can you bring gum on plane

[cnids00]

To those who answered questions asked without any add-ons

THANK YOU

It is really appreciated and I hope you have a great weekend!

 

[disneyldwjr]

Thank you MiaSRN62!!! You stated that a lot more eloquently than I could have. I did think the response I got from bavaria was rude and it made me feel stupid for asking a question that apparantly I should have known the answer to. I did not find that on the tsa website where it specifically said gum was allowed/not allowed and really wanted to see if any DISers who had flown recently had theirs thrown away. I would never say to a TSA agent, "Well, I read on the DIS that gum is allowed so you cant throw that away on me!" I am really not that stupid. If bavarias response to me wasnt intented to be sarcastic or mean spirited, then I must have read it wrong because thats how it sounded to me. Thank you to everyone who has responded to me on this thread.

Renee

I believe you did read it wrong. Bavaria is always helpful and always polite.
Like I said, if it is not listed on the TSA site, you can assume (dangerous thing, lol) that it will be ok.
Personally, after flying with gum snappers/crackers, after picking up a magazine with gum stuck to it and finding it in the front pocket, I can understand why it is not sold in airports and I would not mind if it were a banned substance. This is not to imply that you are any of the above. Just an opinion.

 

[disneyldwjr]

It's so wonderful to ask a question on here and feel like you've done something terribly wrong, I used to be a frequent flyer but have not been for a couple of years. I knew then about all needed to know before incidents happened that changed the rules, but one simple question?

That is why we ask questions, to get answers from those who know the answer already, not to be bashed or ridiculated by someone else.

I can ask at the airport and rearrange anything I have done wrong in my packing, they changed it from the first no electronics to now the yes electronics....Great!

Some of us also have too many things to juggle 1 day before leaving, stomach bug etc to have the time to be sitting by their computer reading all of what TSA allows and doesn't allow.

I thought these boards were to help others, give advice etc...

I had another question about Southwest Airlines too since I have never used them before but now I think asking at the airport or just finding out tomorrow will be the way I go

Electronics were never on the banned list. That was for flights to and from England.
What is your question about SWA? They are a great airline and the only one I use, most of the time.

 

[disneyldwjr]

To those who answered questions asked without any add-ons

THANK YOU

It is really appreciated and I hope you have a great weekend!

What is wrong with Add ons? Most of the time they are added to help the poster.
Have a FANTASTIC trip.

 

[cnids00]

I meant "add-ons" that makes you feel stupid for asking the question in the first place. The answer to the question and then some things "that can get lost in translation" etc like previous poster wrote.

Thank you!

SWA has no seat assignments, am I right? I know they were trying to but don't know if it has gone back to the way it was yet. If so and I checked in online this morning for tommorows flight at 6:50am exactly 24hrs before, does that mean that "it's grab whatever seat you can get"-kind of thing? I've always had seat assignments before and as we are 3 in the family, DH, me and DD, are the seats 2 and 2, 3 or 3 etc.

I think I'd like to sit together and was wondering how that works, also printing out our boarding passes it has a capital A on it to the right, does that mean how we board? Yeah, I'm clueless with SWA BUT it sure has the N?S flight we sooooo wanted this time!

 

[salmoneous]

SWA has no seat assignments, am I right?

Sheesh - the whole procedure is spelled out on www.southwest.com - why can't you just get the info there? Kidding.

You already checked-in and have your "A" boarding passes. Good. That means you will be in the second group of people to board the plane. The first groups is preboarders.

When you get to the airport there were be 4 lines. You can go ahead and get in the "A" line, or just wait it out and join the line when the A's start boarding. Even at the back of the A line you should be able to get a row of 3 seats - but it may be farther back in the plane.

When you get on the plane, you just pick whatever seat you want. The seats on all SW flights are 3x3.

 

[Geyser Gazer]

I believe that gum is allowed as carry on, but as a liquid your saliva must now be suction checked at the gate.


(I apologize ahead of time for not being able to stop myself).

 

[bavaria]

Sorry, but I have to ask - why can't these answers be found on the TSA site? they probably seem overly simplistic to me because I fly every week or so, but why would someone think that gum is not allowed? electronics were not banned in the US either.

