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- 2009 camino francis 2006 porto way 2010 camino francis 2014 camino francis.starting in Logrono in sep 2016.
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As you have probably noticed there are many threads on this topic. All inconclusive. There are two definitives: Hiking Poles are not permitted as cabin-baggage; many people successfully transport collapsed poles packed inside or firmly attached to their rucksack as cabin-baggage. (Except when embarking at Santiago.)Do you think i can take them on ryanair ,i get conflicting information on this topic,
Hi all ,I will be starting my camino next week and i would like to bring my walking poles .
Do you think i can take them on ryanair ,i get conflicting information on this topic,
has anyone managed to take their poles with them or will i have to get new ones in Logrono.
Thanks so much ,love this forum.
Always check in my backpack, and the poles go where the backpack is going.Hi all ,I will be starting my camino next week and i would like to bring my walking poles .
Do you think i can take them on ryanair ,i get conflicting information on this topic,
has anyone managed to take their poles with them or will i have to get new ones in Logrono.
Thanks so much ,love this forum.
Hi all ,I will be starting my camino next week and i would like to bring my walking poles .
Do you think i can take them on ryanair ,i get conflicting information on this topic,
has anyone managed to take their poles with them or will i have to get new ones in Logrono.
Thanks so much ,love this forum.
Hi all ,I will be starting my camino next week and i would like to bring my walking poles .
Do you think i can take them on ryanair ,i get conflicting information on this topic,
has anyone managed to take their poles with them or will i have to get new ones in Logrono.
Thanks so much ,love this forum.
There are many stories on here about different airlines from those who have been able to carry their poles into the cabin and those who were refused. The general advice seems to be....be prepared for them not to be accepted as cabin luggage.
i.e. be ready to check them in suitably protected if you have to.
Ryanair have refused to allow me to carry them as cabin baggage in the past. But others may have got away with it. It's rather pot luck I think.
@LesBrass I think you have actually managed to reduce the confusion (a little) - Ryanair do not permit Hiking Poles as cabin-baggage. Or at least they do not permit Hiking Poles as cabin-baggage on flights from Bordeaux to Seville tomorrowSorry... this reply just adds to the confusion
@LesBrass I think you have actually managed to reduce the confusion (a little) - Ryanair do not permit Hiking Poles as cabin-baggage. Or at least they do not permit Hiking Poles as cabin-baggage on flights from Bordeaux to Seville tomorrow
Buen Camino !I should also say... my flight is actually Tuesday... sorry
Well, now we'll have to start the thread all over again!I should also say... my flight is actually Tuesday... sorry
Or.... at least one Ryan Air employee doing online chatting today does not permit hiking poles as cabin baggage on tomorrow's flight from Bordeaux to Sevilla..
It always confuses me when folks report that the airline does not allow.
When do they do this denial? What triggers the reinspection at the gate?
OH dear , I didnt intend to start a rant or anything negative on my threadYes, I am speaking from experience and no, not "all seem to get through including those on the outside of the packs". All you have to do is read some of the forum posts to see that some get through, but certainly not all.
Your post reads to me as a need to defend your earlier post, your stated position. It is as if you do not believe my experiences. Let me just say that I travel a great deal for both pleasure and business, including internationally. I held a position in France for a number of years that required me to fly back to the States at least once a month. I watch and I observe.
I have no need to "posture" on this forum. I was simply adding to a subject where I felt it needed another POV.
I want to add that forum posts like these is why my wife never comes here anymore and why I disappear for months at a time.
Was that on a flight FROM SANTIAGO?Ryanair have refused to allow me to carry them as cabin baggage in the past. But others may have got away with it. It's rather pot luck I think.
You didn't start anything negative, just all part of the great pole debate...second only to the footwear challenge, and only slightly more heated than the early vs. late riser controversy. About the only safe question relates to which back pack to wearOH dear , I didnt intend to start a rant or anything negative on my thread
just some general advise on taking my walking poles along on my Camino .
Thanks for all your posts on the subject I will take them in my pack and hope for the best
you are all great ....Buen Camino to you .
Was that on a flight FROM SANTIAGO?
