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Hi,
I was so confident about to take the trekking poles inside my backpack as a carry on.
But when time is approaching, I'm now kind of nervous.....
Is anybody has the experience from JFK or any other US airport with your trekking poles in your backpack as a carry on?
My trekking poles are foldable, easily and nicely fit inside my 44L bag.
I email the airline, they said yes but when I check TSA website, no, must check-in.
Thank you.
If you check the TSA website you'll see that trekking poles are not allowed in carry on bags. I put my trekking poles and knives in a shipping tube and checked that. I figured if it got lost I could replace the items in SJPDP. Everything came through fine.Hi,
I was so confident about to take the trekking poles inside my backpack as a carry on.
But when time is approaching, I'm now kind of nervous.....
Is anybody has the experience from JFK or any other US airport with your trekking poles in your backpack as a carry on?
My trekking poles are foldable, easily and nicely fit inside my 44L bag.
I email the airline, they said yes but when I check TSA website, no, must check-in.
Thank you.
Hi,
I was so confident about to take the trekking poles inside my backpack as a carry on.
But when time is approaching, I'm now kind of nervous.....
Is anybody has the experience from JFK or any other US airport with your trekking poles in your backpack as a carry on?
My trekking poles are foldable, easily and nicely fit inside my 44L bag.
I email the airline, they said yes but when I check TSA website, no, must check-in.
Thank you.
I do wish you a heartfelt Buen Camino….hope you will keep in touch along 'the way'. Travel safe, travel well. MaggieWe have had confirmation that sometimes/often/always the collapsible poles have travelled in the cabin in the US. However, I don't think anyone has reported whether they have been accepted/refused on flights from Canada. I volunteer to test that out on Friday!
Ok, Ms.C, you are the guinea pig. Good luck with this, hope you have a backup plan.We have had confirmation that sometimes/often/always the collapsible poles have travelled in the cabin in the US. However, I don't think anyone has reported whether they have been accepted/refused on flights from Canada. I volunteer to test that out on Friday!
I find this an odd (and provocative) response! Different countries have their own rules. Even when they share the same principles, precise rules can be arbitrary (why is 100 mL okay but 101 is not?) Our purpose in this thread is to share experiences related to the Camino, not to debate the ways to ensure security of air travel.Well. I am heartened by all these accounts of carrying nasty sharp pointed objects onto airplanes from American airports. I guess the obsessive zeal at European airports is down to 'over interpretation' of the regulations. Next time my amigo is told he can't wear his turban on a flight to the States I'll comfort him with the thought that he'll at least be able to bring a set of Pacers back with him. Even if his turban has to sit in the hold.
I guess this all suggests that airport security is a completely arbitrary process. I guess we can all take comfort from that.
The plan is to start in Merida. The southern stretches will wait for another year!are you walking from Cáceres, Mérida, or some other place?
That's OK! I can identify with grumpy.I must be seeming even grumpier than usual.
So the real question is : When is a trekking pole not a trekking pole? The answer seems to be: When it is reduced to a length of about 14 inches and diameter of .5 inch.trekking poles
But, if you get some officious little twerp who looks on the list and sees hiking poles - NOT PERMITTED AS CARRY ON (without differentiating why) then you will lose your poles and you have NO RECOURSE...in any country.
I guess the obsessive zeal at European airports is down to 'over interpretation' of the regulations.
I don't understand what the risk is. I will go to the airport in plenty of time, get into the security line, and if the poles are rejected, I will go back and check them. I will go prepared for this decision and I don't intend to argue with anyone about it.I wouldn't risk it.
You're also at risk whenever you 'check' anything. I learned this lesson long, long ago when more than one incident, things didn't show up when I did.I wouldn't risk it. Checking them in is very simple. Based on advice here, I put them in to a strong mailing tube, along with my other 'prohibited' items. Liquids, gels etc.
Coming back via Ryan air, we were not allowed to carry them as cabin luggage. And because there was a baggage handlers strike at Madrid, (no check in luggage allowed) we had no option but to 'place them in the bin provided'. A lot of unhappy Pilgrims.
Your call I guess. Just be prepared to lose them, or have some means of checking them in if requested to do so.
We have had confirmation that sometimes/often/always the collapsible poles have travelled in the cabin in the US. However, I don't think anyone has reported whether they have been accepted/refused on flights from Canada. I volunteer to test that out on Friday!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-35528196(FTR, I see people on US airlines all the time wearing turbans. Have never heard of turbans being disallowed)
So, @Tincatinker, he wasn't stopped for wearing a turban, but for not taking his turban off!!! The bureaucrat in me thinks that this world of difference might not be readily detectable to many observers.
I've been mulling over this question for my flight to Seville with Ryanair but having just measured my rucksack the question is resolved as the pack is longer than allowed... so I guess I'll be checking it!
In the process of looking I did see on their terms and conditions that ski and hiking poles were prohited?
So, @Tincatinker, he wasn't stopped for wearing a turban, but for not taking his turban off!!! The bureaucrat in me thinks that this world of difference might not be readily detectable to many observers.
