I took my knitting on board with me to England last December and back again to Boston. No problems, they were Addi turbo's so were metal, but not long.
*-----Original Message----- *From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Behalf Of *Janice Blair *Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 7:38 PM *To: lace-digest *Subject: [lace] travel restrictions * * *Not strictly lace but you might like to know if you are *travelling to convention in Denver this year, check with your *airline regarding baggage allowance. AA have reduced their 70 *lb allowance to 50lbs on tickets issued after March 1, 2005. *Overseas is still 70lbs. I assume other airlines might have *done the same thing. I also checked with the US Government *Security web site to see if knitting needles are still allowed *on internal flights and they are. Here is the web page for *items allowed or not. * *http://www.tsa.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/Prohibited_English_4-1 *-2005_v2.pdf * *I still have to find out what weight I can take on my flight *to France next month as we are connecting from Heathrow to *Gatwick for our flight on British Airways To Toulouse. BA *seem to allow only 51lbs on flights other than to the US and *further destinations (whichs is still 70 lbs). Maybe I have *to unpack some stuff and leave it in England. :-) Knitting *needles were not on the restricted list on the BA site so I *presume I can take my knitting on board again. If you know *different please let me know. *Janice * * *Janice Blair *Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA * *- *To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: *unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
