Comments on: Checked bags may cost you, but Christmas trees are free?! http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2009/12/18/checked-bags-may-cost-you-but-christmas-trees-are-free/ Living the first class life -- at coach prices Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:21:15 +0000 hourly 1 By: Claire Walter http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2009/12/18/checked-bags-may-cost-you-but-christmas-trees-are-free/#comment-31224 Claire Walter Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:34:44 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/?p=4467#comment-31224 NZM - It amazes me what we CAN'T take on board, especially since 9/11. Last year. I packed a mostly used-up 110 milliliter tube of sunscreen. Not being metric-minded, I did realize that 3 ounces = 100 ML, even tho' it was nowhere near full. Read http://travel-babel.blogspot.com/2008/11/fyi-110-ml-3-ounces.html . Then, you won't believe what the TSA didn't notice a few weeks later. Read http://travel-babel.blogspot.com/2008/12/tsa-tales.html NZM – It amazes me what we CAN’T take on board, especially since 9/11. Last year. I packed a mostly used-up 110 milliliter tube of sunscreen. Not being metric-minded, I did realize that 3 ounces = 100 ML, even tho’ it was nowhere near full. Read http://travel-babel.blogspot.com/2008/11/fyi-110-ml-3-ounces.html . Then, you won’t believe what the TSA didn’t notice a few weeks later. Read http://travel-babel.blogspot.com/2008/12/tsa-tales.html

]]> By: nzm http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2009/12/18/checked-bags-may-cost-you-but-christmas-trees-are-free/#comment-31208 nzm Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:15:37 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/?p=4467#comment-31208 Within Europe, it's amazing what they let through. I constantly have to remind myself that I'm no longer in NZ where even one piece of fruit in your luggage will cop a $200 fine at the border. My partner's parents took home seeds and cuttings to Germany last week after visiting us in Barcelona - it still never ceases to amaze me that they can do this! Within Europe, it’s amazing what they let through. I constantly have to remind myself that I’m no longer in NZ where even one piece of fruit in your luggage will cop a $200 fine at the border. My partner’s parents took home seeds and cuttings to Germany last week after visiting us in Barcelona – it still never ceases to amaze me that they can do this!

]]> By: Oliver http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2009/12/18/checked-bags-may-cost-you-but-christmas-trees-are-free/#comment-31196 Oliver Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:18:14 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/?p=4467#comment-31196 Bizarre story. I can't imagine anyone traveling with a Christmas tree. Maybe a Festivus pole... But it presumably achieved what they were looking for -- free publicity. Bizarre story. I can’t imagine anyone traveling with a Christmas tree. Maybe a Festivus pole…

But it presumably achieved what they were looking for — free publicity.

]]> By: Dacker http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2009/12/18/checked-bags-may-cost-you-but-christmas-trees-are-free/#comment-31195 Dacker Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:44:14 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/?p=4467#comment-31195 Yep, they'd sick those beagles on you, at risk of great harm to your ankles. Yep, they’d sick those beagles on you, at risk of great harm to your ankles.

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