Noting that we appear to only have one side of the story from the BBC report that @Tincatinker kindly linked, the individual refused to take his turban off in public when asked to do so as part of a secondary screening. My simple understanding is that in doing so, he would have failed the secondary screening, and been refused entry to the departure area. Whether the airport security staff offered to arrange a private room to conduct the screening, whether that would have been in sufficient time for the individual to catch his flight, etc, etc were not well explained in the BBC report. The turban is both key, and a distraction in this story. Not completing the secondary screening would, I suspect, be the bureaucratic reason given for not letting the individual board, not that he was wearing a turban.Let me re-word: I have never heard of any airport security in the US asking people to take off turbans before flying. And, seeing them all the time on the plane, my guess is they weren't stopped for it.
I would like to ask a question to those of you who have flown Ryanair..... Unfortunately I have Long poles which I want to secure to my backpack but which still stick up about 50cm higher
I have already paid for one piece of checked luggage but am worried that they are going to make me pay an additional €35 per flight (3 flights in all) because the stick up and call them "sports Equipment".
Any advice on this would be appreciated.
Wish you the best of luck Great Dane…….hope you find it at the other end in the event it ends up being checked.At lunch today (after walking my dog and dragging my feet going back to the office) I sewed myself my "Just in Case Case". $1 bag from the dollar store, a scrap of nylon fabric to make it longer and 5 minutes of time. I'd already bought a 3" shipping tube to seal my trekking poles in, bury it in my pack and try to carry them on this time. Just in case at 5am TSA says no, I'll turn around and just send this crazy bag through as luggage. photo 1 is the new bag, photo 2 is the $1 bag before cutting.
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In 2014 I sent my poles, knife/wine opener combo, and shampoo as checked luggage in a ugly brown box decorated with silly neon duct tape. Easy to spot. Just had to cut it flat to lay with other boxes at the baggage carousel. If I check this I'll slip the pink ties inside and seal the bag with a small carabiner.Wish you the best of luck Great Dane…….hope you find it at the other end in the event it ends up being checked.
Me too. Worked greatI purchased my poles in St. Jean and carried my backpack (wrapped neatly in its rain protector) on board. Easy peasy.
One thing I can't understand is why Santiago appears to be the only airport in Europe which strictly and as far as I've heard, consistently, refuses to allow poles as hand luggage. I've carried them through security without problems at Madrid, Barcelona, Alicante and Málaga airports in Spain, as well as Montpellier and Nîmes in France, Lisbon in Portugal, and Liverpool, Edinburgh and Newcastle in the UK. The first time at Lavacolla I lost my sticks as I hadn't left enough time, and the 2nd (and last, I hope) I did check them in but they didn't arrive at Barcelona and I didn't have enough time or energy left to pursue them. Hey ho.
I went to my local metal shop and had the points ground to round. Travel in US and Europe. Still have my poles. ElinThere are lengthy discussions on this topic on the forum. There are tales of success and tales of disaster. Suggestions such as carry-on your pack but check your poles (suitably packaged) abound. I've no personal experience of US airports but for you it is TSA that decides not the airline. Sometimes its just down to the individual on the gate. They are charged with protecting the safety of the aircraft and all its passengers and will act accordingly.
Two questions to consider. Are you prepared to lose your poles? How comfortable are you sitting in an airplane with a passenger in possession of a sharp-pointed object?
I have carried my poles out of Canada three different times in my pack as carry on without a problem to this point. Prior to my first Camino I visited our local airport and spoke with two different security people and was told that the poles wouldn't be a problem. I have also carried them on many airlines in Europe without issue. Of course this could change, but I try not to worry about this prior to departure. Hope this helps.We have had confirmation that sometimes/often/always the collapsible poles have travelled in the cabin in the US. However, I don't think anyone has reported whether they have been accepted/refused on flights from Canada. I volunteer to test that out on Friday!
Will be in StJDP on April 27,2016 for the walk. Hope to meet you. I am flying out of Vancouver BC not sure on the walking poles but will be looking into it. One advice is to put into Tube and tape up and do checked baggage... Another is to check everything and hope for the best.Hi,
I was so confident about to take the trekking poles inside my backpack as a carry on.
But when time is approaching, I'm now kind of nervous.....
Is anybody has the experience from JFK or any other US airport with your trekking poles in your backpack as a carry on?
My trekking poles are foldable, easily and nicely fit inside my 44L bag.
I email the airline, they said yes but when I check TSA website, no, must check-in.
Thank you.
Oct 2016 My poles are collapsible but still not quite short enough to go in backpack. TSA in Detroit made me check them. My friend has ones that collapse and fit in his pack and TSA In Colorado Springs did not stop him. Good luck .Hi,
I was so confident about to take the trekking poles inside my backpack as a carry on.
But when time is approaching, I'm now kind of nervous.....
Is anybody has the experience from JFK or any other US airport with your trekking poles in your backpack as a carry on?
My trekking poles are foldable, easily and nicely fit inside my 44L bag.
I email the airline, they said yes but when I check TSA website, no, must check-in.
Thank you.
I left Santiago on Iberia this time and had to check the poles. Most people had them. It was made more evident when the poles all came down the luggage ramp together. Best to your journey. ElinYes Santiago seems stricter (no problem for me at a Coruna or Bilbao (sp?)
This time I depart Santiago and think I will mail them home.
I really could NOT replace my poles in Europe and don't think I could complete Camino without them.
Janice
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