HELP! Airport baggage with cues
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You can if the Pool case fits inside the suitcase but they will open it up and inspect it before it gets on the Plane and they will put an this case was inspected sticker on it.
Happened to me every time i put my Pool case inside my travel bag during my Army travel days.
Happened to me every time i put my Pool case inside my travel bag during my Army travel days.
Understood. But what I wanted to do was save myself the extra charge for another bag to check in, and put the 2 cues wrapped in some clothing within my full sized suitcase. Was just going to roll up some cue sleeves to hold them inside of once taken out.
If i am understanding your question the right way, you sure can roll them up and place them you your main checked baggage. The problem you may run into is if they do decide to open up your suit case to inspect it they will unwrap your cues and probably won't wrap it back up and just toss the cues back in your suit case.
If you haven't done so pack your suit case as if you were leaving tonight and place your cues in the suit case then try so see if you can get the cues in the case with the pool case.
If you haven't done so pack your suit case as if you were leaving tonight and place your cues in the suit case then try so see if you can get the cues in the case with the pool case.
In the largest (30") size suitcases you can fit a 2x4 case diagonally inside.
I have a crappy old slim 2x4 case that I use for just this purpose because by 3x5 Predator Blak case doesn't fit and is really heavy. I done this on about 10 trips to Vegas with no issues.
I have a crappy old slim 2x4 case that I use for just this purpose because by 3x5 Predator Blak case doesn't fit and is really heavy. I done this on about 10 trips to Vegas with no issues.
The only thing you cannot do under any circumstances is bring your cues on board as carry-on. Has it been done since 9/11? Yes. Is it allowed by the TSA? No.
If you're checking your luggage in and plan to put your cues inside your suitcase, that should be fine. In fact, that's how I usually fly with my cues and I've never had a problem.
Some suggest checking your cues and cue case separately which is definitely safer for the flight than putting them in a suitcase but it'll cost you roughly $25 each way and you might as well put a sign on it that says, "expensive shit inside".
I know they're not allowed, but they should just let you take them on the plane. I flew all the time before 9/11 with my cues onboard with me. They still let me take my guitar onboard. I doubt that one could hijack a plane with a pool cue. Maybe if I also had 5 ounces of shampoo...
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They almost did allow us about a year or so ago but the TSA employees fought it. The problem is, cues are on this huge list that includes a bunch of things that are actually kinda dangerous. They haven't gone through the trouble of scrutinizing the list yet. It's just all or nothing.
Before 9/11, I carried on a "Lou Groza Award (trophy given out to the best collegiate kicker in the country) with no problems....after 9/11, I tried to retrieve the trophy from my parents house in MD and when I tried to bring it on the plane they said "absolutely not" and called it 'a weapon'... I said "weapon? this is the frickin Lou Groza Award".... needless to say its still located at my parent's house in MD 10+ years later....
Point being, they are not letting you bring a pool cue on a plane
I absolutely would ship them to the hotel you're staying at. USPS Overnight cant be but $25 or so.
I heard it was the fearful flight attendants that complained.
That sounds right. Either way, the entire list was rejected, not specifically cues.
In my opinion, this is a minor inconvenience. Of all the years my friends and I have flown with cues, I can think of only one instance where cues were lost. That's roughly 50 people over 15 years (about 1500 flights to and fro). If I were to include the professionals I know and APA, the number probably reaches 2500.
Cues aren't easily damaged and I would imagine most thieves have little interest in them. You're far more likely to lose your cues in the poolroom. I see that happen all the time.
like someone else said. just ship them USPS over night mail directly to your hotel. call ahead and talk to the hotel letting them know that it is coming and ask them to hold the package for you. that is what i did and it worked out perfectly for me and the hotel was glad to know that i had called them for the heads up.....lmho.......mike......:thumbup:
When I went to APA nationals used large duffel bag with TSA lock that flagged when opened , wasn't opened out or back.
I'm +1 with shipping to the hotel but I'd be scared to death using USPS ( personal experience ). Not to say overall they're any better but I use UPS and have not had any issues with them.
I bought myself a medium suitcase. The size smaller than the biggest. Going to wrap them inside clothing. They should fit fine. I called the airline and the customer service rep stated they'd be ok to check them in that way, so long as I didn't try to bring them as a carry on. Just have to buy some sleeves to roll up and carry the cues afterwards.
