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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: beeks1305 on April 16, 2016, 05:25:22 PM
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Do the airlines let you take ball in a backpack or duffle bag as carry on? Leaving for nationals soon and trying to figure out if I can get away with just one checked bag. TIA.
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Possibly, but I wouldn't count on it. Just bring a 2 ball tote and check it.
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I know people that have done it. don't recall the airline and it was around '98 or '99. no idea if rules have changed or not.
My friend put his favorite ball, shoes, bowling towels, bowling tool bag in a carry on just in case the checked bag with the rest of his gear was lost.
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Do the airlines let you take ball in a backpack or duffle bag as carry on? Leaving for nationals soon and trying to figure out if I can get away with just one checked bag. TIA.
Yes and no...I have seen someone take 2 balls in their carry-on this past January, but on the flipside I have read numerous stories about people not being able to take balls onto the plane. IMO it all depends on the TSA agent at the screening area; if they are knowledgeable about bowling then you will probably be allowed to take them on, but if they don't know a bowling ball from a bowling pin then good luck.
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Call your airline and ask them about this
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yes, you can . i did a 2 ball tote bag on southwest airline in march. just put the bag under the seat.
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It's all up to TSA and how they feel that day. Got burned 2 years ago trying to take a double bag as a carry-on when others did it with no problem. I had even called the airline and thoroughly checked the TSA website.
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It's all up to TSA and how they feel that day. Got burned 2 years ago trying to take a double bag as a carry-on when others did it with no problem. I had even called the airline and thoroughly checked the TSA website.
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I always take my Spare ball in my 2 ball tote with my shoes and switch grip thumb holes as my carry on. One year they gave a hard time about my abralon pads and the Cab to hold the pads. got a 10 minute Q & A about the cab and pads The Rocket scientist at the TSA could not understand why I needed those items to bowl.
other then that time never had a issue with a spare ball I ship all my strike balls just easier for me
just my .02
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The last two years I have flown on Southwest and have taken a two ball tote including balls as a carry on. I have not had any problems.
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Been years since I flew with a tote, but I doubt much has changed...I got out of Austin with no issues but had to check it on the return flight out of Newark. TSA has the final say on what gets into the secure area...it isn't the airline's call.
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Just got back from Reno and carried on a 2 ball tote out of Detroit. Only the typical delay while TSA checked the balls for explosives and I was on my way. While I was on my layover in Denver a gentleman boarded my flight to Reno with a 3 ball tote he was able to get through as a carry on. Didn't get to chat with him so I don't know where he started his journey.
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That is 100% up to the discretion of the TSA agents.
I've taken a ball in my backpack before, I've also had it denied in the same bag. Its a risk that I am not willing to take again.