In a message dated 6/8/2004 1:58:06 PM Pacific Daylight Time, TJoyce_at_bellboyd.com writes: > The thread about lighters makes me curious about an old topic: matches, > stoves, etc., in checked baggage on airlines. In studying the official > baggage exclusions published by airlines, I notice that they seem to be > careful to exclude fuel and fuel-containing camping equipment, but not > camping equipment per se, such as clean, dry, used backpacking stoves > and open bottles. This would seem to be a continuation of historical > practice and common sense. However, the same guidelines do exclude > strike anywhere matches from the category of acceptable checked luggage. > Has anyone had recent bad (or good) experiences with empty > stoves/bottles or matches? Do people ignore the prohibition on > strike-anywhere matches in their checked luggage? > I carry Strike Anywhere matches in a pocket as they are fine for carry on, but not checked on. I routinely clean the heck out of a fuel bottle before checking it on and have not had any problems. Since the advent of the TSA , they have inspected my checked bags every time I've used a plane for paddling or backpacking. I think I have had 6 roundtrip flights travelling to kayaking or a backpacking location with no incidents. Rob G *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jun 08 2004 - 14:59:09 PDT
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