03-21-2017, 01:36 PM | #1 |
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Airport device hand luggage ban
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Have you seen the latest news about airlines in the UK and US banning electronic devices in hand luggage on flights from certain countries? UK flight ban on electronic devices announced - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39343971 I'm off on holiday to Turkey in may from the UK with my h20. I think it falls inside the limits given, but only in that it's narrower depth. I hope the airline don't make my kobo travel in my suitcase, I shall go out of my mind without my kobo to read! Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk |
03-21-2017, 01:40 PM | #2 | |
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I think your Kobo falls within those limits - even my Aura One is smaller than that. Last edited by Ashjuk; 03-21-2017 at 01:43 PM. |
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03-21-2017, 03:22 PM | #3 | |
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From where I am it looks like another of those Trump-style drop of a hat decision, not well thought out, nor precisely delimited, with potential arbitrary applications according to how people understand them. Not to forget that very few non native speakers have a good level of English (with documented dramatic consequences for pilots and their passengers). |
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There is a simple solution to the problem. The ban is on direct flights from Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia to the US or UK. The way to be able to use your H2O on the way home is to not fly direct.
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03-21-2017, 06:05 PM | #5 |
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Well, that rules out the Kobo Glo HD. It's wider than 9.3 cm.
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03-21-2017, 06:26 PM | #6 |
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Perhaps this was really done to create a market for a new Kobo Mini...
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03-21-2017, 06:41 PM | #7 |
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One would hope that such a policy was based on real concerns or threats. |
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03-21-2017, 08:36 PM | #9 | |
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New U.S. electronics ban could cause travellers to reroute trips
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...ticle34375382/ Experts criticize US electronic devices ban on some flights from Middle East https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...s-tsa-airports |
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03-22-2017, 03:02 AM | #10 |
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I was considering buying a second hand mini as a holiday device. But a) that means no taking it into the pool and b) I think it's too long as well at the end 102 X 133 x 10 mm.
I think I'll have to buy a magazine and a mobile battery pack. Four and a half hour flight with no kobo! My h2o has a gecko slim case. If I stick it inside a padded envelope them inside the suitcase, do you think it will survive being hold luggage? Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk |
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Even de Aura Edition 2 won't be allowed: 159 x 113 x 8.5 mm (too wide) Forget about the Kindle as well: 169 mm x 117 mm x 9.1 mm (too long and too wide). |
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03-22-2017, 03:32 AM | #12 |
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Even the Kobo Mini is 10.2 wide.
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I read it that your device had to exceed ALL those dimensions and as such would be allowed under the 15mm thickness rule. As you say the One would certainly fail under the height and width. |
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03-22-2017, 07:23 AM | #14 |
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Just don't book a direct flight from any of these countries to the US or UK. Make sure you have at least one stop someplace else. That's how you can take your devices with you on the place.
With this ban in place, sales of direct flights is going to tank (IMHO). |
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