How to fly with eggs????

[wolftracks]

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Really?

I can use them too, but had to leave eggs behind.

Now I'm thinking I may try again when I go to my grand daughter's nationals in Vegas. That is if I end up going.

I can still remember the "ahhh, no I don't think so. Not on my shift" remark.

 

[Whimsy]

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Don't duct tape the lid shut. They will almost certainly cut it open to search it then. That's a red flag. If you lock luggage, then the same thing happens. They'll cut the lock and search.

Instead, buy a couple of luggage straps & strap the cooler closed.

This works well. I've brought quite a few glass bottles & jars of food items home from other countries before. I just use a hard sided cooler on wheels. This way, they are less likely to throw it around. You want it heavy enough that it's awkward to lift very far. They'll stack other luggage on top of it, but that's okay if you use a STURDY cooler.

I have yet to have a jar or bottle broken using this method.

For eggs, I would use standard styrofoam egg cartons (they seem more secure) and then lay a piece of bubble wrap inside the lid so that it will be a "tighter" fit. Wrap each in a piece of bubblewrap. Stack neatly in the cooler. Put clothes in ziploc bags (gallon sized?) and put them around the eggs to stabilize and fill empty space. You want to ease the search job so they are less likely to get broken.

Use magic marker to write your name and address directly on the outside AND inside of the cooler. Lay a sheet of paper on top inside the cooler stating the contents of the cooler. They may spend less time searching (or may not...)

I would even risk carrying hatching eggs this way.

This sounds like the best idea so far. I am flying SW so I can bag check luggage.

 

[CarrieW]

Sorry this has taken me so long to post on again, I got sick as soon as I got to CA.

Anyways, made it out here to CA from Durango on US Airways with 5 dozen eggs, no problems once again.

 

[chicksbestfriend]

I fly alot with my eggs, inter island and have also flown with them to California, Nebraska, Florida and and Missouri. I have never been denied boarding with them, but I also do not disclose to the airlines itself what I am carrying when I check in for my flight, I try to keep the less attention on me as possible. TSA doesnt bother asking any questions, I think they assume that the airlines have approved them. I do not send them through the x rays though, I have them hand checked. I also dont have to worry about refigeration while transporting the eggs because I dont refigerate them to begin with. They always arrive to their destination unharmed, and I do not take any extra steps in wrapping them. I also travel the airlines alot inter island with puppies and baby chickens, I dont bring attention to the carriers and nobody asks, so I dont tell. Works like a charm for me.

 

[ThIsafricanhome]

Don't duct tape the lid shut.  They will almost certainly cut it open to search it then.  That's a red flag.  If you lock luggage, then the same thing happens.  They'll cut the lock and search. 


Instead, buy a couple of luggage straps & strap the cooler closed.


This works well.  I've brought quite a few glass bottles & jars of food items home from other countries before. I just use a hard sided cooler on wheels.  This way, they are less likely to throw it around.  You want it heavy enough that it's awkward to lift very far.  They'll stack other luggage on top of it, but that's okay if you use a STURDY cooler.


I have yet to have a jar or bottle broken using this method.


For eggs, I would use standard styrofoam egg cartons (they seem more secure) and then lay a piece of bubble wrap inside the lid so that it will be a "tighter" fit.  Wrap each in a piece of bubblewrap. Stack neatly in the cooler.  Put clothes in ziploc bags (gallon sized?) and put them around the eggs to stabilize and fill empty space.  You want to ease the search job so they are less likely to get broken.


Use magic marker to write your name and address directly on the outside AND inside of the cooler.  Lay a sheet of paper on top inside the cooler stating the contents of the cooler. They may spend less time searching (or may not...)


I would even risk carrying hatching eggs this way.

Ever carried hatching eggs out of the country that way?

 

[Fbkchicks15]

I recently took a dozen on the plane in my carrying backpack. I wrapped it in bubble wrap and it was fine. None broke!