Carrying Cutters on Planes?

[Jonsey5484]

The people who search you have no sense of humor either. Last summer my whole family went to California together. (Mom, Dad, brothers, Aunts, and Grandma) Since we all had the last name Jones and were flying on the same flight together, we go put on their "NO FLY" list. So we could not check our bags at the curb, we had to go in and wait in line for an hour so that we could check in at the counter. Then we had to get pulled out of line and extensivly checked at each check point. We had to take our shoes off, they had to pat us down and use the wand and search all of our belongings. So I thought maybe the guy who was going to search me would maybe have a sense of humor, but, I found out rather quickly he did not. He had me stand on the mat and put my arms out from my body. He said "if the wand beeps he will lightly pat that spot witt the back of his hand." So I said to him "You better only use the back of your hand or else you are going to get the back of my hand." He told me that if I continue to make it difficult for him to perform his duties that I would be asked to leave the airport. No sense of humor at all! Needless to say, that was the last time I smarted off to anyone inside of an airport.

[heyheyhey]

I didnt know where to post this and after going through search i thought this may be a good place to start. I am flying to Europe soon with a friend and I had a few questions about cigars in the airport and on the plane. Im just going to list them and hopefully someone can get back to me with the answers.

1. Do I need to tell the person(s) at checkin that I have cigars or any tobacco products with me?

2. My friend isn't smoking age yet but is getting there very, very soon and he wants to bring a few pack's of Captain Black's with him. If the answer to number 1. is yes then will they confiscate them?

3. If taking them in carry on will they question you about them after scanning your bag and if they are in your pocket will they make you remove them along with metal objects?

Thank you all for your time and sorry if this is in the wrong section of the forums.

[BigMacFU]

The answer to number 1 is no, the more important thing is, why are you letting your friend smoke dog rockets, get him some real cigars, and then maybe you'll have reason to worry. But honestly, you're going to europe and worried about crappy gas station cigars being confiscated? If anything, I hope those pieces of crap get confiscated, then while in Europe you find some real cigars, cubans to be specific and smoke and enjoy those.

[JakeKnight]

An irony: I recently traveled on Southwest, and they (of course) confiscated my lighters. I was also carrying not one but two cheap cutters.

When they took my lighters, I actually asked "what about these?"

They had no problem with the razor blades I was carrying. But apparently the lighters were a major safety hazard? Very wierd.

Bottom line - I'd go with pre-cutting the cigars. I always use that option. Means I don't have ot carry a cutter with me, and it makes it easier to share a cigar with a novice. And if you don't smoke 'em, cut cigars will age just fine in your humidor, no matter what the magazines say.