I'm not trying to be rude, I'm just curious. And I say it again - I would not go to a Disney website for the official word....

That is what I posted last night, and I will post it again in case anyone missed it. As I stated above, I AM curious. I truly would like to know if this is due to misinformation spread in the media, or on websites, etc.

On 8/10 and the following days, several frequent fliers such as CarolA and I posted a number of threads provided factual information. We also tried to respond with information to the alarmist threads posting misinformation. I personally spent several hours researching alternatives to Chapstick and even went to an outlet mall to find a discontinued product for a poster. While we conselled travellers to wait and see if the rules would be relaxed (some were, others were enhanced to be more restrictive), the most active threads were those that contained misinformation or speculation.

While CarolA, disneyldwjr, and others spent hours of our time trying to allay fears, post factual information, and provide alternatives to liquids and gels, we were sometimes treated as if we had created the rules ourselves. Not once do I recall a thank you for the information we shared.

I have another website I frequent for the warm and fuzzies. Mainly on this website I post on the Transporation board, in an effort to share factual information with posters. My posts here rarely include smiling faces or dancing smilies - they are factually based, and that's all.

I stand by my original post. If you took it as an insult, so be it. I did not take your subsequent post as an insult, but rather as a rather emotional response. If it would have pleased you more for me to simply respond 'yes' or 'no', I may do so in future. Or I may decide to take a break for awhile, leaving you with one less poster who has good knowledge about this subject.

 

[ReneeLMT]

I stand by my original post. If you took it as an insult, so be it. I did not take your subsequent post as an insult, but rather as a rather emotional response. If it would have pleased you more for me to simply respond 'yes' or 'no', I may do so in future. Or I may decide to take a break for awhile, leaving you with one less poster who has good knowledge about this subject.

Well, I do think you were short and rude in your original response. And I continue to think you are rude in the paragraph I quoted above. And I am sure you think I am an overly emotional person. Lets just agree to disagree about this and hopefully this topic will go away since I already got my answer.

Renee

 

[cnids00]

Thank you salmoneous! All airlines do something different, for me I'm only used to AA, SAS and UA for the most part.

Thank you so so much and I really mean it

It solved some issues when having to leave at 4am from home and not having the caffeine in me, yeah DH is driving but I'm the trip-fixer..hmm that's a lot of work/fun comparing to him tagging along and just packing his own suitcase j/k!

It's all good, this trip happened out of the blue and we didn't have as much time to get organized, but I swear by n/s flights...3 hr versus 7 hrs last time..woohoo we're almost on our way.

 

[kirbsam]

what about that gum that has that liquid in the middle that comes squirting out when you chew it? what about m&m's? they melt in your mouth. so many questions, so few answers. lighten up people. the op's question has been answered, now is the time to end this thread or have some fun with it. i vote for fun.

 

[gopherit]

I meant "add-ons" that makes you feel stupid for asking the question in the first place. The answer to the question and then some things "that can get lost in translation" etc like previous poster wrote.

True... and there are also "add-ons" that can make one feel stupid for answering the question.

Of which it seems there were more than a few. Which is worse - a post that could be "inferred" as rude, or one that states it boldly?

Friction goes both ways. If my ds says to dd, "Your shirt is on backwards", will dd say, "Oh - thanks, I'll check on that" and fix it, or will she instead scream, "MOM! He says I'm STUPID cuz I don't know how to dress!" He never said she was stupid - she just chose to infer it.

If he had prefaced his words with, "I'm not trying to be rude..." or asked, "Where did you get that shirt?" would it have changed her decision on how she responded? Maybe. But only she can decide how she's gonna respond...and she might instead go so far as to add: "He is so rude and sarcastic!" (Now of course my dd wouldn't REALLY say that, because dd currently has no clue what "sarcastic" means. However, "poopy-headed" might very well come into play, based on her vocab at present, so just insert that and continue.)

