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I was on vacation in Denver and found a ridiculously good deal on some commercial-grade hedge trimmers, so I bought them.
Then I had to find a way to get them home...
I took them apart as much as possible. Removed the blades, took the engine apart to get it more compact.
I was worried about the policy for the sharp blades. Even though I was checking the bag, I didn't want unnecessary trouble.
While looking into the policy, I found a rule about gasoline/oil. I read through it and it was a bit vague.
Basically said "cannot have traces of gas, oil, or other combustible fluids".
I believe this was from TSA directly.
I tried to contact them for clarification, they told me to talk to my flight company.
Unfortunately, I had Frontier. Their website was pretty much copy-paste as vague as TSA.
I contacted them directly (via FB messenger of all things...) and they explicitly said "if it has EVER been used, ever contained fuel or oil, it cannot come on the plane"
I made sure to clarify "what if I clean it really well?"
They didn't care.
I probably could have gotten away with it, but didn't want to try. I packed the blades in my luggage then shipped the motor parts back home via UPS.
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