TSA Liquid Carry-On Rules

[OneLuckyMom]

I am travelling alone with my 7-year-old daughter. I know the TSA rules say each traveller is allowed a one quart bag filled with < 3 oz containers of liquids/gels. But will it cause any problems if we really have the two bags, one for me, one for my daughter? I'm afraid they may think I'm trying to skirt the rules with 2 bags of stuff for me. But really, one bag will contain stuff for my daughter, and one bag will for me - although I admit I'm the one packing both. I'm thinking I'll probably be OK, but I'm wondering if anyone else has done this and either had or not had problems.....

 

[Champion]

Only put what you need immediately in the carry on, and check the rest in your checked bags. Everything that you won't need until you get your checked bags back.

The rule makes ZERO sense, its another illusion of security thing.

The TSA determined you can't blow up a plane with 3oz of liquid explosives. Thats cool. So if Terrorist A had 3oz and Terrorist B had 3oz, thats 6, so that means they can blow up the plane?

Stupid.

 

[OneLuckyMom]

Only put what you need immediately in the carry on, and check the rest in your checked bags.

I like to take enough basics to survive a day or two in case of lost luggage. Plus, I have a host of medications that I need to carry on (asthma inhalers for me, different inhalers for my daughter, Flonase)- since they are all < 3 oz, they are supposed to go into the quart size bag too and they eat up alot of the space....

 

[Champion]

I like to take enough basics to survive a day or two in case of lost luggage. Plus, I have a host of medications that I need to carry on (asthma inhalers for me, different inhalers for my daughter, Flonase)- since they are all < 3 oz, they are supposed to go into the quart size bag too and they eat up alot of the space....

Any medications are excepted to the rule. Actually, give me a second, and I think the medications actually can be a separate bag that isn't counted.

http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/prohibited/permitted-prohibited-items.shtm#2

Theres the page, too much to quote.

 

[OneLuckyMom]

Having done this before, if I can't get the medications into the quart-sized bag then I have to make a separate "declaration", go through additional screening, and I better be dang sure I have the presriptions labels, which for all of the ones I need to bring means I have to bring the freakin' boxes they all come in with me too, because that's where the prescription label is. And even following all of those rules, I've still had some TSA agents insist that if it's under 3 ounces, medication or not, it HAS to be in that stupid baggie. :fork:

So my medications are going in the baggie, thanks all the same. Although it brings me back to two bags - my daughter's in her bag, mine in my bag :lol:

 

[tigsmom]

Having done this before, if I can't get the medications into the quart-sized bag then I have to make a separate "declaration", go through additional screening, and I better be dang sure I have the presriptions labels, which for all of the ones I need to bring means I have to bring the freakin' boxes they all come in with me too, because that's where the prescription label is. And even following all of those rules, I've still had some TSA agents insist that if it's under 3 ounces, medication or not, it HAS to be in that stupid baggie. :fork:

So my medications are going in the baggie, thanks all the same. Although it brings me back to two bags - my daughter's in her bag, mine in my bag :lol:

We were told by TSA agents to put all medications in a large zip bag and then just say that its "medicine". I, personally had to use 3 quart sized bags to carry my own meds and he said that wasn't necessary. :shrug:
I changed it for the trip home and nobody said anything.

I used the quart sized bags for all liquid things I carried, but meds went into their own bags for the 4 of us with no problems (4 separate bags...2 quart and 2 half gallon). We each carried our own medications in our carry on and they were each searched separately with no problem.

 

[mnfootballmommy]

I think you can also go to your pharmacist and explain that you will be traveling and they will run duplicate labels (no meds) on smaller bottles so that you don't have to carry the BIG vials and such and you can just carry what you need for the trip vs. your entire prescription. I know that doesn't help with the inhalers, but for pills it might!

 

[mousermerf]

I have all kinds of meds I cart around (if you ever have/had cluster headaches you'd understand) even though i dont typically use them. Lots of liquids and auto-injectables. I went through security and no one even wanted me to take out the bags. Everytime they asked if i had any liquids i would says "medicines" and they said no worries and just told me to leave them in the bag.

I had a big rolly carryon.