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[QUOTE="peregrina2000, post: 80788, member: 537"] I won't get into the debate over whether poles are help or hindrance, but I have used poles on every camino and have lots of experience with TSA at the airport. The TSA rules don't speak specifically about hiking poles. Ski poles are prohibited and walking aids are permitted, so it's up to the discretion of the individual agent. That's why people will give you different answers to the question whether hiking poles can be carried on, because it just depends on the luck of the draw. I have gotten them through, but I have also been told I couldn't bring them on. For the risk averse, checking them is a better option, and since I always carry on my pack, there is no checked luggage charge on most major carriers (you still usually get one free piece on international flights). I've used two different techniques to check them (and I stick my swiss army knife and little scissors in as well). One is to check them in a cardboard tube, which you discard upon arrival and have to purchase another before you leave. My preferred option is more complicated. I put my collapsed poles into a duffel bag, and check it. The only things in the bag are a collapsed sturdy box, some packing tape, and my poles/knife/scissors. Upon arrival in Spain, I re-make the box, fold up my duffel, and send it via Correos to my hotel in Santiago. That means that for the return trip, I have plenty of space to pack up olive oil (in plastic 3L or 4L jugs, have never had a problem); fabas and other beans, pimenton, saffron, you get the idea. Buen camino, Laurie [/QUOTE]
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