The topic of the thread is:
year 2016,
Ryanair,
FROM Dublin Ireland,
TO a destination on the European continent (Biaritz or Bilbao?).
Two people answered who had been on such flights recently.
it may be more cost than you want, but I put mine in a small sized hard-sided suitcase, then once in Spain mailed the suitcase to SdC to hold for me...souvenirs helped fill up the space on the way home, along with pack. I worry that irregularly shaped items like boxes get misplaced. When they stopped letting me carry my weapons (Aikido) bag onto flights, it got misplaced about half the time I traveled with it...the long narrow bag must not have fit well in their system.Poles checked by themselves tend to get lost - I travel with a pack small enough to be considered a carry on, so I check a bag containing trekking poles and pocketknife. It invariably gets lost (possibly due to small, irregular size) and I have to buy a new pair on arrival. The airlines have been good at getting them back to my home within a couple of weeks where I'm amassing a nice collection (the original barely used set I purchased in the US and all the replacements I've had to buy in Spain).
Next month I'm experimenting with packing them in the maximum allowable size box padded with bubble wrap in the hope they don't get overlooked in the hold.
No need to SHOUT
The OPs question was of a general nature.
I am not sure experience of a specific flight sector is that helpful, as it merely shares experience of that sector, on that specific date. Things change. And aspects of flight security can be rather fluid at times. I was merely advising to 'be prepared' to have them refused. I thought it helpful advice. You obviously disagree, as is your right.
Sorry to have popped my head out from under my rock.
Can we assume that Tom is not a forum member?my brother Tom and myself were walking the camino
Perhaps there was more on the site that I didn't find, but I looked on that link and all I determined was that "Sports equipment that can be used as a bludgeon (such as bats and clubs) is prohibited in the cabin of the plane." That leaves considerable room for judgement.the TSA website says hiking poles are only allowed in checked baggage.
Ok, resume fight.
Edit for nonbelievers: https://apps.tsa.dhs.gov/mytsa/cib_home.aspx
The part that is important is "sports equipment that can be used as a bludgeon" ...such as bats and clubs is not an all inclusive statement.Perhaps there was more on the site that I didn't find, but I looked on that link and all I determined was that "Sports equipment that can be used as a bludgeon (such as bats and clubs) is prohibited in the cabin of the plane." That leaves considerable room for judgement.
In most cases I've heard of, the skinny poles that fold to a length of 14" have not been considered in this category. Even where hiking poles are specifically mentioned, no definition of "hiking pole" is given, and the illustrations all shown sturdy non-collapsible poles.
The rules are not absolutely clear and inarguable, as most rules are not. It is a situation that is very easily managed. Check your poles, or go prepared to check them.
A "yes" or "no" would have been sufficient as a reply to my question. It was a flight from Santiago then, wasn't it?
As mentioned earlier in this and other threads, they have a policy of not allowing poles as carry-on.
OH dear , I didnt intend to start a rant or anything negative on my thread
just some general advise on taking my walking poles along on my Camino Thanks for all your posts on the subject I will take them in my pack and hope for the best
you are all great ....Buen Camino to you .
@Smallest_Sparrow, like you are doing now, I once would get very exercised over this, and repeatedly pointed out many of the things you have here. You are correct, but can I tell you it won't make any difference. Those who are prepared to break the law will continue to do so, others won't. Save your energy for a topic where you can make a difference.I understand people want to believe it's ok to take them as carryon but it's not. Do people get away with it...it appears so. Since I take polygraphs for my job do I want to knowingly violate this government safety policy, no. Do I care if anyone else does--no. Do I want to miss my flight or lose my poles--no. Just answering the question asked "is it ok"...
Aren't we all Kathar1na, aren't we all. But at least it has been a useful rehearsal for the next time someone posts this question
Can we assume that Tom is not a forum member?
Aren't we all Kathar1na, aren't we all. But at least it has been a useful rehearsal for the next time someone posts this question
I am puzzled by some of the replies in this thread.
Aren't we all Kathar1na, aren't we all. But at least it has been a useful rehearsal for the next time someone posts this question
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