Is toothpaste a LAG?

[Warks]

LAG = liquids, aerosols and gels
(That was for my benefit)

 

[ric_melb]

Both Coles and Woolworths stock Colgate Cavity Protection Regular Flavour toothpaste in 90 Gram size for $2 a tube. It disappeared from their shelves during Covid but is back again. Bottom shelf usually.

 

[dajop]

Absolutely it is - still a standing joke on our world when the Ette had her virtually empty 120g Sensodyne tube confiscated when going through NRT some years ago -

Yeh, lost my almost empty tube of 120 or 150g or whatever it was at FRA, all curled up so could hardly see how big it was. In fact I'd forgotten it was over 100ml as it had been through SIN and MEL multiple times before that. No tantrum though

 

[tdimdad]

Yeh, lost my almost empty tube of 120 or 150g or whatever it was at FRA, all curled up so could hardly see how big it was. In fact I'd forgotten it was over 100ml as it had been through SIN and MEL multiple times before that. No tantrum though

I lost a good portion in LHR. On the same trip, I had gone through SYDi and SIN security with them (two smaller bags, goodies some 700-800 ml in total) but in LHR a stricter officer forced me to pack everything in their bag. It wasn't big enough for everything so the rest ended up in a bin. Huffing and puffing on my part about the futility of that but no point in complaining. A similar setup had followed me on earlier trips, too, without an issue.

Two bags = one for the lounge shower visits and the second for everything else.

Afterwards, I went to purchase 1L zip-locks and they were larger than the LHR provided bag. Bummer but luckily restocking shampoos, sunscreens, etc, is usually quite easy. Just need to pack them differently next time.

 

[Seat0B]

The challenge is availability of sub 100g toothpaste (other than highly specialised toothpaste) has plummeted so it’s not as easy as you’d think to get a smaller tube.

This is why I save all the mini toothpastes from amenities kits - they are perfect for international carry on.

 

[Seat0B]

In the USA it’s really a non issue.
99.999% of the time they do not require you to separate lags for screening. I never take mine out in the USA.
Anything that’s only 10ml over is not going to be noticed at all.

I think because they don’t do metric

 

[Seat0B]

I expect this is what most frequent flyers do for short trips or emergency situations should checked luggage be misplaced.

However someone travelling for an extended period HLO may need a slightly larger tube.

You can take multiple tubes - just as long as each one is under the 100ml limit. I don’t know exactly how many you can take, but I’ve definitely taken 5 mini tubes with no trouble at all. Yes, as noted up thread it’s totally arbitrary and extremely annoying.

 

[Seat0B]

With things like toothpaste (and those who insist on travelling with vegemite tubes in their HL), if in any doubt passenger should be asked to consume a portion of said substance (and perhaps have the packaging swabbeed) to verify its not a harmful substance that can be weaponised once on board.

This once happened to Seat Son with the last minute addition of 1kg tub of Vegemite from Costco on his way back to the Middle East. The security made him eat a spoonful, but confiscated it anyway. Said he just lined watching the faces people pulled and that eating it did not grant any exemption from the rules. Lesson learned the hard way.

 

[tdimdad]

You can take multiple tubes - just as long as each one is under the 100ml limit. I don’t know exactly how many you can take, but I’ve definitely taken 5 mini tubes with no trouble at all. Yes, as noted up thread it’s totally arbitrary and extremely annoying.

You can take as many tubes and jars as you like, as long as they each are <=100 ml and fit a single 1L bag. Which means in practice that you can take some 500-700 ml with you because of the wasted and empty space from containers and space between them in the bag.

 

[Bundy Bear]

The stupidity of arbitrary rules. They simply didn't bother looking at the sizes that are made before coming up with their nice round "100".

Passing through HK security on what turned out to be a fateful day, and they grabbed my tube of toothpaste. Ran into the bloke concerned on my next trip through, and informed him that my aircraft blew up anyway.

15 years ago today, interesting what shows up on FB; A story from Airline Secrets Exposed. Some nice photos, now when that story shows up I just think of toothpaste being a LAG.