The terrrorists have achieved their goals when folks at the TSA think this is a throwing star confiscated from an 86 year old marine veteran...
http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/airportmedal.asp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Foss
"They just kept passing it around there were eight or nine or ten of them who handled it before it was over," he said.
"They had found it in my pocket at the airport, and they thought it was suspicious. It's shaped like a star, and they were looking at the metal edges of it, like it was a weapon. I asked for it back, but they kept handing it to each other and inspecting it. I was told to move to a separate area.
"I told them — just turn it over. The engraving on the back explains everything. But they thought they must have something potentially dangerous here.
"I told them exactly what it was — I said, 'That's my Congressional Medal of Honor.´"
The man relating that story was retired Gen. Joe Foss, 86. His experience last month in Arizona at the international airport in Phoenix — may be the ultimate symbol of the out-of-kilter times we are going through. We are so afraid of terrorists in our midst that what happened to Foss is not only believable, but perhaps even inevitable:
The Congressional Medal of Honor will be taken from its recipient because it looks vaguely ominous.
I spoke with Foss because I wanted to hear it from him directly. He told me that he holds no animosity about the incident — "I'm just as interested in defeating the terrorists as anyone is, I promise you that" and that he is mostly sad that no one knew what the Medal of Honor was.
Foss was awarded the medal by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II after shooting down 26 enemy planes as a Marine fighter pilot in solo combat in the Pacific. He grew up in South Dakota — after the war he would become governor of that state — and took flying lessons as a young man, then went to war.
He lives in Scottsdale, Ariz., and when he travels he is patted down in airports instead of going through the metal detectors, because of a heart pacemaker. At the airport in Phoenix, he said, he was being searched manually and he put his jacket through the X-ray machine. A couple of things caught the attention of the screeners — rightly so.
Foss has a key chain made out of a dummy bullet, with a hole drilled through it to make it evident it is harmless; he also carries a small knife/file with the Medal of Honor Society's insignia on it. The screeners took both of them from Foss — traveling during these nervous days with items that look like bullets, or with even a small knife, will, and should, invite scrutiny. Even if you're 86. Even if you're a war hero.
That's not what frustrated him. The screeners, he said, allowed him to mail the key chain and the little knife back to his home from the airport. But for 45 minutes, he estimated, he was passed from person to person, made to remove his boots and tie and belt and hat three different times, and prevented from boarding his flight (he was eventually allowed on) because the security personnel, he said, had misgivings about his Medal of Honor.
(America West Airlines, in whose terminal in Phoenix the incident allegedly took place, said through a spokeswoman shortly after the misunderstanding that the airline's objective is to ensure safety and security for all passengers and employees.)
"I want you to know," Foss told me, "that I don't go around wearing my Medal of Honor, or carrying it with me. The only reason I had it with me on this flight was that I was supposed to give a speech to a class at the United States Military Academy at West Point, and I thought the medal was something the cadets might be interested in seeing."
I asked him what he remembered about being presented the Congressional Medal of Honor. "I was right fresh out of combat when I was called to the White House," he said. "FDR was behind his desk, and he pinned the medal on my uniform. He said it was for actions above and beyond the call of duty.
"I was nervous, being in the presence of the president. I think I may have been more nervous there than I was in combat. My wife and mother were with me — it was quite a day. I think President Roosevelt called me 'young feller.'"
After the White House ceremony, Foss had his photograph taken with the medal — the nation's highest military honor for valor in action — on his uniform. That photo was the full front cover of Life magazine, the issue of June 7, 1943; the cover caption was: "Captain Foss, U.S.M.C. America's No. 1 Ace."
And now, almost 60 years later, the Medal of Honor was being handed from one skeptical security screener to another in the Phoenix airport, while Foss, at 86, took his boots and belt off as ordered.
"I wasn't upset for me," he said. "I was upset for the Medal of Honor, that they just didn't know what it even was. It represents all of the guys who lost their lives — the guys who never came back. Everyone who put their lives on the line for their country. You're supposed to know what the Medal of Honor is."
http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/airportmedal.asp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Foss
"They just kept passing it around there were eight or nine or ten of them who handled it before it was over," he said.