And this would all be very unfortunate news for ds, whose only intentions were to tell his sister that her shirt is on backwards, because he happens to own a lot of shirts, and has a lot of experience with shirts, and happens to really hate shirt tags, and knows from experience that when a shirt is on backwards, that taggie thing is now in the front, and frankly, that would bug the beegeebies outta him, and he wouldn't want to see anyone else have to deal with that whole taggie-in-the-front irritation, but thinks maybe his sister and her pals aren't aware that tags can be so irksome, or perhaps they have been misinformed that it's ok to wear shirts backwards, and hence, he made his comment to her.... which he nows really regrets ever making, because for the life of him, he can't figure out how it was "hurtful", while she, for the life of her, can't figure out how he could be so "insensitive".

As Ol' Momma Gopher always told me, no one can MAKE you feel anything. It's a personal choice. Same with answering back (and the tone in which you do it.) Also a personal choice. Trouble is, too many times on this board, it all gets too personal, too fast. (Momma also taught me two wrongs don't make a right, eat your spinach, and don't post on threads where people are starting to get snippy even if you have the best of intentions. I didn't listen to the last two... and I hope I don't regret it.) I hope no one thinks I am being snippy here - I don't intend to be, only trying to illustrate what I see as a pervasive problem on the board - how one post leads to another, and each successive post is actually worse than the first, and the irony is that the post that "started" it was, by the writer's own admission, never intended as a slam on anyone's character or intelligence.

And whaddya know - now I am a guilty party to it too, by further perpetuating the focus on something that never even "was"!

Auggghhh, somebody stop this crazy vortex!!!!

Ahem... SO.... back to the topic: what is and isn't allowed on a plane...

No snakes on a plane. Ever. No matter what the box office sez.

And TOO funny about the liquid gusher-gum, kirbsam, I was wondering the same thing! While my kids LOVE that stuff, I surely don't - twice I have had a pack of that stuff, only to find it got squooshed or spontaneously exploded - and left me with a seeping sticky cherry goo glob in my purse. What a mess. Dental nightmare too. Let's get that stuff banned both on AND OFF the planes! (Who here has connections with the FDA?)

I also think it's funny that in the posted tsa data they allow you up to 4 oz of eye drops and/or cough syrup... how many naughty folks will try to re-use a bottle from those for something technically contraban? (ALthough with my luck, I'd be the one person that the officials made a "public demonstration" of by forcing me to actually USE the eyedrops that were filled with, oh, say, Jim Beam, LOL, before witnesses. Better not try to smuggle super glue, huh!) And sadly, I'm also betting that the day draws ever-nearer when would-be criminals will start using prosthetics to stash the evil goods... a literal b**by trap, for sure.

 

[MiaSRN62]

gopherit says : No snakes on a plane.Ever

Ok, How 'bout snakes in a Rainforest Cafe gift shop, though ?

A little off topic........just my weak attempt at trying to lighten the tone.....this is ds and dh spoofing the Snakes On A Plane movie while on our recent trip to WDW. (since gopherit brought up the subject )

 

[gopherit]

Ok, How 'bout snakes in a Rainforest Cafe gift shop, though ?

I guess that's preferable to "Snakes in a Rainforest Cafe' Salad".....

Ewwww.

 

[disneyldwjr]

I meant "add-ons" that makes you feel stupid for asking the question in the first place. The answer to the question and then some things "that can get lost in translation" etc like previous poster wrote.

Thank you!

SWA has no seat assignments, am I right? I know they were trying to but don't know if it has gone back to the way it was yet. If so and I checked in online this morning for tommorows flight at 6:50am exactly 24hrs before, does that mean that "it's grab whatever seat you can get"-kind of thing? I've always had seat assignments before and as we are 3 in the family, DH, me and DD, are the seats 2 and 2, 3 or 3 etc.

I think I'd like to sit together and was wondering how that works, also printing out our boarding passes it has a capital A on it to the right, does that mean how we board? Yeah, I'm clueless with SWA BUT it sure has the N?S flight we sooooo wanted this time!

Hi again,
SWA does not assign seats, they are/were testing it, but it is still open seating.
Grabbing what ever seat you can, sounds so bad. LOL. Actually the boarding is very very orderly. The seats are 3 and 3. The Capital A on the boarding pass puts you into the first boarding group, AFTER the preboards.
I think you will like SWA, it is a great airline and the people are all about making your flight very pleasant.
BTW, if your child is under 5 you can preboard. There is a line for that too.
Have a wonderful and safe trip.

