I'd only carry on my valuables and if you have any necessities like prescription drugs. Plus carry on your camera stuff as the film will get ruined with the new behind the scenese. X-rays. My boyfriend and our other diver friends checked most of their gear last year with no problems. Just make sure an individual bag does not way more than 70 pounds or they will charge you an extra $75 or so as my friend Wendy learned the hard way one year. Better to spread the weight amongst a couple of bags. Dive knives and such cannot be carried on. I don;t think electronics are an issue as lord knows I lug my laptop everywhere on business trips as do many others. You can usually find a list of the prohibited carry on items on any airline's web-age these days.

You can't lock your checked luggage anymore as they may need to search it and break the lock anyway. If you don't care you can still lock it though in the hopes thats not one of the bags picked for search.

Andrea in Atlanta
18 and a wake-up to go!


Andrea in Atlanta