What's the limit of liquids allowed in your purse while flying with United Airlines?

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I'm going to visit my boyfriend and as any girl, I want to smell nice for him. I'm flying with United, and I have an 89 ml body spray, 29 ml and 60 ml hand sanitizer. Is that allowed?



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See http://www.tsa.gov/traveler-information/3-1-1-liquids-rule for rules about liquids when flying within the US. (The rules are set by the government, so it's irrelevant what airline you are flying.)

Liquids in containers of volume up to 100 ml each are generally allowed, so they should be fine. You will have to take out these items, as well as any other liquids, gels, aerosols, creams or pastes in your purse or carryon luggage, and put them in a quart-size plastic bag.

You are only allowed as much liquids as will fit in the plastic bag, so if any of your items has an unusually bulky container, or you have a lot of other liquids in your carryon, you may have to put something in your checked luggage, or leave it at home.

If your flight starts outside the US, the rules may be somewhat different, as the TSA only handles airport security within the US.




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How many fluid ounces can you bring on United Airlines?

Liquids, gels and aerosols These items must be in containers that measure 3.4 ounces (100 milliliters) or less. They must also be inside a single quart-size or liter-size clear, sealable bag. Some exceptions apply, including liquids like baby formula and medicine.

Can I have liquids in my purse and carry-on?

You are allowed to bring a quart-sized bag of liquids, aerosols, gels, creams and pastes in your carry-on bag and through the checkpoint. These are limited to travel-sized containers that are 3.4 ounces (100 milliliters) or less per item.

What toiletries can you take on United Airlines?

Customers departing from U.S. airports on any flight may bring carry-on bags through security and board the aircraft with trial-size toiletries (each 3.4 ounces or less). Toiletries must fit comfortably in one quart-size (liter-size) clear, sealable bag.

How many bags of liquids can you carry-on?

The 3-1-1 Rule refers to three core components that govern how many liquids you can bring in your carry-on bags: Each liquid must be in a 3.4-ounce or less container ("3"), all containers must be placed inside one clear quart-sized plastic bag ("1"), and each passenger is only allowed one plastic bag ("1").



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Total Volume of Liquids/Gels Per Person

As Nate correctly points out in this answer, the volume of each individual container must be ? 100ml (3.4 fl.oz.). This raises the question of what is the total volume of liquids/gels you can carry on board? Because the volume of the bag is approximately 1000ml (≃ 34 fl.oz. ≃ 1 quart), one could easily think this is the maximum allowed volume. However, since containers rarely tessellate due to their irregular, dissimilar shapes, and because the containers themselves take up space, the actual maximum volume you can carry will equate to less than 1000ml. Therefore the answer is you can carry as many ? 100ml containers as you can fit in the bag, so that the bag closes correctly.

United also mentions this in their Carry-on Bag Policy webpage:

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) allows each traveler to carry on liquids, gels and aerosols in containers of 3.4 ounces (100 mL) or less, inside a single quart-size (liter-size) clear, sealable bag.?

International Inbound Flights

It is worthy to note that passengers on international flights connecting through the us, are allowed to carry on-board liquids in containers of volume > 100ml if they meet the following conditions, quoted from the TSA 3-1-1 Liquids Rule Webpage:

  1. they are in transparent containers;
  2. you bought them at a duty-free shop, and
  3. the store packed them in a secure, tamper-evident bag

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