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== Tips ==
== Tips ==
# *Never* call it a hoverboard. Confidence is everything! Act like you've done this before.
# Use a good [http://amzn.to/2BAFy3v rollerbag]. See below for additional options.
# Use a good [http://amzn.to/2BAFy3v rollerbag]. See below for additional options.
# Include documentation to TSA the airline that [https://www.onewheel.wiki/images/0/01/Dear_TSA_and_airline.pdf it's a camera dolly, needed for professional filming]
# Include documentation for TSA and the airline that [https://www.onewheel.wiki/images/0/01/Dear_TSA_and_airline.pdf the Onewheel is a camera dolly, needed for professional filming]
# Include airline-specific documentation on their policies:
# Include airline-specific documentation on their policies:
## [https://www.alaskaair.com/content/travel-info/baggage/prohibited-items/spare-batteries-electronic-devices.aspx Alaska]
## [https://www.alaskaair.com/content/travel-info/baggage/prohibited-items/spare-batteries-electronic-devices.aspx Alaska]
## [https://www.onewheel.wiki/images/5/58/Southwest_TSA_Letter.docx Southwest]
## [https://www.onewheel.wiki/images/5/58/Southwest_TSA_Letter.docx Southwest]
## [https://www.onewheel.wiki/images/9/9b/Lufthansa_policies.pdf Lufthansa]
## [https://www.onewheel.wiki/images/9/9b/Lufthansa_policies.pdf Lufthansa]
# Include documentation on [https://www.onewheel.wiki/images/0/0a/OneWheel_QL-14-1189_Report%284%29_%282%29%282%29-2-2.pdf Onewheel battery certification] and [https://www.onewheel.wiki/images/2/23/SDS_High_Power_Lithium_Ion_Cell_SF000003_rev_22-2%288%29_%282%29%283%29-2-2.pdf the battery safety sheet]
# Battery tips
# *Never* call it a hoverboard
## Include documentation on [https://www.onewheel.wiki/images/0/0a/OneWheel_QL-14-1189_Report%284%29_%282%29%282%29-2-2.pdf Onewheel battery certification] and [https://www.onewheel.wiki/images/2/23/SDS_High_Power_Lithium_Ion_Cell_SF000003_rev_22-2%288%29_%282%29%283%29-2-2.pdf the battery safety sheet]
# Confidence is everything! Act like you've done this before
## Make it clear that it is *not* a Lithium Ion battery. It's a Lithium Iron-Phosphate battery.
# Tell the airline it's protected from short-circuit
## Highlight that the battery is protected from short-circuit
# Make it clear that it is *not* a Lithium Ion battery. It's a Lithium Iron-Phosphate battery.
## Drain the battery to < 50%
## Know how to prove the battery is only 130 watt hours. The label is located on the bottom rail in the center near tire. FAA only allows 100 to 160.
# Cover the power port with some tape
# Cover the power port with some tape
# Deflate the tire so it doesn't over-expand at altitude (although plenty have traveled just fine without doing this)
# Deflate the tire so it doesn't over-expand at altitude (although plenty have traveled just fine without doing this)
# Drain the battery to < 50%
# Include TSA inspection slips from previous trips
# Include TSA inspection slips from previous trips
# Be able to prove the battery is only 130 watt hours. The label is located on the bottom rails in the center near tire. FAA only allows 100 to 160.


== Bags ==
== Bags ==

Revision as of 16:06, 19 December 2017

Warning

No one seems to have found the perfect method. There is always a risk that you can travel with your board to your destination without issue, then run into trouble on your return flight home. However, the tips below are from folks that have successfully made the journey.

Key decision

The community is split as to whether you should a) carry-on the entire board, b) check the entire board, or c) carry-on the battery and check the wheel.

Many have found success with all options.

