| ▲ | longislandguido 4 days ago | |
The policies are indeed confusing. FAA rules prohibit power banks and spare (uninstalled) batteries from checked baggage. It's a bit of a grey area on jurisdiction because FAA cares about flight safety (fires) whilst TSA is primarily looking for terrorists. United Airlines, however, prohibits laptops and tablets: * Remove any lithium batteries from electronic devices stored in checked bags. * If batteries cannot be removed, these devices must be stowed in cabin bags only. * Store any spare batteries in cabin bags. | ||
| ▲ | brigade 4 days ago | parent [-] | |
And that itself is a recent policy change from just in the last two months; as of January United's official policy [1] matched the FAA's in only requiring checked devices to be powered down [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20260129152627/https://www.unite... | ||