Your Baggage  You must check luggage no later than 30 minutes before flight departure because of heightened security. If you miss that cutoff, you won't be able to check the luggage and will have to take a later flight or leave the luggage in your car and take carry-on items. Your luggage cannot go on another flight to be picked up later because the government requires that airlines match every passenger with every bag for security. Please do not bring wrapped gifts through security screening. Wrapped gifts will have a high probability of being unwrapped and hand inspected. You should place them in your checked baggage.
Carry-on baggage will be limited to one bag plus a personal item per passenger. These personal items include a purse, briefcase, laptop or backpack. Please contact your airline for details. Film: Don't pack film in checked luggage. New bomb-detecting machines will ruin undeveloped film. Pack it in your carry-on bag. All laptops must be removed from their case. They are subjected to both x-ray and ETD inspection. The case, without the laptop, must be x-rayed. For carry-on baggage, please limit the number and type of electronic equipment you carry with you. This includes cellular phones, paging devices, laptop computers, personal listening devices (CD players), electronic toys and games, etc. The necessity of screening these devices will create delays in your check-in process. Whenever possible you should place these items in your checked baggage. Curbside baggage check-in is severely restricted and subject to rapid change. At Hartsfield-Jackson Airport there currently is modified curbside baggage check-in procedures at both terminals. Skycaps will be available to help passengers check their baggage, which is subject to random security searches by airport personnel. Passengers using the modified curbside check-in process will have to use the pedestrian crosswalks to reach the curbside check-in points. The traffic lanes located nearest the terminal building will remain closed. Please avoid carrying beverage containers through the screening checkpoint area. The necessity of screening of these items will increase your check-in processing time. Please plan to purchase any food items you may wish to carry on board the aircraft once you have completed the screening process. Food, gifts and other services are generally available in the concourses beyond screening. If you have special dietary needs, please contact your AIRLINE to confirm the services provided on your flight. Control all carry-on bags. Never leave anything unattended as it could be subjected to tampering. Never carry anything onboard the aircraft for another person, especially for someone you do not know. Report any unattended packages or baggage anywhere in the airport or on the airplane to airport security personnel or airline personnel. What's Allowed, What's Not Prohibited items include weapons, explosives and incendiaries and items that are seemingly harmless but may be used as weapons. The following items are allowed in carry-on luggage and checked baggage:Cigar cutters, corkscrews, cuticle cutters, eyeglass repair tools (including screwdrivers), eyelash curlers, knitting and crochet needles, knives that are round-bladed butter or plastic, nail clippers, nail files, personal care items or toiletries with aerosols in limited quantities (such as hairsprays, deodorants), safety razors (including disposable razors), scissors (plastic or metal with blunt tips), toy weapons (if not realistic replicas), tweezers, umbrellas (allowed in carry-on baggage once they have been inspected to ensure that prohibited items are not concealed), walking canes (allowed in carry-on baggage once they have been inspected to ensure that prohibited items are not concealed), camcorders, camera equipment (the checked-baggage screening equipment will damage undeveloped film in camera equipment -- the Transportation Safety Administration recommends that you either put undeveloped film, and cameras containing undeveloped film, in your carry-on baggage or take undeveloped film with you to the checkpoint and ask the screener to conduct a hand inspection), laptop computers, mobile phones, pagers and personal data assistants. Note: Some personal care items containing aerosol are regulated as hazardous materials. Medication and special needs devices that are allowed in carry-on and checked bags:Braille note taker, slate and stylus, augmentation devices; diabetes-related supplies/equipment (once inspected to ensure prohibited items are not concealed) including: insulin and insulin-loaded dispensing products; vials or box of individual vials; jet injectors; pens; infusers; preloaded syringes; an