Tips

  1. *Never* call it a hoverboard. Confidence is everything! Act like you've done this before.
  2. Use a good rollerbag. See below for additional options.
  3. Include documentation for TSA and the airline that the Onewheel is a camera dolly, needed for professional filming
  4. Include airline-specific documentation on their policies:
    1. Alaska
    2. Southwest
    3. Lufthansa
  5. Battery tips
    1. Include documentation on Onewheel battery certification and the battery safety sheet
    2. Make it clear that it is *not* a Lithium Ion battery. It's a Lithium Iron-Phosphate battery.
    3. Highlight that the battery is protected from short-circuit
    4. Drain the battery to < 50%
    5. Know how to prove the battery is only 130 watt hours. The label is located on the bottom rail in the center near tire. FAA only allows 100 to 160.
  6. Cover the power port with some tape
  7. Deflate the tire so it doesn't over-expand at altitude (although plenty have traveled just fine without doing this)
  8. Include TSA inspection slips from previous trips

Bags

Neewer Roller Bag for Photography Photo Video Studio on Location Shoots.jpg Buy on Amazon


High Sierra AT7 Rolling Duffel Bag Black 30 Inch.jpg Buy on Amazon

Success stories

Date Airline Departure location Arrival location How'd you do it? Contact / Thread
Oct 2017 Delta Seattle, U.S. Paris, U.S Carried it on in 2 pieces Piotr P.
August 2017 Southwest Unknown Unknown Checked Denny L
August 2017 Southwest New York San Diego Carry-on in hiking bag Nick S.
July 2017 Southwest New York Unknown Carry-on Paul M.
July 2017 Southwest San Diego Baltimore Checked John G.
June 2017 Alaska Seattle, U.S. Denver, U.S. Checked (has worked 13/14 times!) Joshua S.
June 2017 Southwest Oakland, U.S. U.S. Carry-on Peter C.
June 2017 Unknown San Francisco, U.S. Austin, U.S. Carry-on George P.
June 2017 Westjet Unknown Unknown Checked David L.
2017 United Unknown Unknown Carry-on battery. Check the rest. Renato R.
2017 United, Air Canada, Delta, Westjet Unknown Unknown Checked. Worked multiple times. Rodrique B.

Sad stories

Date Airline Departure location Arrival location How'd you do it? Contact
oct 2017 AirFrance Paris Warsaw I had a layover in Paris traveling from the US. I had the wheel separated from the board in carry-on and the security didn't want to let me go because they couldn't determine by using xray that there is nothing dangerous inside the wheel. After lot of stress they let me go, but it wasn't easy to convince them and they didn't want to speak english, so I would say it was lucky, but it is a good lesson to not take the wheel in a carry-on. They didn't have any problems with the board that I was carrying in hand. Piotr P.
Late 2016 Horizon Seattle, U.S. Bend, OR, U.S. Tried carrying on. Barely made it through security line (TSA Pre) and then had to lie to the Horizon gate agent who didn't want to let me head to the plane. Evan B.
Late 2016 Southwest Unknown Unknown They confiscated my friends who tried to put it on checked luggage. I took mine ON the plane with me in carry on, after twenty minutes of explanation, facts material data sheet, and under the 500kwh allowed (according to Southwest) they let me take it with me. On the return flight same twenty minute conversations, they wouldn't let me take it. My cousin shipped it, on an airplane. Go figure. If you try on your carry on, don't let it out of your sight, and be prepared to ship it, should they not allow it. George P.
Sept 2017 Air Canada Saskatoon, CAN Calgary, CAN I checked the Onewheel in my home city of Saskatoon, but after going through security and arriving at the gate, I was called to the Air Canada desk. It was an agent in the baggage department. The agent said, "you've got some kind of hoverboard in your luggage." I explained that it wasn't a hoverboard and there is was evidence that these caued fires; I had also packed the documentation showing it's safety record and battery testing. For them, the fact that it had a lithium-based battery meant that there was no way it could go on the plane. Fortunately, this happened in my home town and I had someone come by and pick up the bag. Eddie R.

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