Liquid restrictions in carry-on

[Anonymous]

Do airlines still enforce the 3.4 oz rule? It seems to me that a lot of the rules put in place after 9-11 are being relaxed. I’d like to carry on my bag to Costa Rica, but want to bring some larger bottles of sunscreen. What are the odds they’ll be confiscated?

[Anonymous]

It’s random. I diligently pack my liquids quart bag and rarely need to even take it out but once in a while you’ll get someone extra strict.
I do agree that they are more relaxed now.

[Anonymous]

Just buy multiple 3oz bottles. I like the thinkbaby bottles.

[Anonymous]

I think multiple large bottles of sunscreen would be noticed and taken. One bottle that's slightly over the limit would probably get through.

[Anonymous]

It’s 3oz not 3.4. They do seem to still be enforced. I had a slightly (still under 4) larger bottle of skin stuff tossed at dca recently

[Anonymous]

I was going to check a small bag because of sunscreen but the line to check in was so long that I ended up just taking it thru security. The guy ended up sort of shaking my suncreen and letting a couple thru that seemed to have 3 oz or less but tossing a more full one.

[Anonymous]

Large bottles will still be flagged. I fly with someone that apparently resembles a large lotion bottle, and I'd say probably 80% of my flights it gets flagged if it's in carry on.

Costa Rica sells nice reef safe sunscreen. Just buy it there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Large bottles will still be flagged. I fly with someone that apparently resembles a large lotion bottle, and I'd say probably 80% of my flights it gets flagged if it's in carry on.

Costa Rica sells nice reef safe sunscreen. Just buy it there.

What does flagged mean, though? Do they take it away from you? If so, why do you continue to bring it?

[Anonymous]

We also have to search for small bottles of contact lense solution ( it may be counted as medical but I didn’t want to take risk) just for the flight trip. Same for getting those 3oz sunscreen. For bottled water they asked you to drunk/pour all or throw entire bottle to trash, and they would do the same for any other liquid except baby formula.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Large bottles will still be flagged. I fly with someone that apparently resembles a large lotion bottle, and I'd say probably 80% of my flights it gets flagged if it's in carry on.

Costa Rica sells nice reef safe sunscreen. Just buy it there.

What does flagged mean, though? Do they take it away from you? If so, why do you continue to bring it?

It gets flagged because it looks like a lotion bottle in the Xray. It's not taken because it isn't, and doesn't violate any rules. It's just a solid foam roller thing for my back which I need after flying. But they always have to pull it out and examine it. If it were lotion, it would be confiscated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s 3oz not 3.4. They do seem to still be enforced. I had a slightly (still under 4) larger bottle of skin stuff tossed at dca recently

It’s 100 ml, so it’s closer to 3.4

[Anonymous]

This summer, my daughter’s regular sized toothpaste was confiscated on a domestic flight. It’s not worth the risk until the law changes.

[Anonymous]

I was flying back into the U.S. earlier this year and had an oversize bottle of lotion pulled and chucked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This summer, my daughter’s regular sized toothpaste was confiscated on a domestic flight. It’s not worth the risk until the law changes.

What a bunch of jerks.

[Anonymous]

I told my 7 yo to pack her backpack with some books, stuffies and anything else she personally needs for the trip and she did. She’s done this a million times before. Going through security her bag gets stopped and searched. They pulled out a full size tub of Cetaphil cream and confiscated it. She has some sensory needs and when packing she decided she needed “the good lotion”.