 Poster: A snowHead
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Are skis boots prohibited in hand luggage in Geneva airport, or is it OK to bring em thru
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Had no problem carrying them through in hand luggage last season.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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No. I used GVA last month with boots in my hand luggage and security didn't care.
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Depends on the airline - I've taken my boots (in a boot bag) in hand luggage to/from GVA with BA every year for the last few years. There's certainly no airport-enforced policy stopping you.
Have heard mixed reports about budget/charter airlines though - there was a story on here last year about someone wearing their boots on the flight as a check-in clerk for EasyJet (I think) wouldn't allow them as carry-on baggage.
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It seems not to be a problem for the airport, it is the individual TO or airline that shuns boots in the plane. If your boots are in a bootbag they notice them, if they are in ordinary wheely cases or a rucksack that of course is of correct dimensions  they don't see them. Your luggage gets x-rayed by airport staff not the airline or TO.
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dublin2, As said elsewhere, no problem at all.
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Put em in a rucksack, no-one will notice. Security is employed by the airport not your carrier. Make sure they fit the gauge.
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dublin2, If you are with Aerlingus, no hassle at all. With or without Bootbag. Budget airlines are different but as above just use a non boot bag carry on and you will be fine.
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Just happened to read some Easyjet small print which says "Please note that ski boots cannot be carried as hand baggage ". Quite probably one can get away with it but they have it in print if they choose to get stroppy.
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took boots in bootbag as hand luggage with ba to innsbruck yesterday. no issue at all.
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Farley Goode, how are they going to find out?
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I was flying BMI Baby (now defunct) from East Mids to Geneva with a pair of plastic mountaineering boots in my hand luggage in February this year. The check in staff were not aware of them because my hand luggage was not a boot bag. The security staff spotted them on xray, and told me that if I was flying BMI Baby I would not be able to take them as hand luggage. I was aware of the 'no ski boots' rule, so I quickly explained that they were mountaineering boots, not ski boots, and they let me through.
So it is not always true that the security staff don't care about ski boots in your hand luggage. However I have flown from Luton and Geneva several times with mountaineering and ski boots in my hand luggage, and never had a problem.
Last edited by And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports. on Sun 16-12-12 12:36; edited 1 time in total
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Oceanic, wear them.
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You know it makes sense.
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Why would you want to????
Boots in suitcase, simples
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| tangowaggon wrote: |
Why would you want to????
Boots in suitcase, simples |
Because suitcases go missing more often than hand-luggage. No skis, no clothes = hassle. No boots = disaster.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| shep wrote: |
| No boots = disaster. |
I used to carry my boots in my handluggage, but now I've started putting them in my hold bags, and simply carrying my custom insoles with me on the journey. Sometimes I switch them with the insoles in my trainers and carry them on my feet!
I figure that hire boots wouldn't be so bad if I had my custom insoles inside them.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I've gone to putting my liners in my hand luggage and my boots stuffed with socks, gloves goggles etc in my ski bag, Into my liners goes all the misc loose crap that usually gets lost in the bottom of my pack . . . chargers, cables, camera, batteries etc.
It keeps stuff together and protected in both cases.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Oceanic, you clearly don't have feet like mine then.
A great deal of time and effort gets spent getting my boots to fit properly.
Rental boots just don't even come close.
As Shep says, if you are heading on a holiday, especially f'rinstance an expensive one, you don't want to have to compromise on boots.
Skis however, you can probably hire adeqiate.
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There was a guy getting on an EJ flight at GVA last week when I was there with his boots hung around his neck.
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Why on earth would anyone object to putting ski boots in hand luggage? If the size of the bag is acceptable then whats the issue? Are they some kind of new terrorist weapon that can bring down a 737? I'm going with Thomson (Well..Crystal actually!) and it was my intention to take them as hand luggage in a boot bag, starting to think twice now, dont want to be "That guy" swearing, red faced and unpacking his undies at the check in desk.
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| sted wrote: |
| Why on earth would anyone object to putting ski boots in hand luggage? If the size of the bag is acceptable then whats the issue? Are they some kind of new terrorist weapon that can bring down a 737? I'm going with Thomson (Well..Crystal actually!) and it was my intention to take them as hand luggage in a boot bag, starting to think twice now, dont want to be "That guy" swearing, red faced and unpacking his undies at the check in desk. |
I'm guessing it's the risk of 6kg+ of metal and plastic falling out of an overhead locker and clonking someone on the head. Mine go in my hold luggage - never lost them yet. Darn I've jinxed it now 
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I've never heard of people having trouble taking skis as hand luggage. The only thing is, at size 13, I worry that mine might not fit easily into an overhead locker...!
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Hi,
I flew back from Geneva with easy jet this weekend. Plenty of people were carrying boot bags as hand luggage on the flight. I paid for ski carriage and was able to check in a ski bag and a boot bag, which made life a lot easier. They don't seem to advertise the fact that ski carriage actually includes a boot bag too.
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sted, It's quite simple: most people on the GVA route will be skiers/boarders and so they can charge a premium for this. They either go in your hold baggage allowance, or go separately as sports kit. It's just way of making money. Sleazyjet has no hand-baggage weight restriction, and many hand cases/bags are hardshell so it's nothing to do with hazard.
Sometimes the airport staff pick up on airline rules, sometimes they don't. I once (and never again) flew Jet2 to Chambéry with ski boots as hand-baggage, no problem. On return, they were "not permitted". They wouldn't let me add them to my case - saying they were sports equipment and needed to be charged as such. I put my shoes in my hand baggae and wore them. Not much they could say. They weren't impressed. (I swapped back to shoes once on the plane).
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| Stumbler wrote: |
| sted, I put my shoes in my hand baggae and wore them. Not much they could say. They weren't impressed. (I swapped back to shoes once on the plane). |
Haha! Brilliant solution, not sure I'd have the nerve though! 
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You know it makes sense.
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| halfhand wrote: |
| I'm guessing it's the risk of 6kg+ of metal and plastic falling out of an overhead locker and clonking someone on the head. |
Indeed. 6kg of ski boot weighs a lot more than 6kg of booze, laptop and coat, for example.
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We're flying Birmingham to Geneva Jan 5th with Monarch and boot bags as hand luggage is not allowed...
Size restriction on hand luggage of 56x40x25cm, 5kg. Hold luggage 20kg max.
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Poster: A snowHead
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It really seems to depend on the staff you come across - Ive seen people on flights with ski boots slung around their necks, who just throw them into the overhead locker without a bag. But Ive also heard stories such as the ones above. My tour operators words were 'Easyjet are pretty good' about allowing boot bags as hand luggage. I was tempted to take my boot bag as carry on and only check in skis (only go for three days so not as many pants needed as for a week) but now I think Im going to take a small suitcase to check in, with boots packed inside. Will save all the stress of wondering if I can get away with it! Definately cant check boot bag, ski bag, suitcase and carry on ruc suc - I wont be able to carry it all by myself! And boot bag and ski bag count as one if they are under the weight limit, so if packed with other stuff and over weight its double the charges. need to find some scales!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Brilliant - at that price how could I not? Now I won't worry about packing the extra items that I might just need every time I go on holiday. Thanks!
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Security guard, "excuse me sir, would those be ski boots in your executive case?"
Foolish snowhead, "I don't know what you mean, I was only asked to take it on board by a nice looking Afghani chap who smelled rather liked my old dorm room. Is there a problem occifer?
No, of course that stuff that looks like old bisto cubes isn't mine!"
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