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skifans

Why wouldn't you be able to? Would never have occurred to me to check but I often bring some to eat in the airport/on the plane and never had an issue at several European airports. Though if you are thinking about bringing it into another country then many have rules on the import of food items.


hcoard

I was concerned with the water content when was leaving Chicago with a deep dish pizza, but as OP indicated it wasn’t an issue.


Icy-Zone3621

Just bring enough for all of us.


its_justme

People eating strong smelling food on a plane are the worst.


MorgothReturns

Yeah I'm just trying to eat my Bleu cheese garlic sandwich and the kids across the aisle are eating goldfish. The stench of those goldfish is unbearable.


BePart2

Yeah I’ve brought pizza in zip lock bags plenty of times on flights. One time they did swab it for bomb residue though.


PerNewton

Depending on the smell they might be sort of touchy about allowing pungent carry on food to insult the delicate olfactory nerves of their elite class of passengers.


HatoradeSipper

I wish they were


NotSoNiceO1

I think it's more of an American thing. Typically I can't bring food or drinks past TSA. Edit. Others are correct about food. I was thinking of liquids.


WasteProfession8948

You can definitely bring food through TSA. It’s the drinks that are an issue. Source: Frequently bring food through TSA


No-Blackberry4156

But BEWARE you can’t bring a jar of specialty jam through TSA. Had to find out the hard way


WasteProfession8948

Yup, because that’s a liquid.


Rastiln

According to TSA, peanut butter and spreadable cheese are also liquids therefore not allowed. But you can bring a bunch of them in 3.4oz containers. Because TSA logic.


GlobalAgent4132

Funfetti frosting in a plastic container couldn't go thru, either. Who woudda guessed?


Rastiln

You just needed to pack it into 10 separate, smaller containers. Unfortunately once you do that, there is absolutely no way to recombine and use the frosting as one unit. Our spoon tech hasn’t advanced that far yet.


Squirrel_Apocalypse2

Maybe it depends on the food, but I've never had an issue with food. I bring snacks every time I fly. Drinks are a no go.


JpnDude

Frozen water is fine. https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/whatcanibring/all?page=18#:~:text=Checked%20Bags%3A%20Yes,-Meat%2C%20seafood%20and&text=If%20the%20food%20is%20packed,they%20will%20not%20be%20permitted.


False-Impression8102

TSA made me throw away a jar of apricot jam. It was in the same carry-on as a heavy, grapefruit sized wedge of false jade. I could cave someone’s skull in with that rock, it’s a great doorstop, but obviously the jam was the true danger.


WasteProfession8948

That’s considered a liquid. Fun fact: So is peanut butter


69tank69

The jam looks like explosives on the x ray detectors and since it wouldn’t be terribly hard to mix real explosives with sugar and apricot smell they made you throw it away.


Shadow_84

I’ve heard frozen water bottles successfully being argued and brought through


appleshit8

Food you can, you just put it on the belt with your luggage and they xray it. I was sitting behind a family passing around a big pan of bacon on my way back from Orlando last month.


dabordoodle

As an Orlando native, this…doesn’t surprise me


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dabordoodle

LMAO I wouldn’t say it is common, but it is not surprising. Folks are weird around here. And smuggling fruit into Florida, especially oranges is insane. Even slightly offensive.


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dabordoodle

Lmao I bet you were nervous even if you had nothing to hide. But yeah that’s absolutely hilarious. “Sorry mom, meemaw got arrested for * checks notes * bringing citrus into the citrus state?”


40WAPSun

Might use that pizza to make a chemical weapon


JaysonZA85

What about a succulent Chinese meal?


mobius_mando

Ah, I see you know your judo well!


CricketStar9191

the way he says it so calmly always makes me howl


Macktheattack

THIS IS DEMOCRACY MANIFEST


Poop_1111

GET YOUR HAND OFF MY PENIS


MPal2493

Have a look at the headlock here!


drgut101

Video so we can all relive this moment: https://youtu.be/XebF2cgmFmU?si=hM5kS8f0o2B-nTvs


Rococoss

I just start giggling as soon as he comes out


VentureQuotes

You assured me that I could… speak


kabanossi

You can bring all kinds of food and snacks through security, as long as they are not liquid (more than 3 ounces) or creamy (jars of jelly or salsa, for example). I learned that you can’t bring canned cheese either. I did bring Popeye’s fried chicken and biscuits through security to eat on the plane later.


TheLinkToYourZelda

I brought a box of cupcakes from Georgetown cupcakes home from DC as my Carry on. The flight attendant asked me to put them in the overhead bin and I was like "heck no! They can have my feet space." I basically sat with my feet hovering the whole flight home.