 

[disneyldwjr]

Well, I do think you were short and rude in your original response. And I continue to think you are rude in the paragraph I quoted above. And I am sure you think I am an overly emotional person. Lets just agree to disagree about this and hopefully this topic will go away since I already got my answer.

Renee

Stating facts and trying to educate is really not short and rude. I am truly sorry you feel that way. Not all posters sugar coat and sprinkle fairy dust on their posts.
Since you already received your answer, then of course this should go away, after all, no one else could possibly profit from learning the answer to your question. I did not realize it was all about you.
Have a nice trip.

 

[dudspizza]

True... and there are also "add-ons" that can make one feel stupid for answering the question.

Of which it seems there were more than a few. Which is worse - a post that could be "inferred" as rude, or one that states it boldly?

Friction goes both ways. If my ds says to dd, "Your shirt is on backwards", will dd say, "Oh - thanks, I'll check on that" and fix it, or will she instead scream, "MOM! He says I'm STUPID cuz I don't know how to dress!" He never said she was stupid - she just chose to infer it.

If he had prefaced his words with, "I'm not trying to be rude..." or asked, "Where did you get that shirt?" would it have changed her decision on how she responded? Maybe. But only she can decide how she's gonna respond...and she might instead go so far as to add: "He is so rude and sarcastic!" (Now of course my dd wouldn't REALLY say that, because dd currently has no clue what "sarcastic" means. However, "poopy-headed" might very well come into play, based on her vocab at present, so just insert that and continue.)

And this would all be very unfortunate news for ds, whose only intentions were to tell his sister that her shirt is on backwards, because he happens to own a lot of shirts, and has a lot of experience with shirts, and happens to really hate shirt tags, and knows from experience that when a shirt is on backwards, that taggie thing is now in the front, and frankly, that would bug the beegeebies outta him, and he wouldn't want to see anyone else have to deal with that whole taggie-in-the-front irritation, but thinks maybe his sister and her pals aren't aware that tags can be so irksome, or perhaps they have been misinformed that it's ok to wear shirts backwards, and hence, he made his comment to her.... which he nows really regrets ever making, because for the life of him, he can't figure out how it was "hurtful", while she, for the life of her, can't figure out how he could be so "insensitive".

As Ol' Momma Gopher always told me, no one can MAKE you feel anything. It's a personal choice. Same with answering back (and the tone in which you do it.) Also a personal choice. Trouble is, too many times on this board, it all gets too personal, too fast. (Momma also taught me two wrongs don't make a right, eat your spinach, and don't post on threads where people are starting to get snippy even if you have the best of intentions. I didn't listen to the last two... and I hope I don't regret it.) I hope no one thinks I am being snippy here - I don't intend to be, only trying to illustrate what I see as a pervasive problem on the board - how one post leads to another, and each successive post is actually worse than the first, and the irony is that the post that "started" it was, by the writer's own admission, never intended as a slam on anyone's character or intelligence.

And whaddya know - now I am a guilty party to it too, by further perpetuating the focus on something that never even "was"!

Auggghhh, somebody stop this crazy vortex!!!!

Ahem... SO.... back to the topic: what is and isn't allowed on a plane...

No snakes on a plane. Ever. No matter what the box office sez.

And TOO funny about the liquid gusher-gum, kirbsam, I was wondering the same thing! While my kids LOVE that stuff, I surely don't - twice I have had a pack of that stuff, only to find it got squooshed or spontaneously exploded - and left me with a seeping sticky cherry goo glob in my purse. What a mess. Dental nightmare too. Let's get that stuff banned both on AND OFF the planes! (Who here has connections with the FDA?)

I also think it's funny that in the posted tsa data they allow you up to 4 oz of eye drops and/or cough syrup... how many naughty folks will try to re-use a bottle from those for something technically contraban? (ALthough with my luck, I'd be the one person that the officials made a "public demonstration" of by forcing me to actually USE the eyedrops that were filled with, oh, say, Jim Beam, LOL, before witnesses. Better not try to smuggle super glue, huh!) And sadly, I'm also betting that the day draws ever-nearer when would-be criminals will start using prosthetics to stash the evil goods... a literal b**by trap, for sure.

