Transporting walking poles on airplanes

[jrosado1]

How? Can I just tie them together and check them? They don't collapse into my bag. Advise?

 

[Tomboak]

I tied mine to my pack and checked it as luggage (one free bag on Iberia). Worked fine both ways.

 

[Sojourner47]

What are "pool noodles"??

 

[Sojourner47]

What are "pool noodles"??

Whoops sorry...

http://www.pararubber.co.nz/img/p/511-884-large.jpg
They are used as pool toys....and also in aqua aerobics.

You can cut a slit down the side of the noodle and pop your pole in there.

Found the original thread
el-camino-frances/topic16089.html#p114260

And the comment:

I brought my telescoping Leki hiking poles and checked them. I was (overly) nervous about them getting bent or broken so I bought one of those "noodles" you use in the swimming pool to help float. I cut the noodle into six pieces across and then one cut vertically on one side to protect all the parts and used duct tape to connect all the pieces. The longest piece covered the pole from the lower edge of the handle to the part that is shaped like a circle. Then I attached them to my backpack using its various staps and do-hickeys as well as using a long piece of velco, a put the whole thing into an Osprey backpack bag and checked it. It worked really well for me. This system protected my sticks on planes, trains, ferries, buses and taxis from the US to France, Spain, Morocco, Spain, France and home again. I shipped the noodles ahead to Santiago with other stuff to avoid carrying them on the camino. You will need extra duct tape for post camino. This exercise was probably overkill but I got the peace of mind I needed in this category. It cost me less than $5.

Good idea, though I've never heard of these in the UK (but then I lead a very quiet life...lol)
A similar thing we have is copper pipe insulating tubes, made from foam, with a slit already cut in them so would be easy to insert the pole sections.

 

[Kitsambler]

I used a FedEx shipping carton (12in x 24in) to check my pacer poles on Lufthansa. Cost me $2 at the local shipping office.

 

[Anniesantiago]

You can also buy mailing tubes at some stationery stores. Pool noodles sound like an excellent idea!