"They had found it in my pocket at the airport, and they thought it was suspicious. It's shaped like a star, and they were looking at the metal edges of it, like it was a weapon. I asked for it back, but they kept handing it to each other and inspecting it. I was told to move to a separate area.
"I told them — just turn it over. The engraving on the back explains everything. But they thought they must have something potentially dangerous here.
"I told them exactly what it was — I said, 'That's my Congressional Medal of Honor.´"
The man relating that story was retired Gen. Joe Foss, 86. His experience last month in Arizona at the international airport in Phoenix — may be the ultimate symbol of the out-of-kilter times we are going through. We are so afraid of terrorists in our midst that what happened to Foss is not only believable, but perhaps even inevitable:
The Congressional Medal of Honor will be taken from its recipient because it looks vaguely ominous.
I spoke with Foss because I wanted to hear it from him directly. He told me that he holds no animosity about the incident — "I'm just as interested in defeating the terrorists as anyone is, I promise you that" and that he is mostly sad that no one knew what the Medal of Honor was.
Foss was awarded the medal by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II after shooting down 26 enemy planes as a Marine fighter pilot in solo combat in the Pacific. He grew up in South Dakota — after the war he would become governor of that state — and took flying lessons as a young man, then went to war.
He lives in Scottsdale, Ariz., and when he travels he is patted down in airports instead of going through the metal detectors, because of a heart pacemaker. At the airport in Phoenix, he said, he was being searched manually and he put his jacket through the X-ray machine. A couple of things caught the attention of the screeners — rightly so.
Foss has a key chain made out of a dummy bullet, with a hole drilled through it to make it evident it is harmless; he also carries a small knife/file with the Medal of Honor Society's insignia on it. The screeners took both of them from Foss — traveling during these nervous days with items that look like bullets, or with even a small knife, will, and should, invite scrutiny. Even if you're 86. Even if you're a war hero.
That's not what frustrated him. The screeners, he said, allowed him to mail the key chain and the little knife back to his home from the airport. But for 45 minutes, he estimated, he was passed from person to person, made to remove his boots and tie and belt and hat three different times, and prevented from boarding his flight (he was eventually allowed on) because the security personnel, he said, had misgivings about his Medal of Honor.
(America West Airlines, in whose terminal in Phoenix the incident allegedly took place, said through a spokeswoman shortly after the misunderstanding that the airline's objective is to ensure safety and security for all passengers and employees.)
"I want you to know," Foss told me, "that I don't go around wearing my Medal of Honor, or carrying it with me. The only reason I had it with me on this flight was that I was supposed to give a speech to a class at the United States Military Academy at West Point, and I thought the medal was something the cadets might be interested in seeing."
I asked him what he remembered about being presented the Congressional Medal of Honor. "I was right fresh out of combat when I was called to the White House," he said. "FDR was behind his desk, and he pinned the medal on my uniform. He said it was for actions above and beyond the call of duty.
"I was nervous, being in the presence of the president. I think I may have been more nervous there than I was in combat. My wife and mother were with me — it was quite a day. I think President Roosevelt called me 'young feller.'"
After the White House ceremony, Foss had his photograph taken with the medal — the nation's highest military honor for valor in action — on his uniform. That photo was the full front cover of Life magazine, the issue of June 7, 1943; the cover caption was: "Captain Foss, U.S.M.C. America's No. 1 Ace."
And now, almost 60 years later, the Medal of Honor was being handed from one skeptical security screener to another in the Phoenix airport, while Foss, at 86, took his boots and belt off as ordered.
"I wasn't upset for me," he said. "I was upset for the Medal of Honor, that they just didn't know what it even was. It represents all of the guys who lost their lives — the guys who never came back. Everyone who put their lives on the line for their country. You're supposed to know what the Medal of Honor is."
Before 9/11, I carried on a "Lou Groza Award (trophy given out to the best collegiate kicker in the country) with no problems....after 9/11, I tried to retrieve the trophy from my parents house in MD and when I tried to bring it on the plane they said "absolutely not" and called it 'a weapon'... I said "weapon? this is the frickin Lou Groza Award".... needless to say its still located at my parent's house in MD 10+ years later....
Point being, they are not letting you bring a pool cue on a plane
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