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I would like to take a few MREs with me on a wilderness camp trip, but I have to fly to get there.

Anyone have any info on MRE's in checked/carry on luggage. The latest batch of MRE's I have (made in 9/2003) have this printed on them:

"Flameless Ration Heaters are Prohibited on commercial airlines UNLESS sealed in original MRE Bag."

I take this to mean that they are OK in luggage as long as the MRE outerpackage is intact.

I searched the TSA,FAA and Delta websites and I could find nothing that would prohibit them. I even called Delta Customer Service who, of course, didn't know. My delta rep even called TSA and they couldn't give me an answer.

I did find one airline that specificlly prohibits the FRH, that was Airtran.

Any help would be appreciated.
Dave

Hi Dave - welcome to the forums!

I can't speak for the TSA (or anyone official for that matter), but I'd say if you follow the directions on the MRE (meaning keep the FRH in the sealed MRE bag), then you should be fine. And if you keep the MREs in your checked baggage, there shouldn't be any problems at all.

I was flying last year and there was a guy in front of me in line to get on the plane - he had a medium sized Alice pack with two MREs strapped to the outside. No one seemed to be giving him a hard time.

kman wrote:I was flying last year and there was a guy in front of me in line to get on the plane - he had a medium sized Alice pack with two MREs strapped to the outside. No one seemed to be giving him a hard time.

Hello Kman ,

Yes , situtation is similiar here . My asked my pal to take the MREs to Hong Kong , and there's no problem while check in .

However , when my pal get back his luggage in HK airport , he found that his luggage was checked by the US custom (well , looks like the US custom tried to smash open the luggage) . Nothing was gone , even the FRH (not sealed inside the bag) .

Kurz