordered, etc etc... and since I have 8 separate prescriptions, from three different doctors, it would definately be a pain.

Keeping the meds in their original bottles is also a pain. I'm having to now mail order my medications, so each bottle holds typically 3 months of medication. If I lost my meds, I believe the insurance that I have would require that I pay for the replacement out of pocket. We're talking about $6k. :/ And since I need those meds to live, the alternative isn't very good.

*sigh*

I think I'm going to avoid flying for a while again.

Mel

Well, I may have flown before all the rules were set in stone. I had my meds for the day (prescription and non-prescription) counted out into a small tin from a tea bag package. They (security guards at each flight) asked what was in the tin. I opened it, showed them, and said it was all my medications counted out for the day. They shrugged and let me through with it.

I too have some name variations to deal with, but they didn't seem to look too closely. Are you sure you couldn't get one doctor to write you a "prescription" to cover all your meds for travel purposes? Maybe your GP?

Also, I mixed various meds into one (prescription) bottle. I'd done this before I learned of the new regulations, just to save space. After all, they are color and shape coded. I don't need half a dozen half-empty bottles just to keep them sorted. This too did not create a problem: Prescription bottle. Name matches ticket. Nobody checked whether contents matched label. Hmmmm. Maybe not so secure after all. But maybe they would have checked more closely if I'd been wearing a chador.

[caligurl]

It's nice and easy to argue about it here. We all know better than to argue in the security lines!!!

don't want one of these ???

well at least you see it's futile to argue at the airport... others have stated would/will argue... although again.. that's here and not actually at eh airport... so maybe just venting and they'll not argue and slow the lines down once they get there???????

[mimitabby]

Lol. no, at the airport I am quiet, friendly, and do WHATEVER they tell me.
QUICKLY...

That doesn't mean I LIKE it or I WANT TO!

[Lenusik]

Lol. no, at the airport I am quiet, friendly, and do WHATEVER they tell me.
QUICKLY...

That doesn't mean I LIKE it or I WANT TO!

Oh, yeas. I am very calm and quiet, and I have no plans to argue. But I just might puke on everybody by accident. This would be a lot of fun for the security.

[snapdragen]

lenusik - when is your baby due? Are you still having morning (or in my sister's case all day) sickness?

[Bruno28]

NOW what would you like to argue about? perhaps the color of the sky?

You should post more often - you certainly liven things up!

[caligurl]

You should post more often - you certainly liven things up!

at least someone appreciates me! lol!

[mimitabby]

at least someone appreciates me! lol!

LOTS OF US DO!!

[Bruno28]

Yeah...I'd already figured you were trouble, mimi

[caligurl]

LOTS OF US DO!!

[chickwhorips]

LOTS OF US DO!!

yes i agree with that. (love the smilies) but what were we orriginally talking about? i don't remember anymore......

[Lenusik]

lenusik - when is your baby due? Are you still having morning (or in my sister's case all day) sickness?

I am due at the end of March. And I really don't have any morning or all days sickness because I plan my meals a drinks apropraitely. But if I don't eat or don't have my water, oh, I cannot promise that whatever I had earlier will stay inside.
Anyway, back to the topic. I am not changing my tickets because of the silly rules. I am pretty sure that in couple of weeks things will be changed again.