Z poles as flight cabin baggage stored in pack, question.

[Thirstywork]

 

[Thirstywork]

Sorry messed up posting this. But can the above bee taken onboard inside cabin baggage or do small poles need to be checked in? Flying frm UK by Ryanair. Many thanks. I have looked at their site but cannot find a definitive answer.

 

[nidarosa]

This is going to get interesting ... Some say you can, some say you can't, some say they did, some say they didn't. However, with Ryanair it is actually quite clear. This is what Ryanair’s website classes as Prohibited articles for cabin bags:

8.10.1.2 Pointed/edged Weapons & Sharp Objects; pointed or bladed articles capable of causing injury, including axes & hatchets, cleavers, arrows and darts, crampons (grappling iron, hooked bar of iron, or plate with iron spikes used in mountaineering), harpoons & spears, ice axes & ice picks, ice skates, knives with blades of more than 6 cms including lockable or flick knives, ceremonial, religious and hunting knives, made of metal or any other material strong enough to be used as a potential weapon, meat cleavers, machetes, open razors and blades (excluding safety or disposable razors with blades enclosed in cartridge), sabres, swords and swordsticks, scalpels, scissors with blades more than 6 cms as measured from the fulcrum, ski and walking/hiking poles, throwing stars, tradesman’s tools with a blade or a shaft of more than 6 cms that have the potential to be used as a pointed or edged weapon, e.g.drills and drill bits, box cutters, utility knives, all saws, screwdrivers, chisels, crowbars, hammers, pliers, wrenches/spanners, blow torches.

In short: No, you can't. And if you fly out of Santiago airport, chances are they will be taken or you have to check them in.

 

[dougfitz]

Sorry messed up posting this. But can the above bee taken onboard inside cabin baggage or do small poles need to be checked in? Flying frm UK by Ryanair. Many thanks. I have looked at their site but cannot find a definitive answer.

Walking poles are listed as prohibited items in cabin baggage by all the air safety regulators that I know about - US, Europe, Australia, etc. The checking is done by humans with all the foibles that entails. You might be fortunate and not have them confiscated.

 

[Thirstywork]

Thanks guys for clearing that up for me so quick, very appreciated. In the past I always put them inside my backpack and check them in. It's was just that I am travelling to the airport with a friend flying elsewhere and very much earlier than me and I had hoped to see her to her gate. my check in time is much later so had hoped i could take my pack onboard with me. Many thanks again.

 

[Thirstywork]

Thinking about it. I may decide to post them to where I'm staying the week before. I love them they're lightweight and I don't fancy buying a new pair in Irun. Thanks again for your help.

 

[nidarosa]

@Thirstywork - I use Pacerpoles which I also love, and I always send them to my first accommodation and pick them up there. I print my address label and keep it with my passport and tickets while I walk, and keep the lightweight plastic bag I posted them in, for return postage. Then all I need is a few rounds of tape and they can go home again while I travel with hand luggage only. Cheaper than checking the bag too!

 

[Peter Fransiscus]

Sorry messed up posting this. But can the above bee taken onboard inside cabin baggage or do small poles need to be checked in? Flying frm UK by Ryanair. Many thanks. I have looked at their site but cannot find a definitive answer.

You check your pack in with the poles , problem solvent.

Wish you well and a Buen Camino ,Peter.

 

[Thirstywork]

Sorted. I do not want to check my bag in because of a logistic problem. My friend fly's elsewhere early morning, I am helping her through security and to her departure gate. I fly much later so will not be able to check baggage in after I accompany her through to departures. So I just got a cardboard tubes with plastic ends, wrapped it up and posted it to france from UK and signed for at the other end and tracked for £13, not bad at all I thought. If I had checked them in by ryanair it would cost £55! Thanks for all the above help.

 

[JabbaPapa]

The only time I ever carried anything dangerous on a flight was a hunting knife -- I declared it going in, and it was put in a box then carried in the hold.

I doubt that things are so friendly nowadays, but you could perhaps take inspiration from this -- and get yourself a box to put your poles in ? I'm not sure what item limits you'll be subjected to, but as to weight it'll be next to nothing, and even if all the rest you'll be taking is on-board, it should help keep hassle to the minimum. Also, it would help prevent loss or theft to have them in a non-descript cardboard box, as I understand from others that this is a not uncommon problem with poles and planes.

EDIT ah, didn't see your post about mailing them -- great solution !!