Author Topic: taking a skateboard onto a flight? (Read 7771 times)

verbal ham · « **on:** November 13, 2009, 09:40:54 PM »

okay what are the rules regarding taking your board onto a flight?
im gonna be traveling soon and i am wondering what i can do..
the airline im inquiring about is american airlines if that is relevant...
suggestions and tips are appreciated

floop · « **Reply #1 on:** November 13, 2009, 09:48:16 PM »

it's allowed as a carry on

unless you're flying Mexicana Airlines

east is in the house · « **Reply #2 on:** November 13, 2009, 10:30:22 PM »

Quote from: floop on November 13, 2009, 09:48:16 PM

it's allowed as a carry on

jeremyrandall · « **Reply #3 on:** November 13, 2009, 11:59:06 PM »

I've traveled alot this year (to Australia and just recently the East Coast) and I swear it's just up to the individuals working that day. Most times I take it with me on the plane, but every once in a while I'll get some asshole who will make me check it in. One lady at the Brisbane Airport told me that no airplane ever would let me carry a skateboard on and that it was official since 9/11. I told her I had done it at least 4 times in the last two months. She told me that I was wrong and that I had actually not ever taken a skateboard on an airplane. Then just last week I asked if I should check it when flying to Toronto...and the girl was like "Why would you check it?"

Basically it's random and depends if the person likes skateboarding or not.

Cthulhu! · « **Reply #4 on:** November 14, 2009, 10:58:25 AM »

I used to just hold it with my hands, and that's when I would run into some problems. Like others mentioned, they would sometimes try to make me check it in, or not even care. What I've done ever since is stuck it into the luggage. Not even strapped or nothing, just get like half in there. Nobody has told me anything since.

HoovUCDC · « **Reply #5 on:** November 14, 2009, 11:08:12 AM »

Last time I flew my friends and I had to check our boards. We got up to our terminal and there was another person on our flight who was able to carry theirs on.

Rihardslol · « **Reply #6 on:** November 14, 2009, 11:12:30 AM »

In Europe they never let me take my skateboard onto a flight. I always need to put it to my bag and than tape it around. Or if it's not taped around enough - they put the sticker on it and put it as extra luggage for free

H8R part 4 · « **Reply #7 on:** November 14, 2009, 02:44:28 PM »

i went out to vegas for a wedding and brought my board and skate tool. they made me check the board and confiscated the skate tool.
they said that i could take the plane apart with it...yeah the whole fucking plane...with a fucking skate tool....idiots!

since then, i just duct tape my board to bottom of my luggage and check it in.
why bother trying to fight with those douche bags.

verbal ham · « **Reply #8 on:** November 14, 2009, 03:51:35 PM »

wow, i hope i dont get fucked over.

what if i put the trucks in my backpack, would they bitch about just the deck?
im not planning to take any luggage with me, just a backpack

thanks again for all the tips

tysj! · « **Reply #9 on:** November 14, 2009, 07:34:54 PM »

I can take them on Southwest with no problem.

hesaidwhat? · « **Reply #10 on:** November 14, 2009, 09:03:43 PM »

I always just strapped it on an actual skate bag and then took it off when i got on the plane and stuck it in the overhead bin(not wheels down obviously) and then jam the backpack under the seat.

yeahisaidit · « **Reply #11 on:** November 15, 2009, 01:07:21 AM »

the first time i brought my board on a plane, they let me carry it on the plane to my destination, but on the way back they wouldnt let me carry it on. that sums up what i think the policy is: subject to the airline representative's inconsistent judgement call. ive looked it up on a few airline policies, and i havent seen skateboards listed under items not possible to bring on, which leaves it in a gray area.

I hate the extra burden of not knowing if Im gonna have to deal with this at the gate, so I bought a skate bag that covers the whole board and has a little room for misc items. When it's full it doesnt look like anything "hazardous," and I havent had any problems since, as it suffices as a carry on bag.

here's the bag i got: http://shop.vans.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=612174&storeId=10001&catalogId=10101&langId=-1&vcategoryId=SEARCH

snickers · « **Reply #12 on:** November 15, 2009, 04:00:21 AM »

that was how i solved my recent carry on dilemma.

jeremyrandall · « **Reply #13 on:** November 15, 2009, 04:16:36 AM »

Yeah...it's hit and miss with a skateboard...but never try to bring a skate tool along. They will always confiscate it. I learned that the hard way as well.

grimcity · « **Reply #14 on:** November 15, 2009, 08:11:03 AM »

I fly in the US two or three times a year, I always have my board strapped to my backpack and I've never been hassled about it. I usually fly United or American, but I think I've gone through all the major domestic airlines except Jet Blue.

RightCoastBiased · « **Reply #15 on:** November 15, 2009, 09:15:44 AM »

I've flown a lot with a board in the past 14 years and have never had to check a board. I just never ask and they never say anything.

snickers · « **Reply #16 on:** November 16, 2009, 01:25:01 AM »

Quote from: jeremyrandall on November 15, 2009, 04:16:36 AM

Yeah...it's hit and miss with a skateboard...but never try to bring a skate tool along. They will always confiscate it. I learned that the hard way as well.

i've never had my skate tool confiscated...

rawbertson. · « **Reply #17 on:** November 17, 2009, 08:45:01 AM »

i always just check it anyway i dont want to have to carry that shit around with me the whole time i like having nothing when going on the plane although that is risky if they lose all your shit haha

scorpion1001 · « **Reply #18 on:** November 18, 2009, 07:04:16 PM »

i know i took my board as carry on last time i flew and it was american airlines, down to florida and i got no trouble about it at all.

Tko788 · « **Reply #19 on:** November 18, 2009, 08:51:40 PM »

Just be safe and check it in. It helps if u have a big suitcase to put the board/decks under ur clothes.

StokedTaco · « **Reply #20 on:** November 18, 2009, 09:10:49 PM »

I got away with a knife on my way down to florida last spring, didn't even know I had it with me. Opened my bag when I got there and it was in the side pocket.Needless to say,I've never had problems flying with my skateboard.

Boston. · « **Reply #21 on:** November 18, 2009, 11:19:43 PM »

i've never had a problem flying with my board. i've flown back and forth from denver a few times and no one said a single thing. i stuck it under my seet instead of in the overhead. i've never even thought about it. anyways i might use this baker bag i have with board straps when i go to l.a in a few months just incase

grimcity · « **Reply #22 on:** November 19, 2009, 05:52:46 AM »

Denver's airport is rad... it's the only one I know of that still has a smoking area. You gotta buy a beverage in the lounge, but the place is a life saver... especially if smoking and pills is part of your flight-therapy like it is for me.

Author Topic: taking a skateboard onto a flight? (Read 7771 times)

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