Cues on the plane..
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.....uh.....drive there. your a lot closer than we are in Mississippi. our winning teams generally get a "rent-a-wreck" 14 passenger van and drive.
just a thought.......j
just a thought.......j
I have had no success carrying on cues.
You can carry on a skateboard and a fly rod in a steel tube but a pool cue is prohibited. I cannot quite understand the logic, anything in the right persons hands can be a weapon.
I see you are from Duncan, is Larry Humphries still betting it up in one pocket?
-don
kobyp said:
You can carry on a skateboard and a fly rod in a steel tube but a pool cue is prohibited. I cannot quite understand the logic, anything in the right persons hands can be a weapon.
I see you are from Duncan, is Larry Humphries still betting it up in one pocket?
-don
kobyp said:
There is a huge chance that you will not get through security with pool cues.
There are reinforced cases that protect checked cues. I just adapted a shotgun case into which I put two super cheapo flatish cue cases (for my regular and break cues.)
When you take those into a pool room you will be instantly pegged as a banger so you might get more weight!
Or, you can just put the cues in the gun case. They are held in place with foam..and when you walk into the pool room with that...you will get INSTANT respect!
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kobyp said:
I have gone like the last five years and every year we put them in hard golf bag. It has wheels and is pretty easy to use. You can get four instroke type cases in them. I think three 2x4's and one 3x7. You can't lock it but they have some pretty good latches on them. No damage yet. We were just going to send them to the hotel one year. The hotel said no problem but we went the golf bag route.
Jason
oh ya, ya gotta check em
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NO pool cues on a plane. http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/prohibited/permitted-prohibited-items.shtm#4kobyp said:
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Thecoats said:
Right! And they let guitars on routinely. I'll take an 8 lb. Fender Strat against some dude with a pool cue and spot 'em the first swing!
If you pay people to pass laws, they will soon pass all the good ones...then procede to pass bad ones...and then procede to pass HORRIBLE ones!!
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Beat me to it. By a whole day.DeadPoked said:You should be more worried about Snakes on a Plane than Cues on the plane.
For those that didn't know... this was Samuel L Jackson's first nude scene in a movie...
Look, it's very simple - You can't carry it with you so you're going to have to check it in. When you check in your luggage (and this is good advice ALL THE TIME), pay attention to what they're doing. Make sure they tag EVERYTHING and LOOK at the tags. Obviously the reason for lost luggage is human error and that's the one moment during the whole process that you can supervise so make sure it's done right. I'm not saying this is all the time but a good percentage of luggage problems can be traced to check-in so make sure they're paying attention. Watch them print out the tags and attach the tags to your bags and review what they've done. It won't eliminate the problem but it'll cut down the chances of something horrible happening immensely.
Going home for the holidays so I just got this suitcase. large enough to fit my case in + anything else I could possibly want to bring. Its big so hopefully its hard to loose.
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on the plane
I've had this problem in the past. Now I notify the airlines that I'll be transporting a rifle. They make special arrangements for this. They tag your cue case as a firearm and hand carry it to a special compartment, which is usually a small compartment below the cockpit. Upon arrival they hand carry the cue to the baggage claim area and return it to you. Haven't had any airline refuse to do this yet nor have I hand any problems since every employee who touches the "firearm" has to sign for it.
kobyp said:
I've had this problem in the past. Now I notify the airlines that I'll be transporting a rifle. They make special arrangements for this. They tag your cue case as a firearm and hand carry it to a special compartment, which is usually a small compartment below the cockpit. Upon arrival they hand carry the cue to the baggage claim area and return it to you. Haven't had any airline refuse to do this yet nor have I hand any problems since every employee who touches the "firearm" has to sign for it.
Hard golf Case
A few years back three of us flew into Vegas for a BCA nationals event, we used a golf hard case travel bag and just put the cases surrounded by bubble wrap into it. We didn't have any problems, but I wasn't very comfortable with this.
I just recently ordered a cue from Bob Dzuricky and if I was to do the same trip, I would definitely ship it ahead, or check it as a firearm. Last I checked, to declare a firearm you MUST have it in a locked case and it has to be signed for.
A few years back three of us flew into Vegas for a BCA nationals event, we used a golf hard case travel bag and just put the cases surrounded by bubble wrap into it. We didn't have any problems, but I wasn't very comfortable with this.
I just recently ordered a cue from Bob Dzuricky and if I was to do the same trip, I would definitely ship it ahead, or check it as a firearm. Last I checked, to declare a firearm you MUST have it in a locked case and it has to be signed for.
