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Hopeful Pilgrim

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My husband and I posted our poles back to UK from Santiago. This was to avoid the security issue at Santiago airport - we had to check them in at the airport last September. We were amazed to see a young woman in the departure lounge carrying her folded poles. When we enquired she said that she had taken them through security with no problem. I made my way back to security and asked an English speaking guard if poles could be taken through and she said yes! When did this change?
 
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KiwiBob

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My husband and I posted our poles back to UK from Santiago. This was to avoid the security issue at Santiago airport - we had to check them in at the airport last September. We were amazed to see a young woman in the departure lounge carrying her folded poles. When we enquired she said that she had taken them through security with no problem. I made my way back to security and asked an English speaking guard if poles could be taken through and she said yes! When did this change?
I always carry mine through, have since about 2004, break them down wrap them in a fleece and put them in my carry on bag...
 
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I always carry mine through, have since about 2004, break them down wrap them in a fleece and put them in my carry on bag...
Sorry, @KiwiBob, is it possible that you misunderstood the question? I am asking because you wrote in another post that you are about to start your first Camino so ...

The question is about departing from the airport of Santiago and only from Santiago airport.

Santiago airport had: for many years a very strict policy of no poles allowed in the cabin luggage; and a special arrangement with all airlines that passengers could check in their poles for free even when they had the cheapest of the cheap no-frills Ryanair tickets. It was only in 2023 that this policy had ended.

The question is now whether poles, possibly folded poles, are allowed in the cabin luggage in Santiago airport.

No other airports please, whether in the USA, in the UK, in other airports in Spain or elsewhere. This topic is fraught with conflicting opinions on this forum and basically off-limits. 😎
 
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KiwiBob

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Sorry, @KiwiBob, is it possible that you misunderstood the question? I am asking because you wrote in another post that you are about to start your first Camino so ...

The question is about departing from the airport of Santiago and only from Santiago airport.

Santiago airport had: for many years a very strict policy of no poles allowed in the cabin luggage; and a special arrangement with all airlines that passengers could check in their poles for free even when they had the cheapest of the cheap no-frills Ryanair tickets. It was only in 2023 that this policy had ended.

The question is now whether poles, possibly folded poles, are allowed in the cabin luggage in Santiago airport.

No other airports please, whether in the USA, in the UK, in other airports in Spain or elsewhere. This topic is fraught with conflicting opinions on this forum and basically off-limits. 😎
Sorry about that guess Santiago is different to all the other Spanish airports I've flown out of ...best of luck
 
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J F Gregory

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We are now on out 3rd Camino, traveling arriving in SJPdP tomorrow . Our walking sticks are as always in our packs and we have never checked them to and from Seattle. If you read the fine print on the TSA website it says they will not be accepted. They have also been carried through out Europe and other destinations.
 

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