traving on airline with cooler of frozen items

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anybody have any experience with a cooler of frozen items on a flight. the cost to ship the 30 pounds would be $180, so we thought my son in law could check a cooler on the airline and pay the extra baggage fee. What kind of coolers do they take, do they have restrictions, etc. I remember someone going to hawaii with a cooler of meat, but this was some years back.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

Maybe it will be a question of what is in the cooler:

TSA: Prohibited Items

TSA Permitted and Prohibited Items List

https://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp...w=1280&bih=572

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

Check with each airline, for instance . . .

Frontier Airlines:

Coolers Coolers containing food items and dry ice. Dry ice may be used as a refrigerant only. The cooler or package must permit the release of carbon dioxide gas. Styrofoam containers and ice made from water are not accepted. Refer to Dry Ice for more information.
NOTE: Frontier is not liable for items transported in the cooler. Refer to Food Items. Excess, oversize and overweight charges apply if applicable. Checked: Yes
Carry-on: Yes Yes;
Cool

[catwgirl Contributor - Bronze Find all posts View Profile Close catwgirl]

I took a small cooler with frozen meat to the Bahamas. The cooler was soft-sided and lined with some type of freezing gel, It was the type where you place the entire cooler in the freezer. I packed the frozer cooler with the meat frozen solid inside my suitcase. Everything was still frozen solid when I arrived in the Bahamas and that was after an overnight in Ft. Lauderdale.

I had checked the airline regulations and at that time anyway it was allowed.

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this is frozen breast milk, a lot of it. delta airlines is the airlines he is taking next weekend.
thanks for the links Jim, one of them was specifically for Delta.

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Delta will accept dry ice packages in amounts of 5.5 lbs. (2.5 kg) or less when used to cool non-hazardous perishables in carry-on or checked baggage. The package must:
Meet carry-on baggage restrictions
Allow the release of carbon dioxide
State on the package "Dry Ice" or "Carbon Dioxide Solid"
Note the net weight of the dry-ice material on the packaging
Include the contents being cooled in writing on the packaging
If possible, instead of dry ice, we encourage the use of gel packs or similar products to keep frozen perishable items fresh within the cargo hold. For more information you can download the Guidelines to transport Dry Ice.
Wet ice shipments are not accepted as carry-on baggage, checked baggage, or cargo on Delta or Delta Connection® flights.

Buy a hardside cooler and bring duct tape. Don't use dry ice as it could become an issue. They will also have you sign a waiver for perishables.

Perishables
Delta allows perishable items (both edible and non-edible) onboard as part of your carry-on baggage allowance as long as there is no violation of agricultural restrictions for the destination country.

Perishable items include:
Fresh or frozen foods, fruits, and vegetables
Meats, fish, poultry, or bakery products
Flowers of varying sorts including cut flowers, floral displays, and vegetable plants
If the item does not fit within our size or weight restrictions for carry-on baggage, we will accept the item within your checked baggage allowance once a limited liability release form has been completed. Delta will not accept liability of any perishable item that spoils or goes bad during its journey in cargo.
http://www.delta.com/traveling_check...bles/index.jsp

[Fern Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Fern]

If you feel like you don't want to use dry ice, or not much of it, you can make meatloaf, several of them perhaps, and freeze them solid, then pack them in plastic bags. They will remain solid for hours and hours and provide a lot of cooling. You could also use a Stauffer large size mac and cheese or lasagna for the top layer of the cooler, but that would be expensive.

Fern

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the breast milk is frozen solid (and is taking over 30% of my freezer). I think for a flight, we probably won't need any ice, as i know from traveling that it takes quite a long time for that much frozen stuff to start thawing. 5 pounds of dry ice is about 10 dollars so a frozzen dinner would be a better buy. I have a Omaha Steaks cooler they could use, also a soft sided rolling cooler. after he leaves, there will be another month's worth that I guess we are going to have to drive home, along with the baby paraphenalia, extra clothes(she keeps shopping), toys, oh and a little space for our stuff.