Are Power banks allowed on planes?
Are Power banks allowed on planes?Answer A: It will depend on the capacity in Wh (watt hours) but most commercially available ones should be OK. The IATA guidelines say that under 100Wh (multiply Ah x V to get Wh) is OK to bring on board and in cargo if installed in equipment. If they are loose spare batteries you can bring as many in carry on but not in the hold. Between 100-160Wh same applies but you are restricted to 2 spare loose batteries and again not allowed to check in. If over 160Wh you have to declare it and it has to be packed in cargo under the Dangerous Goods guidelines.Most airlines follow the IATA guidelines.Answer B: only restriction I found was that the battery must be under 100Wh. Keep in mind that you have to validate the rules for any Airlines you will be flying and the airport rules if they are not in the US. It must be in hand luggage and not in a suitcase in the hold.Answer C: They may be found in (at least) IATA documentation and also a number of courier companies and most battery manufacturers have advice documents. Removable batteries must be carried in carry-on luggage with the exception mentioned below. Having batteries in carry=on makes sense - would you rather have a fire in a cargo hold or an overhead locker. There is an upper limit to the amount of Lithium metal that may be carried. Some manufacturers provide specific mass of Li per battery. Otherwise they have a linear conversion between Watt hour of battery (Vbat x mAh.) and Li metal.Answer D: It's fine in your carry on-luggage only. Batteries are not allowed in check-in luggage, only in carry on-luggage where they can be monitored. Here are the rules for batteries:In order to ensure air transport safety, FAA,IATA, Airport has issued relevant regulations to regulate air passengers and crew members carrying power banks on to flights. The rated energy of power banks which can be carried on board is restricted and identification method for rated power has also been specified. For details, see the “Announcement of Rules for Air Passengers Carrying Power Bank onto Flights”.There is additional information available from the TSA and the IATA.Prohibited ItemsLithium Batteriesi copy the answer from here: When flying, are you allowed to bring external battery packs / power banks? by Allen He on Power Bank
Can I take 2 notebooks and the external HDD on plane (RyanAir)?
I'm travelling with RyanAir Can I take 2 notebooks and extrernal HDD (harddrive) on board into bag, or I should put it into luggage? Because I'm afraid that they may cause some damage to it, but my girlfiend is telling me that it is not alowed (together we have 3 laptops) Thank You
Can I take my Bose Bluetooth speaker on an airplane?
You may carry it in your hand luggage. It would be rude to play music from an amplified speaker inside the aircraft, and you would be told to turn it off it you did.However: Do NOT pack the speaker in your checked bags! The speaker has a rechargeable, lithium ion battery and these batteries are NEVER allowed in checked baggage. They must always be in hand-carried baggage. There have been very rare incidents of lithium ion batteries smoldering and even catching fire. Some hover boards and the Samsung Galaxy phone are examples of products which could do this. Should a battery catch on fire inside of checked baggage, it could set the rest of the bag on fire and potentially destroy the aircraft in flight. So if you travel with your Bluetooth speaker, or electric toothbrush, laptop, tablet, camera… the devices or at least their batteries need to he in your cabin luggage.
Can I carry a laptop bag with my carry-on baggage on Emirates for free?
Unfortunately, I was forced to shell out USD 175 + foreign transaction fees at Dubai during my transit when I was flying from US to India. They allowed the carry on + laptop bag on board in US but not in the connecting flight in Dubai. All my flights were operated by Emirates and I was not on any codeshare flights.No amount of arguing worked and I was forced to check-in my hand bag. So for next time, no, don't take it for granted unless paying USD 175 extra for your hand bag and a lot of last minute or in-transit headache is OK for you.I am gonna try and write a complaint to Emirates but I know they will come back to my face with the policy wording.
Is it permitted to carry hard disks, USB drives and SD cards in a flight?
A2A. Yes it is permitted. I generally carry couple of External Disk and couple of USB storage devices. It is advisable to keep them in carry on luggage as checked in luggage are at innate risk of getting misplaced.Be careful of the content inside them if you are traveling to Saudi Arabia. There have been instances with my friends when custom officers scan Hard Disks, CDs and USBs. They are looking for any kind of movies, pornographic contents and non Islamic religious content. These things are not allowed in the country.
Can I bring my desktop computer (but not the monitor) on an airplane as a carry-on bag or a check bag?
There are two things that might stop you. taking the desktop in the cabin. One is security and despite what @prabash kumar jha says it is impossible to predict how security will react from day to day and airport to airport. Then there are the rules of the airline. Cabin baggage is a bit of a grey area. The airlines make rules but sometimes they don't follow them. My experience suggests that airlines are getting tougher at enforcing their rules so before you try and take the desktop as cabin baggage measure it and check how big the item the airline says you can carry is. If the size fits check the weight - many airlines limit you to 5kg. Beware, you may get through checkin, past security and the rules get applied at the gate. If that happens they will put the desktop in the hold so you'd better have it well wrapped.Now let's consider checked baggage. The first thing is to wrap the desktop well. It used to be the case that you had to park the hard disk head before moving a computer but unless the computer or hard disk is very old this probably isn't an issue. Computers get shipped by air every day; well, yes, they do but in bulk they are on a pallet which is bought to the plane and loaded using specialised equipment. The pallet load is so heavy a man can't possibly lift it so the computer on the pallet doesn't get bounced around too much. Contrast that with checked baggage where the bag goes down a chute, through various sortation systems and arrives at the nominated point where all the baggage for your flight is collected. If the plane is a narrow body someone then takes that item and puts it on a trolley which gets taken to the plane where someone puts it on a belt loader up to the freight door where someone else takes it and stacks it in the hold; plenty of opportunities for the computer to be dropped on the way to the plane and an equal number on the way back at destination. Wide bodies where the baggage is put in ULDs make things less of a worry but risk still exists.So, in the end you're damned whatever you do.
What are some tips for someone travelling around Europe for a month?
Disclaimer: I haven't been to western Europe other than Germany for some years now so some of my experiences may be out of date.The worst city for pickpocketing and similar by far was Barcelona. Especially Las Ramblas. A lot of locals blame the immigrants. There is a big immigrant area on one side of Las Ramblas. I ate in the immigrant area almost every day because I like to keep an open mind and the people were very friendly. I never got pickpocketed there but every day I was in the city I either witnessed a theft or met one or more backpackers with theft stories when I got back to my hostel. Don't wander around with anything too valuable to lose. It's one of my favourite cities in western Europe!In and around some of the big train stations seemed to be very dodgy too. Centraal Station in Amsterdam seemed to have a very high concentration of scammers and such. Don't let people "help" you in such places. Be wary of people trying to "make friends" in such places. Especially when you are vulnerable with lots of luggage. Travelling light makes you more nimble.Many big tourist attractions also attract scam artists and pickpockets. Personally I'm not into "must see" stuff. Decide which of them you really want to see because of your personal interests, not on some "must see" list.Scammers and pickpockets stay up late and wake up late. Avoid them by going to the most crowded tourist attractions early in the morning.Scammers and pickpockets are attracted by lots of tourists. They are a lot fewer in number in the off season. I don't like travelling in western Europe in the summer. I love it in spring and autumn and I don't mind it in the winter.If you have fancy expensive phone/camera, buy a second phone/camera for $100 or less. They work fine and you'll cry less when they get lost, broken, or stolen. Back up your photos each day onto a laptop, external hard drive, or the Internet. There's nothing worse than losing a phone/camera/memory stick with a whole month worth of not backed up photos!