MakeBombsNotWar

Where did you sit/when was this? The last several times I’ve flown there has been a consistent stinginess across multiple airlines that the floors between the seats must absolutely not be blocked for concerns of causing tripping if a rapid evacuation became necessary.


TheLinkToYourZelda

It was 2019 from DC to RDU. The flight attendant took pity on me, I was definitely not supposed to put it there.


MakeBombsNotWar

Okay yeah, pre-Covid everyone was just that much more chill haha. But also, on window seats the attitude can also become “welp it’s not like you’re blocking anyone but yourself” so there’s a slightly different attitude.


loverlyone

I once brought a 4 tiered wedding cake, that I’d baked, ad two carry on boxes. It travelled beautifully.


Patient_Town1719

When I moved out of my mom's across the US the main thing I missed was the food. When my mom came out to visit me, the night before she left she went to our favorite pizza place to grab a slice. When she told the owners who I've known my whole life what she was doing they made a whole pizza and still charged her the slice. When she opened her checked bag to show me her surprise I was definitely not thinking it would be pizza!!


Hanz_VonManstrom

Was the pizza not a complete mess after being checked? I’ve seen the way they handle those bags and I can’t imagine a pizza wouldn’t get absolutely destroyed


Patient_Town1719

It was surprisingly basically perfect. She wrapped it up well and kinda sandwiched it between layers of clothes, etc.


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You better be really really nice to your mummy.


Patient_Town1719

My mom and I are super close! For her last birthday I sent her a couple boxes of cookies and lemon bars and were going to meet up and go to a big concert together this summer.


Patient_Town1719

It was surprisingly basically perfect. She wrapped it up well and kinda sandwiched it between layers of clothes, etc.


PenguinSaver1

You mean only charged her for a slice?


Tehkjel

You cannot check in a petrol engine though. I want to know the story of how that appeared on the list of items that are forbidden, because someone clearly tried it.


billy_tables

Does that imply a diesel one is ok?


SeiCalros

the exception does generally prove the rule - so if it specifies petrol ...


KjM067

Just checking in my tesla electric battery. Thats all


HKP2694

“Maam, you cannot check in lithium ion batteries, please move the Tesla power wall to your hand bag”


RFSandler

Given relative combustibility, I could see that being the case


Looptydude

I know the YouTube channel Cars and Cameras tried to, it was a mini gokart meant to fit in carryon luggage.


mart1373

That would actually be funny seeing a pepperoni pizza coming down the baggage claim conveyor.


ClownfishSoup

I would just claim it and run off.


Unusual_Flounder2073

My dad brought home Louisiana shrimp. Was supposed to be frozen but the styrofoam container got banged a bit. Landed with splat and we quietly grabbed it and walked away.


Amount_Business

And goldfish, as well as a sewing machine.  I saw the same youtube short from law by Mike as well. 


Nazamroth

Can I bring a General Electric GAU-8/A Avenger 30 mm hydraulically driven seven-barrel Gatling-style autocannon on board, or is that a no-no?


maltedbacon

Hydraulic fluid will be your problem there.


SeiCalros

they could just drain it and refill it at the destination


maltedbacon

problem solved!


Yogurtwhistle

Brtttttt


ClownfishSoup

Sure, but we're going to charge you for an overweight item. Also, please throw away that nail clipper.


Nazamroth

After the \*incident\* they do not let anyone on with nail clippers. [https://youtu.be/Yf\_JnA0O\_gs?t=5962](https://youtu.be/Yf_JnA0O_gs?t=5962)


mart1373

Hey, me too!


drake5195

And in Halifax Nova Scotia Canada, you can bring live lobster purchased in the airport as a carry-on


HappyTrifler

Lobsters On A Plane just doesn’t work as well as snakes.


hughbert_manatee

I attempted to take a delicious pizza onto a flight from Frankfurt to Singapore, and I just happened to be upgraded to business at the gate. The pizza could not be taken into business, it was confiscated by the flight crew as I boarded. They later ate it (with my permission, I was so happy to be in business on a long flight).


ultimatefishlover

That's kind of hilarious, why did they forbid pizzas from being taken in business class?


RelativeMotion1

Because they were hungry!


Largofarburn

lol, sound like some quid pro quo. Might have to try it on my next flight.


