[Idyllchat] Flying British Air

[momman at pacbell.net]

This is extremely useful.  Thank you for being so efficient.

Barbara Green

Powen Shiah <powen.shiah at untours.com> wrote: The following two links are from the Transportation Security
Administration.  The first page explains in detail the new security
procedures, while the second is a rather exhaustive list of permitted
and prohibited items.

http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/assistant/new-procedures.shtm
http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/prohibited/permitted-prohibited-items.shtm

I would strongly suggest checking these sites as well as looking at
main British Airways site:
http://www.britishairways.com/travel/home/public/en_us

Basically, it should be fine bringing make-up and other similar items,
as long as it is in checked luggage.  If it is solid, you can bring it
in your carry-on luggage, but as it says on the first TSA site:

"Some solid or powdered cosmetics items are permitted past the
checkpoint; however, this is left to the discretion of the Security
Officer.  To minimize delays and hassle, we recommend that you pack
all cosmetics in your checked baggage."

I hope this is helpful to those of you travelling through London / the
UK in the near future.

Best,

Powen Shiah

P.S. Since this is my first email to the Idyllchat list, just so you
know -- I'm the newest member of the Central / Eastern European /
Greek team at Idyll Untours, so if you're calling us about Germany,
Austria, Prague, Budapest, or Greece, I may be the one on the other
end of the line.

On 8/30/06, Russ Crum  wrote:
>
> Robert,
>
> Even if someone has recently flown to/from Europe through London, things may
> well change by the time you go.
>
> Rick Steves has been updating his web page on the travel restrictions:
> http://www.ricksteves.com/news/travelnews/0608/airport_security.html
>
> His page provides a link to the BA site itself. If you want to go to it
> directly, it is:
> https://lfn.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/lfn.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=2355&p_sid=Gvw18-fi&p_lva=2350&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPSZwX3NvcnRfYnk9JnBfZ3JpZHNvcnQ9JnBfcm93X2NudD0xMiZwX3Byb2RzPSZwX2NhdHM9JnBfcHY9JnBfY3Y9JnBfc2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9YW5zd2Vycy5zZWFyY2hfbmwmcF9wYWdlPTE%2A&p_li=#
>
> That is a very long URL string, but it is the direct one.
>
> Here is another BAA URL that I found with more general information:
> http://www.baa.com/portal/controller/dispatcher.jsp?CiID=566cefdec403d010VgnVCM10000036821c0a____&CtID=a22889d8759a0010VgnVCM200000357e120a____&Ct=B2C_CT_PRESS_RELEASE&ChPath=Corporate^Media%20Centre^News%20Releases^Results
>
> If you have trouble with those two URL's, just use this one and work your
> way to the security info: http://www.baa.com/
>
> Good luck!
>
>
> Russ Crum
> rrcrum at sbcglobal.net
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