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Ski boots as hand baggage
We are for the first time flying on Saturday with our own ski boots.
They are inside ski boot bags and I was wondering if airlines allow you to take them on as your hand baggage. I never normally carry anything on other than a book and passport, and have not taken the slightest bit of notice on previous flights. For what it is worth we are flying with BMIBaby to Geneva. I have tried to find out direct from them but they weren't overly helpful. Thanks in advance for any responses. |
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Recent flight to Geneva with easyjet one of my party wanted to carry on a
boot bag. Was told that it could be used as a weapon and was refused. I don't know why he wanted to any way I would have thought it was more trouble than it was worth. Snorer. "Paul Clifford" wrote in message om... We are for the first time flying on Saturday with our own ski boots. They are inside ski boot bags and I was wondering if airlines allow you to take them on as your hand baggage. I never normally carry anything on other than a book and passport, and have not taken the slightest bit of notice on previous flights. For what it is worth we are flying with BMIBaby to Geneva. I have tried to find out direct from them but they weren't overly helpful. Thanks in advance for any responses. |
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On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 20:45:04 GMT, "Snorer"
allegedly wrote: Was told that it could be used as a weapon and was refused. Virtually anything could be used as a weapon. A ski boot is pretty unwieldy though. Why don't they just tranquillise everyone as soon as they step into the departure lounge? - Dave. -- The only powder to get high on, falls from the sky. http://www.vpas.org/ - Snowboarding the worlds pow pow - Securing your e-mail |
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"Switters" wrote in message ... On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 20:45:04 GMT, "Snorer" allegedly wrote: Was told that it could be used as a weapon and was refused. Virtually anything could be used as a weapon. A ski boot is pretty unwieldy though. Why don't they just tranquillise everyone as soon as they step into the departure lounge? It's not just weapons either - Just back from Selva and one of our party was told he couldn't take his plastic cable ties (God knows why he had them anyway). |
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"Nick Hounsome" wrote:
"Switters" wrote in message "Snorer" wrote: Was told that it could be used as a weapon and was refused. Sometimes, I have been tempted to show them that you do not need an object of any kind to kill someone. Virtually anything could be used as a weapon. A ski boot is pretty unwieldy though. Why don't they just tranquillise everyone as soon as they step into the departure lounge? It's not just weapons either - Just back from Selva and one of our party was told he couldn't take his plastic cable ties (God knows why he had them anyway). I can only think that they imagine they are to be used to bind a hostage. Why not just belt, stockings, string ? People carry cable-ties to seal baggage, repair luggage, but I have never been asked to leave mine. Many US airports have mail machines on the way to security where you can mail objects they will confiscate. I always carry a large synthetic addressed envelope in order to mail anything which I am being asked to leave. I would not care if they were smart enough to pick-out the next bunch of rag-heads intent on massacre but they just are not. |
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Snorer wrote: Recent flight to Geneva with easyjet one of my party wanted to carry on a boot bag. Was told that it could be used as a weapon and was refused. I don't know why he wanted to any way I would have thought it was more trouble than it was worth. Snorer. Easyjet do not know if they are coming or going: On a recent flight from Geneva I was ~5kg overweight on check-in and the easyjet guy suggested I carry my boot bag on board. No problem, it was a good solution. He didn't seem to think I could or would use my boots as a weapon. On another easyjet flight from Geneva I was sitting in the front row (but not the emergency exit row - that is next to the galley) and I was asked not to place my fleece on the floor behind my feet. Fair enough. But I did not want them to put the fleece in the racks either (I wanted it to hand). I suggested that I would put the fleece round my shoulders as a compromise. This was unacceptable to the cabin-boy as they "need to show consistency [in enforcing their rules]". So I put my fleece back on. This seemed to be OK, no-one lost face, procedures were followed but I was just a bit warmer than I'd've liked. Turns out that this particular overly officious strangely-orange-tanned easyjet cabin-boy was fresh out of training and had absolutely no common sense. He spent the rest of the flight making mistakes (with much more serious implications than a loose fleece on the floor) and bad-mouthing BA in front of the passengers. He also proudly announced we'd arrived 15 minutes before schedule when his cabin clock was 5 minutes slow, the aircraft still had to taxi for 10 minutes and another 5 minutes passed before the doors were finally opened and we were released to walk 15 minutes to get to passport control. On yet another easyjet flight the senior cabin-boy (with an inappropriately spikey haircut for his age) asked that people turn off their phones "as there is a high concentration of fuel vapour in the cabin before take off and mobile phones could ignite it". I think he'd had too many pro-plus or red bulls, this was the 4th or 5th flight of his shift. Sammy |
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In message .com,
Sammy writes On a recent flight from Geneva I was ~5kg overweight on check-in and the easyjet guy suggested I carry my boot bag on board. No problem, it was a good solution. He didn't seem to think I could or would use my boots as a weapon. Use a ski. Hold it by the binding, both hands with gloves on, and swing it like a broadsword. If it doesn't do serious damage it wasn't sharp enough. -- Sue ];( |
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Sue wrote:
In message .com, Sammy writes On a recent flight from Geneva I was ~5kg overweight on check-in and the easyjet guy suggested I carry my boot bag on board. No problem, it was a good solution. He didn't seem to think I could or would use my boots as a weapon. Use a ski. Hold it by the binding, both hands with gloves on, and swing it like a broadsword. If it doesn't do serious damage it wasn't sharp enough. Although this method doesn't work for ski jumpers in small aircraft. |
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Ski boots are tough things (they have to be)...
Ours have had no problems travelling as hold luggage in their pretty ordinary lightweight Rossignol boot-bags at the hands of Canadian Airlines, Air France, even BA - if you're in any doubt, why not pack socks, hats, gloves, etc. in the bags around the boots? Works for us. RM "Paul Clifford" wrote in message om... We are for the first time flying on Saturday with our own ski boots. They are inside ski boot bags and I was wondering if airlines allow you to take them on as your hand baggage. I never normally carry anything on other than a book and passport, and have not taken the slightest bit of notice on previous flights. For what it is worth we are flying with BMIBaby to Geneva. I have tried to find out direct from them but they weren't overly helpful. Thanks in advance for any responses. |
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