How to carry a Squash racket on Thai Airways?
I have asked one of my friends to bring along a Squash racket for me from China, and he will be coming via Thai Airways.
He has shown the concern that the racket will be damaged if carried along.
So I would like to know is it possible to carry the racket through a carry-on backpack, or to carry it in hands?
P.S: Squash rackets have maximum dimensions of 686 mm (27.0 in) long and 215 mm (8.5 in) wide, with a maximum strung area of 500 square centimeters (77.5 sq in). And the weight is around 250g.
Best Answer
This forum post from 2011 says that the user contacted a Thai Airways representative in Hong Kong and was told that rackets should be checked-in since they exceed the allowed cabin baggage dimensions:
TENNIS RACQUETS:
"Due tennis racquet is over-sized than the allowance of cabin baggage, it is required to checked as a checkin baggage."
This does put you at risk of having to check-in the racket, since as you said
Squash rackets have maximum dimensions of 686 mm (27.0 in) long and 215 mm (8.5 in) wide
and the maximum allowed dimensions for carry-on luggage are:
maximum length 56 cm (22 inches), width 45 cm (18 inches), thickness 25 cm (10 inches).
To be sure, try tweeting Thai Airways asking them specifically about this problem. You might get an updated answer this way
As an alternative, the racket might just fit diagonally in a flat rectangular 56×45 cm box or carry on luggage, though -- and certainly would fit in the long diagonal of a 56×45×25 luggage. So you can try this solution.
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