Want Your Liquids to Make It Through TSA? This Veteran Officer Has Tips

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Holiday travel season is upon us and if you’re headed to the airport you’ve likely got your travel sized toiletries all ready to go in those tiny, little bottles. However, experts say that many products you might not consider liquids, are by the TSA. Meaning they will get tossed at the gate unless you prepare them accordingly. Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.

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00:00Holiday travel season is upon us, and if you're headed to the airport, you've likely got your

00:04travel-sized toiletries all ready to go in those tiny little bottles. However, experts say that

00:09many products you might not consider liquids are by the TSA, meaning they will get tossed at the

00:14gate unless you prepare them accordingly. You're probably already packing lotions, body washes,

00:18and hair care products in the appropriate 3.4-ounce bottles. However, uniformed advisor for TSA

00:24security operations, Ari Jenkins, tells HuffPost that if the product is sprayable or spreadable,

00:28it will likely be confiscated as well. That includes the likes of balms or jellies,

00:33sometimes even if they are in stick form. Luckily, Jenkins notes that more modern powdered

00:38skincare products have much broader allowances, letting passengers take up to 12 ounces of the

00:43stuff. The same goes for skincare masks as well. But what about duty-free skincare items, those which

00:48are often much larger than the aforementioned 3.4 ounces? Those are okay. What isn't okay is

00:54bringing unopened packages from home that break the TSA's ounsage rules. And always remember,

00:59even if you have just a little bit of whatever left in the bottle, security agents go by container

01:03size, not liquid volume. Meaning even if the amount appears to be far under the 3.4 ounces,

01:08it will still get confiscated.

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