By Gregory Smith (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #1) on Friday, August 11, 2006 - 9:11 am: |
I'm going to be flying to Bonaire tomorrow, and returning next Saturday, the 19th. Can anyone tell me what restrictions the Bonaire authorities are placing on carry-on luggage when leaving the island? I don't want to bring my camera, for example (which US authorities will allow me to carry on going to the island), only to not be able to carry it back on in a week when I'm leaving.
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By michael gaynor (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #2223) on Friday, August 11, 2006 - 9:22 am: |
Are you sure that you can carry it on a US outbound flight? I received the following yesterday:
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By Tom Schamp (BonaireTalker - Post #51) on Friday, August 11, 2006 - 9:37 am: |
Good (but sad) point. In one stroke of the pen, the duty-free liquor industry is obliterated.
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By Tribs Loves Bonaire (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #3111) on Friday, August 11, 2006 - 9:48 am: |
Don't give up hope Tom! When you buy duty free from the Sky Mall they hold it until you get off the plane. Maybe that won't be affected????
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By Tom Schamp (BonaireTalker - Post #52) on Friday, August 11, 2006 - 9:56 am: |
It's not going to be a pretty scene in Caribbean airports anymore, with prospective passengers slugging down whole liters of liquor to get rid of it before going through security to board their flights....
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By John Gnann (BonaireTalker - Post #54) on Friday, August 11, 2006 - 11:23 am: |
Michael,
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By Rosanne (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #454) on Friday, August 11, 2006 - 11:42 am: |
The list in our newspaper (The San Jose Mercury News) did list disposable cameras specifically.
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By Brian (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1662) on Friday, August 11, 2006 - 11:50 am: |
This follows the events in the UK when muslim extremists had planned to bomb 12 planes mid Atlantic on route from the UK to the US. We have the same emergency rules in place until the crisis is over. I hope this a temporary measure.
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By Vince DePietro (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #416) on Friday, August 11, 2006 - 5:25 pm: |
Brian..They did not plan to blow up the planes "mid Atlantic" but they wanted to blow them up OVER AMERICAN CITIES..This way the Islamic fascists could have watched with glee as our press showed coverage of 1000's of bodies falling to earth as well as the debris from the planes crashing into buildings.
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By Grasshopper (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #18971) on Friday, August 11, 2006 - 9:30 pm: |
I flew this morning. I had Michael bring my checked bag yesterday as he drove. I was only going from Orange County to Phoenix. As I had a 1 way ticket, I got the "special screening." They took my clinique foundation. The folks in the regular screening line were having to throw away their lipsticks, lip balms, lip gels, everything that is pretty much liquid regardless of how big it was. Once on the other side I got a bottle of water, but everyone had to throw any liquid they had bought away before boarding. Then they had 2 TSA agents at the gate, and rechecked all bags and purses before you were allowed to board. There were EMPTY places in the overhead bins. I guess everyone is checking all things. I would not take anything liquid, regardless how big. They even took my little tube of neosporen! I had my cosmetics in a plastic bag, my meds in a plastic bag, so it was easy for them to see...Travel has changed even more dramatically now...Lines were REALLY long, all the way outside the airport this am, and I got there 3 hours early!
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By Sandy Ruffin (BonaireTalker - Post #41) on Friday, August 11, 2006 - 10:09 pm: |
Grasshopper:
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By Brian (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1665) on Saturday, August 12, 2006 - 6:37 am: |
Vince
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By Tom (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #3390) on Saturday, August 12, 2006 - 8:08 am: |
http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/interapp/press_release/press_release_0976.xml
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By Susan (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1647) on Saturday, August 12, 2006 - 8:43 am: |
Brian,
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By Grasshopper (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #18972) on Saturday, August 12, 2006 - 12:03 pm: |
I had both my ipod and cell phone with me, and they didn't even look at it. They were mostly obsessed with make-up, tubes of jell, etc. Since I got to go through "special screening" they did have a wand that they went over every item I had (flip flops and dive watch included) and then they put the wand under a special "light." Laptops were being allowed on the planes as well. I wonder if for International flights this is different, or flights out of the UK?
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By Cheryl B (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #234) on Saturday, August 12, 2006 - 5:38 pm: |
Rules are definitely more strict on UK inbound and outbound flights. Clear plastic bag is your only carryon.
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By Grasshopper (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #18975) on Saturday, August 12, 2006 - 6:08 pm: |
Cheryl, where was he flying from? The lines to check baggage yesterday morning were 2 hours long, and security was at least an hour.
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By Cheryl B (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #235) on Saturday, August 12, 2006 - 10:27 pm: |
Hey Cynde! He was flying DFW-IND. He had an early flight, that may have something to do with it.
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By Grasshopper (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #18978) on Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 10:37 am: |
Cheryl, I certainly hope so. My flight was at 9:30AM, and I got to the airport at 6:30 AM...lots of business travlers go through Orange County during the week, so maybe it was the morning rush hour!
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By James T. McPeak (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #404) on Monday, August 28, 2006 - 9:22 am: |
Kathi and I just flew this weekend from Phila to North Carolina. On Thursday night, we were at a party. Kathi loved the deviled eggs. This hostess asked her if she wanted to take some for the trip on the plane. In the packing of them on the travel on bag, they got a little crushed and liquified. TSA had a real quandry as to what the hell this mysterious substance was. We spent about 5 minutes past the x-ray station trying to explain to two supervisors what this yellowish orange subatance really was. It was pretty funny when all was said and done. The TSA guys had a laugh as well, and in Phila, they are usually not too friendly.
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