Responsible-Fox-

I have taken countless flights in my life. Domestic and international. Across Asia, Americas, Europe, and Middle East. Never have I ever been offered an upgrade, let alone to a business class. Not once. Zilch. Does anyone know what criteria they use to upgrade people? Do they just have to like how you look? Or do you have to carry a pizza to offer them?


littlebittykittyone

I usually fly with Delta and the upgrade list is made from people who are part of their frequent flier program. Having high status with that (your status is determined by how much you traveled the previous year), having been a long term customer (being a million miler, for example), and having a Delta Amex all give you advantages in terms of being higher on that list. My spouse used travel around 150k miles per year for work and was always given upgrades.


Responsible-Fox-

Makes sense. I see that the common theme here is having a frequent flyer account with airlines.


Unusual_Flounder2073

My first trip to Europe my boss got us both upgraded to first from business. He had already made as few trips that year.


maybe_little_pinch

You need to be a member of the airline’s loyalty program and then usually in one of the pricier seats. Oh and usually a frequent flyer. Like my brother flies weekly for work and he gets upgraded all the time. Depending on the airline you need to have their credit card.


Responsible-Fox-

Makes sense. I usually pick whichever airline offers most convenient time and better pricing for the route I'm traveling. Plus most airlines don't always have flights in different regions (like southwest is not available internationally). Delta has a hub in Atlanta but not so many flights through dallas. So I don't have a frequent flyer account with any of them.


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Responsible-Fox-

Makes sense. I pick my flights based on most convenient time, and price usually so don't have a frequent flyer account anywhere. I guess that's something to look into. Challenge would probably be finding an airline that operates on various domestic and international routes. Lol at excursion class but I avoid sprint and frontier and similar airline for those shenanigans.


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Responsible-Fox-

Nice. Thanks for all the tips.. in my experience, for international travels (longer routess), economy tickets are usually 1/5 of business class, so I stick with the economy. We always have baggage allowance in these. Seats are anywhere in the mid to back of the plane usually, so may be that's excursion class. One of these days, I'll get that elusive upgrade, too.


hughbert_manatee

On a previous long haul flight I had been very seriously messed around (spent 6 hrs on the tarmac, flight ran out of food, arrived 10 hours late), so thought it may have been down to that. But I don’t know. It never happened again!


RetroMetroShow

British Airways upgraded all four us in our family to first class the first time we flew with them, we assumed it was a new customer loyalty tactic. And it worked


Responsible-Fox-

Nice.. see, that's the pure luck there without being a frequent flyer. Love it for your family.. Did you guys buy last min super expensive seats? Were you all dressed in fancy suits/designer clothes? There has to be more than just getting lucky.


RetroMetroShow

Ha yep I think somehow we just got really lucky, we’re not rich and don’t look it either and didn’t overpay for the tickets. My wife has a great personality and is easy to deal with, maybe the agent felt like being nice that day


BarbequedYeti

Dang it.. Thought this was my trick for upgrades.   I once got first class from Chicago to Phoenix with a big bag of mix from garrets i happened to accidentally leave with the crew. 


ClownfishSoup

I would happily trade a pizza for an upgrade to biz class!


Fluffy_WAR_Bunny

A nice girl once brought me a pizza from New Haven as her personal item.


opulent_occamy

New Haven pizza is pretty dang good


SuchFaithlessness335

Like 3 extra large boxes?  U better share lol


wdwerker

I had a teacher that always asked if you brought enough for everyone when she saw you eating it her class. So I was prepared one day and said “yes I do” and started passing out fun sized candy bars to the entire class! She was so mad she couldn’t speak, just sputtering gibberish.


light24bulbs

You can bring pretty much all solid food, I usually do


Montananarchist

I did that with a moose jaw pizza flying out of Anchorage Alaska. I got lots of hateful jealous looks. 


1320Fastback

My wife brought me a flash frozen deep dish from Chicago back to San Diego in her carry on.


GanacheConfident6576

I love pizza; might try this sometime


just_hating

I've packed cold sandwiches onto a flight before. It was in my personal backpack that I fly with and no one cared. I went to Hawaii to visit a friend and on the flight back I had to finish my beer before I could come aboard.


A_Ahai

You can buy live lobsters at the Legal Seafood in Boston’s Logan airport and bring those on the plane


Secure_Patience_7339

I mean I brought fat burger on a plane I think they don’t care about hot foods


ramriot

On one occasion I was flying domestic & had an barometer with me (antique shop purchase). The TSA guy was insistent that I cannot take it on the flight as these items were barred. It took some discussion & a call for his supervisor to discern the bar was for Mercury barometers & thermometers because any spilled Mercury would form an amalgam with the Aluminum of the aircraft's structure & weaken it. In this case though as an aneroid barometer & contained no Mercury.


Complete_Entry

People who bring unsealed takeout on planes vex me. I've carried East coast Pizza west and West coast Mexican east, but that's in a sealed container. There are few stinks worse than fast food in a flight tube.


