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  New Luggage Requirements

Effective December 15, 2002 Northwest Airlines will reduce the domestic (U.S., Canada, Caribbean, Mexico) free weight allowance for passengers' checked luggage from 70 pounds to 50 pounds per piece.

If you find yourself at the airport and your luggage weighs more than 50 pounds you will be paying a fee of:  50 - 70 pounds  $25     70 - 100 pounds $50                           

Over 100 pounds they will not accept as checked luggage - needs to go to cargo with the rest of the freight.

If history repeats itself then you can count on all the rest of the airlines adopting this same policy in the future. So far, American Airlines has joined forces......I'll keep you posted.

FYI - All of our domestic major airline carriers have now implemented these changes. Please check with each carrier as to their particular rules.

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Airport Security 

I'm sure most of you already know about the added security we now have after September 11th. 

For all the rest of you I am going to give you an updated list of  Items Prohibited beyond security checkpoint:

  • Knives/Cutting instruments

  • Corkscrews

  • Baseball bats

  • Golf clubs

  • Ski poles

  • Hockey sticks

  • cigarette lighters

Items permitted beyond security checkpoint:

  • Walking canes*

  • Nail clippers

  • Safety razors including disposable razors

  • Syringes

  • Tweezers

  • Umbrellas*

  • Eye Lash curlers

*Once inspected to ensure they do not conceal a prohibited item.

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Change in International Travel Requirements

 

Travelers to and from the Caribbean, Bermuda, Panama, Mexico and Canada will be required to have a passport or other secure, accepted document to enter or re-enter the United States.
This is a change from prior travel requirements and will effect all United States citizens entering the United States from countries within the Western Hemisphere who do not currently possess valid passports.

The proposed timeline is as follows:

  • December 31, 2006 - Passport required for all air and sea travel to or from Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, The Caribbean, and Bermuda (This is a change to the previous time-line of Dec. 31, 2005).

  • December 31, 2007 - Passport or other accepted document required for all air, sea and land border crossings.

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