Airline Travelers - Carry-on's Allowed & Banned

Items Allowed and Banned from Carry-on Luggage
For Domestic Flights (Per TSA rules, effective August 13, 2006)

Personal items permitted
Baby formula and breast milk if a baby is traveling
Solid lipsticks and Chapsticks
Prescription medicines with a name that matches the passenger’s ticket
Up to 8oz. liquid or gel low-blood sugar treatment
Up to 4 oz. of non-prescription liquid medications, including cough syrup, eye drops, contact lens solutions and nasal spray
Laptop computers, cell phones, pagers, handheld devices and cameras

Personal items banned
All creams, all lotions, sunscreens, first-aid creams such as Neosporin, moisturizers
Bubble bath, including gel or liquid-filled bath balls or bath oils and moisturizers
Baby teethers with gel or liquid, Children’s toys with gel inside
Lip gels, glosses or liquids including Carmex
Gel candles, Bug sprays
Gel deodorants, Gel cap pills
Gel shoe inserts, Hair styling gels
Hair sprays of all kinds, Hair straighteners or detanglers
Liquid foundations, Liquid sanitizers
Liquid soaps, Lighters
Makeup remover or face cleaner, Mascara
Mouthwash, Nail polish and removers
Perfumes or colognes, Shaving creams
Spray deodorants, Toothpaste
All beverages, Jell-O’s
Puddings Gel-based sports supplements
Yogurts or gel-like substances

* Remove your shoes and sending them through the x-ray machine is now mandatory. Shoes with gel filled heels, like running shoes, are acceptable to wear on a flight to wear on a flight but gel filled insoles are prohibited and must be put in your checked luggage.

* Any carry-on bags or personal items may now be subject to a secondary hand search at the gate or in the concourse.

* Any liquid or other product purchased in the airport, or anywhere for that matter, must now be completely consumed prior to entering the security check-point area.

* Products purchased in the concourse after passing security must be completely consumed before boarding the aircraft. Nothing is permitted to be carried on-board.

* You are now much more likely to have your carry-on bags hand searched rather than just x-rayed. If there is anything you are uneasy having a TSA person see, avoid packing it in a carry-on.