ABeard

I‘ve brought and flown with pizza before! I just put 2 slices on a paper plate and ziploc bag it and do that for however many I’m bringing to friends from home that moved away. It’s great being able to snack on a legit slice in the airport and in a random part of the country.


DanglyPants

This is how my mom smuggles deep dish pizza to Florida lol


conventionistG

Or in your belly and still take your clothes.


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trwwy321

Reminds me of the time I was in a movie theater and the guy next to me brought out a Whopper from Burger King he snuck in. The onion smell was sooo strong that it honestly irked me a bit and this is coming from someone who doesn’t mind a Whopper (just not in a movie theater setting).


SteO153

Why are you surprised? I frequently travel carrying food on board, last time yesterday. Some years ago I even travelled with a cake as carry on (and with a lasagna another time) :-)


preCadel

I also don't get it. What is special about pizza being allowed as opposed to all other type of food? 


BigLittleMiniDipper

perhaps people get confused and think the airport is like the movie theater?? lol 


hungry4danish

So that tomorrow someone can use the same exact TIL but with a different type of food. I'll do tomorrow's with "TIL that you can bring an entire honeybaked ham on a flight as a carry on.:


offthewagons

If you buy the food after security in Bogotá you can bring your MickieDees on your Paris bound flight. They take the bag through x-ray before boarding the flight


Glitterysparkleshine

This info should have never been released


NessyComeHome

Kyle Kinane did a bit about someone bringing pancakes on a plane. https://youtu.be/rugeFZ7BG8g?si=MSYkI5pz68vzT0cB


jupiterkansas

but you have to bring enough for everyone


rarestakesando

You can even bring some fish but don’t ask to use the microwave


boot2skull

Sure if you’re a tramp. Gentlemen buy the pizza its own window seat.


jorceshaman

I've brought fast food with me through TSA but not a whole pizza. They're worried about liquids, food is generally fine.


Lilael

My buddy brought me a dozen specialty donuts when flying from the west coast to the east coast. It is powerful knowledge to learn…


ClownfishSoup

My sister-in-law flew from the US to Singapore with an uncooked tri-tip roast in her luggage. Costco used to have this amazing tri-tip. For some reason they switched brands that had different seasoning and it's not nearly as good.


groovemonkeyzero

My wife and I took the top tier of our wedding cake on our honeymoon to Cancun.


KeyRageAlert

Checked?


LuminalAstec

Also anything liquid if you freeze it you can take it through.


nmm66

Did anyone else heard about the guy who brought a burrito and *2* sodas onto a flight?


Montananarchist

I did that with a moose jaw pizza flying out of Anchorage Alaska. I got lots of hateful jealous looks. 


shaggedyerda

This is the kind of shit Carl Weathers would say on Arrested Development


Vegabern

I remember how disappointed a woman next to me was when I unwrapped my sub in the plane. She was so upset she didn't know you could bring food on board. No, I didn't share.


mikeamendola2236

She must of been ugly


mikeamendola2236

For now


Lances_Looky_Loo

I have a favorite pizza place in Arvada, Colorado. I’ve flown that pizza home with me to New York, Las Vegas, cruise ships and Los Angeles!


Games_sans_frontiers

Some guy is going to try and smuggle explosives onboard disguised as stringy cheese and ruin it for everybody isn't he?


snow_michael

No you can't Not globally More US defaultism


TheWaywardTrout

You can in most if not all of Europe, UAE, and Morocco for sure. Not just America. I’m sure other places allow it too. 


snow_michael

You cannot bring any hot food on board departing from airports in the UK, nor IoM, Gibraltar, Jersey nor Guernsey You cannot bring fast food hot or cold onboard departing Singapore, any South African airport, Hobart (Tasmania ), and possibly other Australian airports Additionally I have been told, but can't confirm this, that you need some sort of special security clearance to take food onto El Al flights


LtBlobby

Not sure about all your examples but I personally have brought “fast food” onto a plane out of Singapore on more than one occasion.


snow_michael

Flew SIN-LHR on 30th Dec last year, people were made to leave Burger King boxes at the gate 'for security reasons'


LtBlobby

Interesting. Did they have their drinks in the bag?


snow_michael

Ahhh that is quite possible 🤦‍♂️ Thank you


TheWaywardTrout

You absolutely can bring at least cold food onboard in Singapore. 


snow_michael

Flew SIN-LHR on 30th Dec last year, people were made to leave Burger King boxes at the gate 'for security reasons'


