Air travel w/ backpacks

[Lynne Gilberg]

I will be packing my backpack into an inexpensive duffel for the flight.
This will protect all the straps and loops on the pack. I will include a set
of clean clothes for the end of the journey and the flights back to
California. When I land in Bilbao, I will mail the duffel and clean clothes
to myself in Santiago.
--
Lynne
lgeditasbcglobal.net



> From: Mary Pennicooke <nrgflowsaMINDSPRING.COM>
> Reply-To: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage <GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU>
> Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 19:31:00 -0700
> To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
> Subject: Re: Air travel w/ backpacks
>
> When I bought my pack, several of the guys that worked there suggested that
> I get a "bag" for it.
> Their reasoning (from experience) was that when flying, a pack is a sign
> for:
> ALL MY BELONGINGS ARE IN HERE!!!
> i.e.- easy to steal from.
> I even found one pack that had a sack built into it that would cover it just
> for flying- or whatever the traveling mode might be.
>
> I plan on buying a cheap bag to send it in and worry about the way home at
> that time.
> Also I want all the straps confined too, so for me a cheap nylon sack does
> the trick.
> Mary Pennicooke
> Ashland, OR
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Ashton" <CHETASHTONaAOL.COM>
> To: <GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 9:36 AM
> Subject: Re: Air travel w/ backpacks
>
>
>> Has anyone had recent experience traveling with backpacks to Spain.  Will
> be
>> traveling Iberia in mid-Sept. and wonder if airlines require packs to
> wraped
>> or can they go loose.  Thanks...Jim