 Poster: A snowHead
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Has anyone taken snow chains in their cabin hand luggage on 'easy jet' to Lyon/Alps?? Mine are well within the size and weights limits advised for under seat hand luggage. However i do not want them confiscated at checkout or security!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Yes, airlines and security services love to see their passengers with heavyweight deadly killer metal chains in their carry-on baggage 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Can't help -- But, Welcome !!
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Out of interest, what is the purpose behind taking them? Are they for a rental car?
You’ll see posts from members who have done this but only via luggage in the hold, not carry-on - they've looked-up the rental car they reserved and checked the tyre size; bought matching chains to take in hold luggage; carried them OK; and used them with no problems. Some have just thrown them away after returning the car while others have taken them home. I just think it's worth pointing out some of the challenges involved:
Any one snow chainset fits only a specific set of tyre sizes and you can’t guarantee that the rental car will have that tyre size. And even if they match the rental car tyre size, this doesn’t mean they can be used, because there may not be enough space for them to rotate safely. Many rental cars carry wheels that can’t take chains, as I discovered last week at GVA when renting a quite ordinary Citroën C4. So the whole exercise could be a waste of time, and you’re left with a rental car without chains and a chainset you’ve lugged out there that doesn’t fit.
What other SnowHeads have reported doing is waiting until they get their car, and then buying chains en route that exactly match the tyre size they have. They can also check in the Owners’ Manual that the wheels they have can take chains. Even then, however …
If you put your/purchased chains on a rental car that nominally can’t take them and cause any damage, don’t be surprised if you’re charged not just for the repairs but the lost income while the car is out of service. And if you have an accident while the car has chains on it not supplied by the retailer, don’t be surprised if this invalidates any insurance cover. Because you were told when collecting that the car doesn’t take chains but went ahead and put them on without authorisation.
Of course, the rental agent may be telling you the car can’t take chains simply because they don’t have any spare sets; or it’s very busy and they’re too pressed for time to bother checking; or they’re too mean to keep a big enough stock; or they’re trying to get you to upgrade to an AWD vehicle. But they could also be entirely truthful in telling you that the car just can’t take them. You don’t know.
If you have a private car at your destination then I would have thought that you’d do better just to buy locally.
The definitive answer can only really be supplied by airport security and/or the airline. So I suggest that if you decide to go the carry-on route then first contact your airline and then the airport security people.
Last edited by You need to Login to know who's really who. on Fri 15-12-23 14:47; edited 6 times in total
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@Oldman55 What are your thoughts?
Edit: Where you are flying into in the Alps? If it's somewhere like Geneva then all rental cars should have winter tyres on during the ski season. Or are you flying somewhere where they only supply cars with summer tyres? In which case @skimastaaah 's suggestion may be applicable.
Last edited by Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do. on Fri 15-12-23 14:49; edited 3 times in total
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@Oldman55, ever thought of getting some "snow socks" with a varied application, much lighter than chains? 
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As someone who had a 240v sander confiscated at security (what was I going to do? Sand the pilot to death?) I don't think a set of snow chains will get past them.
On the other hand, a sharpened pencil will. Not that it will help in snowy conditions.
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Security: "We have an incident on inbound easyJet, tool-up!"
SWAT Team: "What type?"
Security: "Passenger, possibly unhinged, armed with Cat A weapon."
SWAT Team: "Hand gun?"
Security: "Worse, a ..."
SWAT Team: "Not an automatic?"
Security: "No worse than that - sander."
SWAT Team: "Lets pray its not ..."
Security: "Yes. Roger it's an orbital."
SWAT Team: "****!"
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On the other hand, a sharpened pencil will.
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I've seen kntting needles on a plane with a woman a few seats away knitting. I've seen crutches (as in the Day of the Jackal) and metal walking sticks even though tracking poles are on the banned list. On one climbing trip the youngster operating machine called his supervisor over to to check wether a climbing rope was acceptable, but at another machine they let my wife through with the rack which has about as much metal as a snow chain.
Sorry, @Oldman55, I cannot answer your question.
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