cork screw in your carry ons

[Bill4728 Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Bill4728]

I know after 9 -11, they wouldn't let you bring a cork screw in your carry ons, but I thought I heard that that has changed.

What is the rule?

TIA

[T. R. Oglodyte Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close T. R. Oglodyte]

I know after 9 -11, they wouldn't let you bring a cork screw in your carry ons, but I thought I heard that that has changed.

What is the rule?

TIA

I believe the Homeland Security web site has a link to an up to date list of what is allowed and what isn't allowed.

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

corkscrews YES, lighters NO

http://www.tsa.gov/assets/doc/Permit...ited_Facts.doc

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

There are just so many good one-liners for this one

I think I best leave it alone.

[DebbieM Member Find all posts View Profile Close DebbieM]

I've had a corkscrew confiscated, not because it was a corkscrew, but because it had a little foil-cutter blade.

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

My friend had a $100 torch cigar lighter taken away. Rather than to give it up. He took the lighter and hid it out in an open spot where no one looks. He hid it you know where the applications are for a credit card right out in the open he took it and placed it behind the applications. Well guess what it was still there when he returned.

[Bill4728 Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Bill4728]

Well it turned out that they took my corkscrew.

They offered to mail it home for me for $10 but I said no.

They said the website was wrong. TSA does allow corkscrews but they don't allow corkscrews with the little knifes.

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

I should have remembered this thread while traveling on Ryan air to Venice a few days ago. They tried to take away my cork screw and a cigar cutter but I had enough time to check a small carry on for free so it got saved.
BTW The airlines will allow you to check your carry on for free even if you have reached your 2 bag limit.

[EvelynK72 Member Find all posts View Profile Close EvelynK72]

Maybe it's me, but I can't understand the logic TSA uses to determine what can or cannot be taken on board a flight in carry-on. Okay - some things are obvious, like a gun. But why are corkscrews, screwdrivers less than 7 inches long, and other tools allowed. These all could be used to inflict bodily harm.

On a recent trip to Hawaii, I carried a small, 2 lb. dumbbell weight in my carry-on - needed it for some physical therapy exercises and I knew my checkin luggage was at the 50 lbs. limit. I got the weight to Hawaii okay, but couldn't get it past TSA in Kona. Luckily the nice lady at Aloha found a box so I could ship my weight to Honolulu. When we flew to the mainland, I made sure I packed it in checked baggage. Again - what's the logic here? I suppose I could bonk someone on the head with it, but I'm sure people carry heavier things in their carryon that could be used in a similar manner.

Evelyn

[Keitht Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Keitht]

Maybe it's me, but I can't understand the logic TSA uses to determine what can or cannot be taken on board a flight in carry-on.
Evelyn

You have really answered your own question in the first sentence. Do you really expect to be able to use the word 'logic' in a sentence referring to the workings of a government department?

[EvelynK72 Member Find all posts View Profile Close EvelynK72]

You have really answered your own question in the first sentence. Do you really expect to be able to use the word 'logic' in a sentence referring to the workings of a government department?

Yea, I knew that when I wrote it

Evelyn