I have to say I enjoyed this post.........

Duds

 

[MiaSRN62]

Grabbing what ever seat you can, sounds so bad. LOL. Actually the boarding is very very orderly.

I find it only semi-orderly from my experiences. We just flew with them in August.
Some people stand up and begin standing in their designated boarding line (A, B or C), quite early ! A few were up in line 45 min in advance of boarding ! Then, what you don't realize when you get in line, is that perhaps 3, 4 or even more people in line in front of you are saving spots for their 4 or 5 family members. So when they flight crew actually starts calling for boarding, all these other people get up in front of you. And this seems to be allowed. So you might have been 10th in line, but once they officially call for boarding, you become 30th in line.
Also, check in for your boarding passes as soon as your 24 hours prior to board is up. You have a better chance at getting an "A" boarding pass.

disneyldwjr says : Stating facts and trying to educate is really not short and rude. I am truly sorry you feel that way. Not all posters sugar coat and sprinkle fairy dust on their posts.

I truly don't think that the simple stating of facts is what upset some of these posters.......true, not everything is sugar coated here on the DIS (I have learned/try to have a thick skin sometimes). Just my 2 cents......

 

[disneyldwjr]

I find it only semi-orderly from my experiences. We just flew with them in August.
Some people stand up and begin standing in their designated boarding line (A, B or C), quite early ! A few were up in line 45 min in advance of boarding ! Then, what you don't realize when you get in line, is that perhaps 3, 4 or even more people in line in front of you are saving spots for their 4 or 5 family members. So when they flight crew actually starts calling for boarding, all these other people get up in front of you. And this seems to be allowed. So you might have been 10th in line, but once they officially call for boarding, you become 30th in line.
Also, check in for your boarding passes as soon as your 24 hours prior to board is up. You have a better chance at getting an "A" boarding pass.


I truly don't think that the simple stating of facts is what upset some of these posters.......true, not everything is sugar coated here on the DIS (I have learned/try to have a thick skin sometimes). Just my 2 cents......

I guess what I mean by orderly matches your definition a bit better. My original thinking was that they are not all running to board the plane like a bunch of bizaree nuts.
The saving of seats is sometimes totally out of hand, but, if it is a seat you truly want, you can take it. Of course, I am not sure I would want to do that, why ride with a pax who is going to be ticked off by your insisting you want that seat. It is, in reality, against the rules.
Preboarding, IMHO, is totally off the grid. If the child can walk and does not need a car seat, then, board with everyone else. If it can be managed when they state no preboarding for families, then it can be managed all the time.
I have been known to stand up 1 hour before boarding. Possibly cause I cannot stand to sit. 99.9% of the time I have an A pass. I don't consider this disorderly at all. I often wonder what it would be like if everyone was sitting before they called for boarding. That could be messy. LOL
As to your last comment, I tend to agree with you, but, I am of the firm belief that you cannot please everyone. You can try your hardest to inform, be nice, try to help in many ways and there will always be someone with a chip on their shoulder that does not like your delivery of the information.

 

[bavaria]

Well, I do think you were short and rude in your original response. And I continue to think you are rude in the paragraph I quoted above. And I am sure you think I am an overly emotional person. Lets just agree to disagree about this and hopefully this topic will go away since I already got my answer.

In this thread alone there are a number of different posting styles: humerous, persuasive, detached, direct, emotional to name a few. Your perception or interpretation may vary. Renee, I have not made a judgement on your personality as I have learned over the years that posting style is not always reflective of one's personality (I have in fact met many posters from this and other websites over the years and I can assure you that personalities can vary widely from posting style)

Simply because posting styles are different does not immediately indicate that one is good and one is bad.

When it comes to the rather mundane topic of transportation, I will continue to post in a detached fashion, for the most part devoid of smilies. If you or any other reader does not like my style (or that of another poster) I remind you that this website offers the 'ignore' feature - I myself have used it in past.