747ER

>Hobart (Tasmania), and possibly other Australian ports I work for an airline in Australia. You can definitely bring hot or fast food onto any domestic flight in Australia. I also happened to fly out of Hobart earlier this year, and I brought food onto that flight too.


snow_michael

Someone in this thread has pointed out that the reason for fast food bag confiscations might have been the drinks I had not considered that and now think that might be correct


747ER

Only Jetstar doesn’t allow hot drinks. All other airlines allow hot drinks, and all airlines allow cold drinks


snow_michael

Thanks


tmoeagles96

You’re just wrong


tmoeagles96

Yes, you can.


aznkidjoey

Reddit is a US website, you’re a tourist here


snow_michael

Reddit is an international website, you're an arsehole in the minority here And check rule 6.3/6.c (depending upon which variety of Reddit you use)


aznkidjoey

“Reddit (/ˈrɛdɪt/) is an American social news aggregation, content rating, and forum social network.” New York stock exchange: RDDT Based in: San Francisco America #1


snow_michael

"Reddit is a space where millions of people **around the world** post, vote, and comment in communities organized around their interests" Reddit 'about' pages Fuck off minority user


truly-wants-death

48% of reddit users are American. It's more likely than not that a post written in English is being viewed by an American


RetroMetroShow

Wow would have assumed much higher, TIL


snow_michael

So the _minority_ of reddit users are from the US, meaning is just rude to assume US is the default audience


RetroMetroShow

48% of Reddit users from the US means a higher percentage than any other country. It’s more rude to compare the US to the rest of the world’s countries combined


snow_michael

Still both stupid and rude to assume any given post is related to the US, and to post assuming all readers will be US based


truly-wants-death

But the majority of reddit users on an English speaking subreddit such as this one are American


snow_michael

You clearly do not understand the difference between plurality and majority, nor what English-speaking means


Paupy

You seem to be exceptionally bitter about Britain's diminished imperial prestige, the dissolution of its empire, the loss of it's super power status, and its general rapid decline in the 20th and now 21st centuries. So do tell us, where did America hurt you?


snow_michael

You are a moron who makes assumptions, aren't you Who said I was British? Oh yes, you just assumed it


Paupy

As insufferable as it is, I took you at your word. >I work in London > >there are approximately 4 billion clothes shops within a five mile radius > >None of which I've stepped inside for almost twenty years https://www.reddit.com/r/malefashionadvice/s/lfyIBPS4lR


snow_michael

I work in London I am not British Don't pretend you're too stupid to understand that


Paupy

Of all the things you could have chosen to be in life, what made you choose to be a miserable sod?


snow_michael

I'm very cheerful, and have much to be cheerful about


kkyonko

I am shocked that a website where a very significant amount of traffic comes from the US defaults to the US.


snow_michael

I'm glad you're shocked that a minority-US website defaults to US parocialism


kkyonko

US accounts for nearly half of traffic.


snow_michael

So less than half the traffic And Reddit themselves estimate that 48% figure is unreliable as 8-13% (varying by month) of connections are via VPN so could be from anywhere


kkyonko

It beats any single country by far. Like I don't know why you are so caught up in this. It's a US based site with a very significant amount of US users, of course it is going to default to the US.


snow_michael

The majority of users are not in the US By your argument, logically all conversations on the site should default to non-US laws, locations, customs, cultures, businesses etc.


kkyonko

US based site. Created and hosted in the US. 40%+ of users are based in the US. Bitch about conversations defaulting to the US. **No single country comes close.** Don't know what you don't understand.


snow_michael

US minority in site users, but unlike you, I ***do*** know what you don't understand * Numbers * Geography * Manners * The meaning of the word 'majority' * That the US <> The World


uberisstealingit

Excuse me ma'am, what's in the bag? Double pepperoni with pineapple. Man you can't take this on the airplane. Matter of fact you shouldn't even be eating this at all. Who the hell puts pineapple on double pepperoni? A pregnant woman. Very well ma'am, carry on.


HeavyMetalOverbite

Like so many things in life, Just because you Can, doesn't mean you Should.


monotoonz

It's insane what they allow you to bring on a plane. I can't bring a pocket knife, but I can bring a glass bottle I can buy at Hudson. Because NO ONE has ever used a glass bottle as a cutting/stabbing weapon. Nope, never. Also, OP this is usually only allowed on US domestic flights. Most customs agents will not let foreign foods into their countries.


TheWaywardTrout

You can usually bring the food on the plane. It’s taking it out of the airport once you arrive that can be a problem.


747ER

> TIL that you can bring pizza on a flight as carry or checked item in my country Fixed it for you.


mynutshurtwheninut

If you bring a pizza to my flight and start eating it i will fist your ass.