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Hello DaveI fly out on the 20 March with Ryanair. I have booked my rucksack as hold luggage due to sharps and other stuff in it. I would like to take my walking poles on as cabin luggage which are about 60 cm when collapsed. Has anybody taken theirs on and was there a problem? They are too long to fit in my rucksack and would poke out of the top leaving them prone to being broken or injuring the staff. Cheers. Dave
One option is to leave them at home and pick up a cheap pair when you arrive. I have the same dilemma and know reasonable poles are readily available for E 20-30 which is a lot less than paying for an extra checked bag. Can leave them behind when finished or if flying out of Santiago often the airline will allow you to take without extra charge. Hope this helpsI fly out on the 20 March with Ryanair. I have booked my rucksack as hold luggage due to sharps and other stuff in it. I would like to take my walking poles on as cabin luggage which are about 60 cm when collapsed. Has anybody taken theirs on and was there a problem? They are too long to fit in my rucksack and would poke out of the top leaving them prone to being broken or injuring the staff. Cheers. Dave
I fly out on the 20 March with Ryanair. I have booked my rucksack as hold luggage due to sharps and other stuff in it. I would like to take my walking poles on as cabin luggage which are about 60 cm when collapsed. Has anybody taken theirs on and was there a problem? They are too long to fit in my rucksack and would poke out of the top leaving them prone to being broken or injuring the staff. Cheers. Dave
Different countries have different rules. Airlines don't check the content of your bag.You are only allowed to take them on board if they are a genuine walking aid. When I declared them I was directed to where people are checking in other items e.g.musical instruments etc and they were checked into hold baggage no charge
I would take my backpack as carry-on and pack up my poles, knife, etc in a box, mailing tube or cheap duffel and just check in those items. If your checked bag goes missing you only have a few items to replace, not your entire kit.I fly out on the 20 March with Ryanair. I have booked my rucksack as hold luggage due to sharps and other stuff in it. I would like to take my walking poles on as cabin luggage which are about 60 cm when collapsed. Has anybody taken theirs on and was there a problem? They are too long to fit in my rucksack and would poke out of the top leaving them prone to being broken or injuring the staff. Cheers. Dave
Hi When are you walking the Kerry Camino?For my first Camino I disassembled my poles then packed them and a pocket knife in a shipping tube just long enough for them. I had no problem checking this in as hold luggage. After the Camino I left them in the courtyard of the Pilgrim office in the designated area for poles and staffs, I felt I was abandoning old friends, I hope someone else used them. Later at the Santiago airport I saw security removing trekking poles from the carry on bags of several pilgrims.
This year I am buying poles in Dublin before starting the Kerry Camino. I hope Connacht Rambler is correct about Ryan Air from Dublin as I plan to use them on the Ingles after the Kerry Camino. I will probably donate them also.
Buen Camino
I fly out on the 20 March with Ryanair. I have booked my rucksack as hold luggage due to sharps and other stuff in it. I would like to take my walking poles on as cabin luggage which are about 60 cm when collapsed. Has anybody taken theirs on and was there a problem? They are too long to fit in my rucksack and would poke out of the top leaving them prone to being broken or injuring the staff. Cheers. Dave
Did you fly from Santiago? And were they folding poles?Just back in U.K. from Camino Mozarabe, flying EasyJet, no problems carrying walking poles as cabin baggage.
I flew back from Santiago to Madrid last year with my walking stick in my backpack. The RyanAir person at the check-in advised me that I was welcome to take it out if I wanted to have it in the cabin. I left it in the bag. I assume it's all about who is on duty during your flight.Ryanair explicitly bans trekking poles from being brought on board in cabin baggage. Even if they did not you might find it hard to get past airport security with them. No doubt others will say that they have walked on board carrying poles without being questioned but the rules are quite clear. If you choose to take the risk then please do not be surprised or angry if and when they are confiscated at the security checks. I think the chances of damage in a checked-in bag are far less than the chances of losing them altogether as a prohibited item. View attachment 53242
That sounds quite unusual, given that it was in Santiago airport and at a Ryanair desk. Did your walking stick look like a typical hiking pole or like a traditional walking aid?I flew back from Santiago to Madrid last year with my walking stick in my backpack. The RyanAir person at the check-in advised me that I was welcome to take it out if I wanted to have it in the cabin.
Yes walking sticks alway seems to be a issue for a lot of pilgrims in carry-on bagage.I fly out on the 20 March with Ryanair. I have booked my rucksack as hold luggage due to sharps and other stuff in it. I would like to take my walking poles on as cabin luggage which are about 60 cm when collapsed. Has anybody taken theirs on and was there a problem? They are too long to fit in my rucksack and would poke out of the top leaving them prone to being broken or injuring the staff. Cheers. Dave
A modern light-weight one that folds up.That sounds quite unusual, given that it was in Santiago airport and at a Ryanair desk. Did your walking stick look like a typical hiking pole or like a traditional walking aid?
Francois did you take the sharp hard metal point off???A modern light-weight one that folds up.
A modern light-weight one that folds up.
My question was whether it was recognisable as a walking aid or as hiking gear. It's still not clear to me. I asked because this happened in the Santiago airport of all places and their desk staff even encouraged someone to take it into the cabin.Francois did you take the sharp hard metal point off???
