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markTHEblake
13th June 2009, 07:33 PM
Friend of mine flew a couple of times over the last month. (Qantas but the airline is irrelevant)

He lightened the golf bag by putting golf balls in carry on luggage, which a lot of people do, but at the security check he was told he wasn't allowed to carry golf balls on the plane, because it was "sporting equipment"

No further explanation was given, and they wouldn't concede He had to go back and put his carry on luggage as cargo.
henno
13th June 2009, 07:34 PM
I assume playing cards and chess pieces aren't allowed either.
kwantfm
13th June 2009, 07:37 PM
I assume playing cards and chess pieces aren't allowed either.

:)
3oneday
13th June 2009, 08:15 PM
I would think a golf ball is potentially more dangerous than a chess piece.
henno
13th June 2009, 08:20 PM
They're both "sporting equipment" though, aren't they?
Ferrins
13th June 2009, 08:31 PM
Survivor of golf ball attack during Pan Am flight 557.
Flowergirl
13th June 2009, 10:38 PM
John had a box of balls taken off him when we came up to the champs last year. I wasn't happy - they were mine and he had pinched them.
TS
13th June 2009, 10:42 PM
Golf ball been ban as carry on for couple of years. They confiscate them if you are unlucky.
rodders
13th June 2009, 10:45 PM
Ohh, GOLF balls - was getting a little worried there for a moment.
henno
13th June 2009, 10:54 PM
Ohh, GOLF balls - was getting a little worried there for a moment.

So they're OK if stored in a bag and in pairs only?

8-)
markTHEblake
13th June 2009, 10:59 PM
anyone get a proper explanation why?
zigwah
13th June 2009, 11:02 PM
explosives?
markTHEblake
13th June 2009, 11:10 PM
they dont let you bring explosives on a plane anymore either Zig.

how long since you flown?
zigwah
13th June 2009, 11:10 PM
lmao :)
LarryLong
13th June 2009, 11:14 PM
Maybe somebody dreamed up a scenario where a ball might get thrown around the plane and injure somebody or break a window? Sounds strange?

Maybe they just have a side deal with the maintenance and baggage guys to keep them stocked up with new pills?
zigwah
13th June 2009, 11:21 PM
Maybe somebody dreamed up a scenario where a ball might get thrown around the plane and injure somebody or break a window? Sounds strange?

Maybe they just have a side deal with the maintenance and baggage guys to keep them stocked up with new pills?

That's not as silly as it sounds
Johnny Canuck
13th June 2009, 11:29 PM
i have had not problem with my balls riding on virgin... maybe i have been lucky. have heard about others losing theirs on other airline before.
shavey
14th June 2009, 09:11 AM
Not sure about playing cards though... Few years back a mate and I played heads up all the way home from Melb. And he had his full sets of chips in the big case!

Almost paid for my flight home ;)