unlimited number of unused syringes, when accompanied by insulin; lancets; blood glucose meters; blood glucose meter test strips; insulin pumps; and insulin pump supplies. Insulin in any form or dispenser must be properly marked with a professionally printed label identifying the medication or manufacturer's name or pharmaceutical label; nitroglycerine pills or spray (if properly marked with a professionally printed label identifying the medication or manufacturer's name or pharmaceutical label); prosthetic device tools and appliances, including drill, Allen wrenches, pull sleeves used to put on or remove prosthetic devices, if carried by the individual with the prosthetic device or his or her companion. Sharp objects that are not allowed in carry-on bags but may be packed in checked luggage:Box cutters, ice axes/ice picks, knives (any length and type), meat cleavers, razor-type blades such as box cutters, utility knives, razor blades not in a cartridge, sabers, scissors (metal with pointed tips), swords. Note: Any sharp objects in checked baggage should be sheathed or securely wrapped to prevent injury to baggage handlers and inspectors. Sporting goods that are not allowed in carry-on but may be checked in luggage:Baseball bats, bows and arrows, cricket bats, golf clubs, hockey sticks, lacrosse sticks, pool cues, ski poles, spear guns. Guns and firearms that are not allowed in carry-on bags but may (depending on the airline) be checked in luggage:Ammunition (check with your airline or travel agent to see if ammunition is permitted in checked baggage on the airline you are flying, and ask about limitations or fees that may apply. If ammunition is permitted, it must be declared to the airline at check-in. Small arms ammunitions for personal use must be securely packed in fiber, wood or metal boxes or other packaging specifically designed to carry small amounts of ammunition), BB guns, compressed air guns, firearms, parts of guns and firearms, pellet guns, realistic replicas of firearms, starter pistols. Note: Firearms carried as checked baggage must be unloaded and packed in a locked, hard-sided gun case. Only you, the passenger, may have the key or combination. Tools that are not allowed in carry-on but may be checked in luggage:Axes and hatchets, cattle prods, crowbars, hammers, drills (including cordless portable power drills), saws (including cordless portable power saws), screwdrivers, tools (including but not limited to wrenches and pliers. Martial arts/self-defense items that are not allowed in carry-on but may be checked in luggage:Billy clubs, black jacks, brass knuckles, kubatons, mace/pepper spray (one 118-ml or 4-ounce container of mace or pepper spray is permitted in checked baggage provided it is equipped with a safety mechanism to prevent accidental discharge -- for more information on these and other hazardous materials: cas.faa.gov/these.html.), martial arts weapons, night sticks, nunchakus, stun guns/shocking devices, throwing stars. Never bring this stuff onboard a plane, either in carry-on or checked luggage:Explosive materials, blasting caps, dynamite, fireworks, flares in any form, hand grenades, plastic explosives, flare guns, gun lighters, gun powder, aerosol (any except for personal care or toiletries in limited quantities), fuels (including cooking fuels and any flammable liquid fuel), gasoline, gas torches, lighter fluid, strike-anywhere matches, turpentine and paint thinner, disabling chemicals and other dangerous items, chlorine for pools and spas, compressed gas cylinders (including fire extinguishers), liquid bleach, spillable batteries (except those in wheelchairs), spray paint or tear gas. Note: There are other hazardous materials that are regulated by the Federal Aviation Administration. This information is summarized at cas.faa.gov/these.html. | |||||
| MORE TIPS Take MARTA. Delta Air Lines opened a ticket counter in the airport MARTA station, so passengers can get off the train, check in at the station and then head to the gate.
Make the most of carry-on luggage. Clark Howard says that this is the way to reduce stress and save time when traveling through Hartsfield-Jackson.
Try to avoid the crowded upper-level passenger drop-off and curbside baggage check-in. Instead, use the less-crowded, covered lower-level passenger pickup area. Unknown to many, Delta has a check-in counter in this area. Even if you don't need to check a bag and are strolling in from the South Terminal parking lots, go ahead and check in for your flight here to avoid the long lines inside the terminal.
From Gary Hendricks, AJC, and Chris McGinnis of Travel Skills Group | |||||
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