You see exactly that is the question.
When flying back from Santiago to Málaga last June, they did not let me bring in my 6.5 foot walking staff and my friends' metallic poles; instead they put it in the plane cargo for free. I am not sure they will do this too in other airports, though.
When flying back from Santiago to Málaga last June, they did not let me bring in my 6.5 foot walking staff and my friends' metallic poles; instead they put it in the plane cargo for free.
Thank you both for this confirmation. Putting walking poles in the hold for free is a policy of all airlines departing from Santiago de Compostela.My experience with Ryanair for the last 6 years that they put them in the hold for free.
My poles are 60cm when collapsed so were too big for the 55CM bag, I found I could pull the poles apart so the longest piece was less than 55cm so could fit in the bag.I fly out on the 20 March with Ryanair. I have booked my rucksack as hold luggage due to sharps and other stuff in it. I would like to take my walking poles on as cabin luggage which are about 60 cm when collapsed. Has anybody taken theirs on and was there a problem? They are too long to fit in my rucksack and would poke out of the top leaving them prone to being broken or injuring the staff. Cheers. Dave
Funny enough. I travel several times to caminos and aldo throug Stansted UK.Hiking poles are on the prohibited item list. See:
Hand luggage restrictions at UK airports
Hand luggage restrictions at UK airports - carry-on luggage, checked-in baggage, restricted items and liquids, electronic devices carried from Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt and Saudi Arabiawww.gov.uk
Time for someone to post the standard forum reply into this thread, I think ...Can somebody in here assist me with any docomentation for yes or no to the sticks INSIDE your backpack.
I recently travelled through Santiago airport and paid particular attention as this topic comes up from time to time and can generate inaccurate or conflicting comments.On the other hand I saw a note somewhere in Casa forum that EU made a rule that walking sticks in fact is to be allowed. [...] Can somebody in here assist me with any docomentation for yes or no to the sticks INSIDE your backpack.
Congrats! Did you sell your stuff, by the way????Found it! Ryanair terms and conditions for carriage:
8.4.9 Pointed/edged Weapons & Sharp Objects must be carried in checked baggage; pointed or bladed articles capable of causing injury, including axes & hatchets, cleavers, arrows and darts, crampons (grappling iron, hooked bar of iron, or plate with iron spikes used in mountaineering), harpoons & spears, ice axes & ice picks, ice skates, knives with blades of more than 6 cms including lockable or flick knives, ceremonial, religious and hunting knives, made of metal or any other material strong enough to be used as a potential weapon, meat cleavers, machetes, open razors and blades (excluding safety or disposable razors with blades enclosed in cartridge), sabres, swords and swordsticks, scalpels, scissors with blades more than 6 cms as measured from the fulcrum, ski and walking/hiking poles, throwing stars, tradesman's tools with a blade or a shaft of more than 6 cms that have the potential to be used as a pointed or edged weapon, e.g. drills and drill bits, box cutters, utility knives, all saws, screwdrivers, chisels, crowbars, hammers, pliers, wrenches/spanners, blow torches.
There’s a considerable body of discussion about if, when and how a walking pole might be a weapon on this forum and elsewhere. Quite impressive actuallyOR.........???????
Just been there last week but never saw any signs about walking poles is pohibited IN carru-on lugage.There’s a considerable body of discussion about if, when and how a walking pole might be a weapon on this forum and elsewhere. Quite impressive actually. My take on it is simple: there are information notes in Santiago airport about walking poles (I’m talking about the physical airport and not their website) that I had never seen in other airports and I was asked by security staff whether I had poles in my backpack which I had never been asked elsewhere. That’s all I’m willing to contribute to this question.
Shortly before you enter the area with the security lines: at the counter where you can dispose of liquids (see photo) and on the glass screen or door directly before the security area (just text and I didn’t take a photo).Just been there last week but never saw any signs about walking poles is pohibited IN carru-on lugage. Could you tell where???
@Flem, the current situation has been addressed more than adequately, but you might be interested in a little recent history. A few years ago, the TSA drafted a revision of the carry-on rules that relaxed many of the more draconian provisions that had been introduced over the years in response to various terrorist incidents using or on aircraft. This included relaxing the rules on walking poles. As it transpired, while other restrictions were relaxed, those relating to walking poles were not.Funny enough. I travel several times to caminos and aldo throug Stansted UK.
And infact I asked the security in UK and they respond that there was no problem.
On the other hand I saw a note somewhere in Casa forum that EU made a rule that walkingsticks in fact is to be allowed.
I traveled 7 times out og Santiago with my sticks collapsed and the point taken off. BUT today they would not allowed them. And asking about dokumentation he would (could not) give it.
Please advise
And here is my question:
Can somebody in here assist me with any docomentation for yes or no to the sticks INSIDE your backpack.
"Some do, some don't"Thanks a lot for your info. And kind of interesting does the info not mentioned walking poles.
And saying that it also is kind of interesting that in the AENA's rules for airport security gives the staff oppotunity to check if the walking poles is a wapon or not. If i.e. you take of the sharp point og the walking poles it do not apply as dangerous further more if it is inside your carry-on luggage.
And as all walking poles are rejected I ask myself is this just a securehysteria at the Guardia Civil?? And that is a big problem for travelers.
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