Air travel

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 but get stuck coming home. However, the tips below are from folks that have successfully made the journey.

Tips

Include documentation to TSA the airline that it's a camera dolly, needed for professional filming
Include airline-specific documentation on their policies:
1. Lufthansa
2. Alaska
Include documentation on Onewheel battery certification and the battery safety sheet
Never call it a hoverboard
Tell the airline it's protected from short-circuit
Cover the power port with some tape
Deflate the tire so it doesn't over-expand at altitude
Drain battery

Success stories

Date	Airline	Departure location	Arrival location	How'd you do it?	Contact
June 2017	Alaska	Seattle, U.S.	Denver, U.S.	Checked it	Joshua S.
June 2017	Southwest	Oakland, U.S.	U.S.	Carried it on	Peter C.
June 2017	Unknown	San Francisco, U.S.	Austin, U.S.	Carried it on	George P.
June 2017	Westjet	Unknown	Unknown	Checked	David L.
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
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.