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I had just gone to the TSA site. I didn't see the bit about not bringing rolled up toothpaste tubes. I've never seen a shampoo bottle or toothpaste tube that was only three ounces. Go ito Target..they have a section where they sell mini "travel" sized toiletries..about 99 cents each |
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On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:36:56 -0700, DevilsPGD
wrote: Do you need to ship an entire suitcase? If so, pay the $15 and let the airline handle it. If not, just ship the shampoo or similar items that you can't carry-on. I would just take the extra suitcase personally but that wasn't the original post. I have seen many people advocate shipping a suitcase for various reasons including airlines losing the luggage. |
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In message Brian
was claimed to have wrote: On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:36:56 -0700, DevilsPGD wrote: Do you need to ship an entire suitcase? If so, pay the $15 and let the airline handle it. If not, just ship the shampoo or similar items that you can't carry-on. I would just take the extra suitcase personally but that wasn't the original post. Sure it was. In message Ken Litwak was claimed to have wrote: | I don't want to pay a baggage | fee just so I can bring my own toothpaste. If I bring an almost empty | toothpaste tube and an almost empty shampoo bottle, can I bring that in | a carry-on? That very clearly indicates that the concern is toothpaste. The obvious solutions a 1) Buy toothpaste in a smaller container that is within the rules. 2) Buy toothpaste at the destination. 3) Ship toothpaste. 4) Do without. You could ship an entire suitcase just to carry toothpaste if you wanted, but personally, if I didn't have time to buy what I needed at the destination and had special needs that couldn't be bought in a small container, I'd ship it in a small mailing tube via a courier with delivery tracking. I have seen many people advocate shipping a suitcase for various reasons including airlines losing the luggage. Yeah, and it's not cheap. I'd almost never recommend shipping an entire suitcase for that reason either, easier to carry-on or ship a couple day's worth of clothes and let the airline and/or travelers' insurance work out the rest if the items disappeared, unless you needed many custom outfits that couldn't be easily replaced while traveling. |
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DevilsPGD wrote:
You could ship an entire suitcase just to carry toothpaste if you wanted, No. Put your illegal dangerous terrorist materials such as toothpaste and shampoo in a ziplok bag. Show it to the check in agent, she will confirm you can't bring it aboard and then tell her to check it in and watch her feel guilty charging you $25 for such a small bag, and watch the airline baggage system unable to handle such a small piece of luggage. If thousands of passengers did that on some protest day, you would find airports and airlines quickly changing their minds about prohbiting toothpaste and shampoo as carry ons. If that $25 ziplok bag ends up costing airlines far more in manual handling than $25, you'll find airlines lobbying government to remove that silly restriction. And so much the better if your $25 ziplok bag gets stuck and breaks the baggage system and costs the airline thousands of dollars in delays etc. Silly rules won't change unless they start costing airlines mucho money and airlines lobby government to change them. |
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Brian wrote:
On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:36:56 -0700, DevilsPGD wrote: Do you need to ship an entire suitcase? If so, pay the $15 and let the airline handle it. If not, just ship the shampoo or similar items that you can't carry-on. I would just take the extra suitcase personally but that wasn't the original post. I have seen many people advocate shipping a suitcase for various reasons including airlines losing the luggage. We have a suitcase in transit right now. We are traveling around in Europe and it's easier with one suitcase each, but we are doing 2 cruises for the last leg of our journey and need more clothes. It is not cheap! If you just want to save the extra luggage fee, you could pay the fee many times over for what it costs to ship a bag. JMTCW |
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Ken Litwak wrote snip I don't want to pay a baggage fee just so I can bring my own toothpaste. Ken - How BIG are your teeth ? |
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