 Poster: A snowHead
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A ski boot is WAY less of a secutrity hazard than a stiletto heel. Are you allowed to wear stillettos on planes?
I certainly hope so, as I'm an avid transvestite!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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 Best post on snowheads in a while!
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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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paulio, you are right about that and I expect that stilettos can be worn-never worn them myself, I can't think of anything worse wearing them round an airport, especially on the walk from the gate back to bagagge claim at Heathrow airport.
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Skiing in stilettos - isn't that called telemarking ?
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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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On a safety note, I suppose if lots of people took their ski boots as hand luggage and are stowing them in the overhead lockers, then if those bags enclosing the boots fell out above you then I guess it would give you one hell of a knock on the head compared to say a normal sized rucksack as hand luggage containing a book and a sarnie say.
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Hmm......so what about easyjet's policy of unlimited weight for hand luggage? Or the fact that for (say) Ryanair, a 10kg rucksack would do you some damage whether the 10 kilos was ski boots or not?
Anyway, the best example of killer items which are permitted in hand luggage is duty free stuff - which they obviously won't ever stop 'cos of the ££££ involved.
1. Purchase large bottle of spirits.
2. Visit toilet & empty out contents.
3. Smash bottle and voila - lethal weapon at your disposal.
4. If your demands to divert to Glasgow (you've just heard that conditions at Glencoe are better than the Alps...) still don't work, simply put on ski boots and kick cockpit door in..... 
Funniest duty free rule ever is when easyjet once announced that "On safety grounds, the consumption of duty free purchases is not permitted." Er, why is duty free drink less safe than easykiosk drink?! Surely not something to do with profit?! (Again!!)
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BTW, isn't it about time someone started the helmet thread for the up-coming season? 
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So on the subject of putting boots and other stuff in ski bags, how far can you go with that? Is it possible between a double ski bag and hand luggage and nothing else to be able to take enough stuff for a week? I usually fill a medium-size suitcase, although that includes boots and helmet, and take my jacket in my hand luggage. With my upcoming ski purchase, the ski bag and no suitcase route sounds quite appealing 
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mark_s, if you have a look at this thread I started there is a lot of discussion about what you're asking about. http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=42107&highlight=
mountainaddict,
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Hmm......so what about easyjet's policy of unlimited weight for hand luggage? Or the fact that for (say) Ryanair, a 10kg rucksack would do you some damage whether the 10 kilos was ski boots or not? |
You're quite right actually, I didn't know Easyjet had an unlimited hand luggage allowance because I never utilise the hand luggage thing, just take a normal rucksack with ipod, ski magazine etc so imy bag is really light. Also didn't know Ryanair allowed 10kg on hand luggage-wow! That helps then because their hold luggage is very stingy at 15kg. Very true about a 10kg bag falling on your head one way or another despite having ski boots in there or not.
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Anyway, the best example of killer items which are permitted in hand luggage is duty free stuff - which they obviously won't ever stop 'cos of the ££££ involved.
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Yeah, I agree with you again there. Funny how duty free glass bottles aren't banned when you're not allowed to take a glass bottle of water onto the plane. It's all about the money I guess.
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VolklAttivaS5, cheers
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