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PACKING ADVICE
(International and Domestic Travel)
Securing Your Baggage
Please ensure when you present your baggage at check-in that :-
- Your baggage is securely closed and if possible locked. Passengers
travelling from the USA are asked not to lock their checked bags
as the United States Transport Security Administration (TSA)
will be screening all checked baggage leaving US ports. Should
your baggage be examined, the TSA will insert a written advice
informing you that your baggage was opened for inspection. This
advice will also include a toll free number and website to contact
the TSA for further information or claims. Passengers are advised
secure all valuables, personal documents and medication in their
carry on baggage to avoid any inconvenience.
You can find further information on the TSA website, www.tsatraveltips.us.
- Loose straps or other items are not hanging from the bag, as
they may get caught in the baggage system and cause further damage.
- Remove all old baggage tags and old name labels, as this may
delay the delivery of your baggage to your final destination.
- Label each bag on the inside with your name and full destination
address and on the outside with your name and destination city.
BWIA security requires your full address on the outside of your
baggage.
- Carry camera equipment, electronic equipment, cash, jewellery
and other similar valuable items, as well as medication
and prescriptions, with you on board the aircraft. Do
not pack these items in your checked baggage.
- Prohibited items in your carry-on baggage include; darts, toys
or replica guns, plastic or metal catapults, household cutlery
knives with blades of any length, paper knives, razor blades,
straight razors, trademan's tools, scissors, ice picks, manicure
sets, hypodermic syringes (unless medically required, must have
a Doctor's note), knitting needles, sporting bats, billiard, snooker,
pool cues, any other cutting instrument of any size, made from
any material. The term "cutting instruments" includes
every kind of cutting instrument, including carpet knives, box
cutters, and other folding or retractable blades, regardless of
blade length or composition, even those less than four inches,
whether metallic or non-metallic.
- If you are travelling with any form of household goods,
chemical cylinders, medical supplies, pharmaceuticals, laboratory
testing equipment, fuels, concentration, personal effects such
as aerosols, please view our guidelines on dangerous
goods, as failure to properly identify and tender transportation
may be subject to legal penalties and a prison sentence.
- Do not carry unidentified items on behalf of other passengers.
- BWIA recommends that if your baggage weight within the Caribbean
and South American routes exceed 20 kilos (unless otherwise stated),
and UK and North American routes exceed 2 pieces weighing a maximum
of 32 kilos per piece one of which must not exceed 62" (L+B+H)
total dimensions, and the other no more than 55" - these
items should be shipped via BWee
Cargo.
- BWIA assumes no liability for fragile, perishable or valuable
articles, including camera equipment, cash and jewellery, or for
damage such as scratches, dents, cuts, or to wheels, or damage
due to overpacking and manufacturer's defects. Customers are
advised against packing mediation and dangerous goods in their
baggage.
Special Baggage Items
There are facilities for taking special items as your checked or
carryon baggage.
You have been provided with this information to assist with your travel comfort. These suggestions help us at BWIA to handle your baggage more efficiently and promptly thereby allowing them to arrive safely at your destination.
If you are travelling on our airline partner United Airlines, please visit www.ual.com for their baggage allowance.
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