[lace] Travel restrictions
Hello Ruth and Dona As it is off-topic and I'm not on chat, I'm answering privately. Australia must have good winds, as I heard foot and mouth disease reached the UK through certain high winds after sand storms in the North African desert. Jo Falkink - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Paul and Dona [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote It might depend on the airlines and airport, but I just flew Quantas and Virgin Blue/Pacific Blue through 3 different Australian airports and 2 different New Zealand airports and I had knitting with me every step of the way and I never had any problem with it. Now my yogurt, cheese sticks and dried beef jerky they took away. I guess you just never know what those nasty terrorists might do with those food products! bg But where did you buy the food? If it wasn't bought in Australia then the food was confiscated because of very strict quarantine laws to protect our primary industries which have very few of the diseases that other countries have. . Anyway, I had 5 bamboo needles with socks on them and I had bamboo circular needles with a shetland lace shawl on them. I also had a crochet hook in my knitting bag (for those times you need help picking up a runaway stitch) and a darning needle. No one batted an eyelash at any of it. Bamboo doesn't show up on the X-ray machines, but if you'd been caught with them then you could have been in deep manure. All the Government literature advises that knitting needles and crochet hooks are banned items on internal Australian flights and that penalties for possession are severe. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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No Dona, its not that the Aussies are worried about you attacking someone with your cheese stick - its more what bugs and viruses might be imported into Australia through them. Australia, being such an isolated country, has managed to stay free of a lot of the nasties which infect other countries, such as foot and mouth disease, an various others who's names won't now come to mind.All food stuff and plant life, timber products are among a long list of things which MUST be declared when entering Australia, and run the risk of confiscation, although I did see a returning traveller get away with bringing huge amounts of Swiss chocolate back with him. Ruth (Sydney, Australia) - Original Message - From: Paul and Dona [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Elizabeth Ligeti [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 12:06 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Travel restrictions It might depend on the airlines and airport, but I just flew Quantas and Virgin Blue/Pacific Blue through 3 different Australian airports and 2 different New Zealand airports and I had knitting with me every step of the way and I never had any problem with it. Now my yogurt, cheese sticks and dried beef jerky they took away. We had 24 hours of flying that day and were hoping not have to eat airport food at every stop. Even if you're just transiting through an airport they won't let you keep your snacks! I guess you just never know what those nasty terrorists might do with those food products! bg - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I have not had a problem with knitting needles in the US or to Europe after 9/11 but a friend who works for AA said they were changing some of their guidelines which is what prompted me to check their web site. I got the TSA site from that webpage and was able to see that they approve of knitting needles as well. I use thick, long bamboo needles which do not show up on the xray but I always declare them anyway. I think if I have excess weight between London and Tolouse it will be okay as my ticket is booked round trip from the US. BA refuse to accept anything weighing more tham 70 lbs even as excess baggage. I once saw a guy opening his case at checkin and taking stuff out and having it reweighed. I think it took three attempts until it was under the top weight allowed. I never did see what he did with all his belongings. Anyway I will be knitting this trip, maybe I should find a lacey pattern. Janice Laurie Hughes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I took my knitting on board with me to England last December and back again to Boston. No problems, they were Addi turbo's so were metal, but not long. *Janice Blair *Subject: [lace] travel restrictions * * I also checked with the US Government *Security web site to see if knitting needles are still allowed *on internal flights and they are. Here is the web page for *items allowed or not. Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Travel restrictions
Knitting needles are still a 'No-No' on Australian aircraft. Scissors of any sort, nail cutters, nailfiles, crochet hooks, and knives of any sort are all banned as well. I will have my tatting shuttle with a pick end with me. The sort with a tiny hook on the end are banned. However, coming back from Norfolk Island, they confiscated a nail file - but left me a few safety pins - and one of them worked well for a tatting hook!!! :) So I will be one of Noelene's group - with Tatting in my Pocket ! :)) from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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It might depend on the airlines and airport, but I just flew Quantas and Virgin Blue/Pacific Blue through 3 different Australian airports and 2 different New Zealand airports and I had knitting with me every step of the way and I never had any problem with it. Now my yogurt, cheese sticks and dried beef jerky they took away. We had 24 hours of flying that day and were hoping not have to eat airport food at every stop. Even if you're just transiting through an airport they won't let you keep your snacks! I guess you just never know what those nasty terrorists might do with those food products! bg Anyway, I had 5 bamboo needles with socks on them and I had bamboo circular needles with a shetland lace shawl on them. I also had a crochet hook in my knitting bag (for those times you need help picking up a runaway stitch) and a darning needle. No one batted an eyelash at any of it. Dona in Asan, Guam - Original Message - From: Elizabeth Ligeti [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 11:47 AM Subject: [lace] Travel restrictions Knitting needles are still a 'No-No' on Australian aircraft. Scissors of any sort, nail cutters, nailfiles, crochet hooks, and knives of any sort are all banned as well. I will have my tatting shuttle with a pick end with me. The sort with a tiny hook on the end are banned. However, coming back from Norfolk Island, they confiscated a nail file - but left me a few safety pins - and one of them worked well for a tatting hook!!! :) So I will be one of Noelene's group - with Tatting in my Pocket ! :)) from Liz in Melbourne, Oz, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] travel restrictions
Not strictly lace but you might like to know if you are travelling to convention in Denver this year, check with your airline regarding baggage allowance. AA have reduced their 70 lb allowance to 50lbs on tickets issued after March 1, 2005. Overseas is still 70lbs. I assume other airlines might have done the same thing. I also checked with the US Government Security web site to see if knitting needles are still allowed on internal flights and they are. Here is the web page for items allowed or not. http://www.tsa.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/Prohibited_English_4-1-2005_v2.pdf I still have to find out what weight I can take on my flight to France next month as we are connecting from Heathrow to Gatwick for our flight on British Airways To Toulouse. BA seem to allow only 51lbs on flights other than to the US and further destinations (whichs is still 70 lbs). Maybe I have to unpack some stuff and leave it in England. :-) Knitting needles were not on the restricted list on the BA site so I presume I can take my knitting on board again. If you know different please let me know. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I took my knitting on board with me to England last December and back again to Boston. No problems, they were Addi turbo's so were metal, but not long. *-Original Message- *From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Behalf Of *Janice Blair *Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 7:38 PM *To: lace-digest *Subject: [lace] travel restrictions * * *Not strictly lace but you might like to know if you are *travelling to convention in Denver this year, check with your *airline regarding baggage allowance. AA have reduced their 70 *lb allowance to 50lbs on tickets issued after March 1, 2005. *Overseas is still 70lbs. I assume other airlines might have *done the same thing. I also checked with the US Government *Security web site to see if knitting needles are still allowed *on internal flights and they are. Here is the web page for *items allowed or not. * *http://www.tsa.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/Prohibited_English_4-1 *-2005_v2.pdf * *I still have to find out what weight I can take on my flight *to France next month as we are connecting from Heathrow to *Gatwick for our flight on British Airways To Toulouse. BA *seem to allow only 51lbs on flights other than to the US and *further destinations (whichs is still 70 lbs). Maybe I have *to unpack some stuff and leave it in England. :-) Knitting *needles were not on the restricted list on the BA site so I *presume I can take my knitting on board again. If you know *different please let me know. *Janice * * *Janice Blair *Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA * *- *To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: *unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
