ST. LOUIS – More than 21,000 people are projected to go through TSA screenings on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, and that number only rises as the week wears on. If you’re wanting to bring a turkey on board, TSA has all the answers you need.
“If you’re bringing leftovers after Thanksgiving, you have to make sure they’re completely frozen if bringing in your carry-on bag,” TSA spokesperson Mark Howell said. “If you want to bring them thawed out, then they’ll have to go in your checked luggage.”
Some can get behind the idea of bringing a part of the feast along for the trip, while others disagree.
“It doesn’t completely surprise me,” traveler Cory Fransway said. “But when I’m traveling, I like to have the food I like to eat.”
“(It) stinks up the plane,” another traveler George Furchtgott said. “I don’t bring anything like that.”
But for those wanting to take along some gravy, it must be under the 3.4 ounce liquid limit.
“The simple rule is: If you can pump it, pour it, spread it, or spray it and it’s more than 3.4 ounces, then you need to put it in your checked luggage,” Howell added.