Air travel

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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

  1. Include documentation to TSA the airline that it's a camera dolly, needed for professional filming
  2. Include airline-specific documentation on their policies:
    1. Lufthansa
    2. Alaska
  3. Include documentation on Onewheel battery certification and the battery safety sheet
  4. Never call it a hoverboard
  5. Tell the airline it's protected from short-circuit
  6. Cover the power port with some tape
  7. Deflate the tire so it doesn't over-expand at altitude
  8. 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.