Question about packing liquids/meds in carry-on

[mrudman]

This sorta falls into the budget board, since the reason I'm trying to do this is to keep our check-in luggage to a minimum.. since it's going to cost us $20/bag to check, trying to do as much as possible in our carry-ons.

My question is, I have a lot of toiletries and medications that are all travel size, so legally they're fine to be in the carry-on. But then I've read that all your toiletries also need to fit in a quart-size bag to be legal. Do they mean just the liquid meds that have to fit in that bag, or does that include everything such as pills, shampoos, toothpaste, sunscreen, etc?

Thanks for any help!

 

[Tink-aholic]

Everyone is entitled to one quart-size bag...and that is all that passenger can take. All of your liquids must fit in that bag (pills do not), including cosmetics, hand sanitizer, sunscreen, shampoo, etc. There is a special exception for medicine, but it has to be in its pharmacy bottle and it must be declared at the security screening.

If you are checking a bag, I would stick all of that stuff that you don't absolutely NEED on the plane in your checked bag.

Here is the link to the TSA website: http://www.tsa.gov/311/

Good luck!

 

[SunnieRN]

I take 5 prescriptions and insulin. I brought them through bag check (in orig. bottles) with no problems. I also brought insulin syringes.

The rest of my liquids were in one quart sized bag.

 

[bumbershoot]

The 311 bag doesn't include your medications. It does include shampoo, toothpaste, sunscreen, that sort of thing. But the liquid medicines can be outside of it, but you do need to let them know about those things...I would just put them in another baggie, pull them out with your 311 baggie, and let them know that they are medicines.

Pills defiitely don't have to be in the bag, and I know plenty of people who just put them in pill organizers and are just fine. A friend of mine had a liver transplant last year...the year before that, when she was taking MORE pills than she is now (autoimmune hepatitis causing more problems than what she deals with now fending off rejection), upwards of 20 pills every day, she just put them in her pill organizer and was just fine. If I were her, i would have at least carried the list of prescriptions with me (DH's endo gives him the prescription on a sheet of paper and then calls it in, so I'd take that sheet), but she didn't and it was fine.

 

[Pakey]

I'm a cancer patient with tons of medications. I don't even but my pills in a baggie; they are just in my carryon in their original bottles. Liquid medication goes in separate baggie. I travel a lot for business and I keep my 311 baggie packed at all times. You can fit a lot in a quart size baggie; it only has to be liquid toiletries.

 

[The Princess]

Can I bring my shampoo and conditioner (regular size bottles not the small 3oz size) and put it in my suitcase not the carry on?

 

[minniebeth]

Can I bring my shampoo and conditioner (regular size bottles not the small 3oz size) and put it in my suitcase not the carry on?

Yes, you can.


Also, with the liquid medications, it also depends on the airport you are travelling through. Many of the medications my kids take are over the counter now, and I've had a separate bag for them even though they were not prescription. I've never had a problem with it.

 

[disneychrista]

Can I bring my shampoo and conditioner (regular size bottles not the small 3oz size) and put it in my suitcase not the carry on?

Yes liquids are not limited on checked baggage, just the carry on.

 

[DaniB]

What about shaving cream? Can it be put into a suitcase that is be checked? Are aerosole cans allowed in a suitcase?

 

[NotUrsula]

Everyone is entitled to one quart-size bag...and that is all that passenger can take. All of your liquids must fit in that bag (pills do not), including cosmetics, hand sanitizer, sunscreen, shampoo, etc. There is a special exception for medicine, but it has to be in its pharmacy bottle and it must be declared at the security screening.

Not exactly.

For carryon:
All LIQUID TOILETRIES must fit in one quart-sized ziploc bag (one per ticketed passenger in the party.) No container inside the bag may have a larger capacity than 3.4 oz. (100 ml.) Sunscreen counts as a toiletry, as does mascara and liquid foundation, and also shaving cream. Hand sanitizer, too. (This is your 3-1-1 baggie.)

LIQUID MEDICATIONS, including contact lens' solution, do NOT have to fit inside the 3-1-1 baggie. They do have to be declared (tell TSA that you have them), so it is best to put them in another ziploc, which may be any size that you like. OTC meds and Rx meds count for this exception. Things like chafing gel &/or KY would also go in this bag.

PILLS are not TSA's bailiwick. Unless you are carrying several hundred of them and acting twitchy like a nervous drug dealer (in which case TSA may notify the cops that they might want to chat with you), there is no issue with pills in any kind of container on a domestic flight.

Other toiletries that are powder or solid (such as stick deodorant or Body Glide sticks, or powdered makeup) are not covered by any of these rules. You can just toss em' any old way.

Aerosols may be taken *if* they are designed to be applied directly to the human body. Thus hairspray, shaving cream, spray deodorant -- are all OK. Lysol and spray starch notably are not OK. If the aerosol toiletries are small enough to fit in the 3-1-1 baggie then they can be carried on, otherwise they must go in a checked bag.

 

[Cindyrellablue]

From the TSA Website: Declare larger liquids.

Medications, baby formula and food, and breast milk are allowed in reasonable quantities exceeding three ounces and are not required to be in the zip-top bag. Declare these items for inspection at the checkpoint.