Took a flight with my CC labels on...

[CigSid]

For the first time, I took a trip on a plane and left the labels on my cigars. I never wanted to take a chance on having them confiscated before. The TSA guy opened my bag, looked in my travel humidor and said "nice cigars" Times have certainly changed...

 

[oke&coke]

You met a lurker on the forums.  I am assuming a domestic flight?

 

[CigSid]

Yes, domestic flight. Maybe a lurker, maybe one of us in disguise... But the truth is, no one can legally take our cigars away from us now... :laugh:

 

[billytpage]

I've never had an issue with the cigars themselves. The only incident I ever had was they were concerned about the long thin peice of metal in the cigar caddy. Yes, they were almost freaking out over the HINGE. (this was a domestic flight to boot)

 

[BlindedByScience]

I've never been questioned, but if they made a stink my answer would have been "...fakes, every one of them.  Prove me wrong....".

 

[golfgar]

I've never been questioned, but if they made a stink my answer would have been "...fakes, every one of them.  Prove me wrong....".

 
Perfect response. 
 
I have only had one issue with cigar stuff, my bullet cutter, they made me put it in a box and check it.  Before 9-11 and I went back and got a box from the check-in (24" x 30") put the cutter in and checked the box.  It was the only thing in the box.

 

[ChiTown_Huck]

One of the times when I was coming back from a Cruise and Customs wanted to see inside my travel humidor, I opened it up and luckily the top level were all padrons, Fuentes, and tats. And then I was on my way. Usually I travel with custom rolls to avoid problems but this particular time I did have a few on the bottom level that had labels on them. That would have stunk to have my own cigars confiscated.

 

[bfreebern]

I didn't know you smoked Cuban Crafters, Bill.

 

[CMontoya79]

Sign of the times. Progress. Personally, it's bigger than cigars. Cigars are an extra plus. A side effect if you will.

 

[CigSid]

I didn't know you smoked Cuban Crafters, Bill.

Sure you do Brandon, remember, I sent you a few :laugh:

 

[BlindedByScience]

Big difference in bringing smokes back from a zone where CC's are legal, to a zone where CC's are not, versus flying within US borders with CC's.  Within the US, personally I'd call 'em fakes and not put up with much crap.  From a CC friendly country to the US....well, that's a different story.

 

[oke&coke]

Big difference in bringing smokes back from a zone where CC's are legal, to a zone where CC's are not, versus flying within US borders with CC's.  Within the US, personally I'd call 'em fakes and not put up with much crap.  From a CC friendly country to the US....well, that's a different story.

Yeah, because in that scenario you are dealing with customs people not just the TSA. It's their job to stop the stuff from coming in.

 

[CigSid]

Big difference in bringing smokes back from a zone where CC's are legal, to a zone where CC's are not, versus flying within US borders with CC's.  Within the US, personally I'd call 'em fakes and not put up with much crap.  From a CC friendly country to the US....well, that's a different story.

True, but who's to say that I didn't bring these in from Cuba to the US months ago (legally) and I take them everywhere I go... How can they (and why would they) prove I didn't?

 

[CMontoya79]

I've read many horror stories about airports in Texas and their Ice (customs) agents.

 

[Setharsis]

 

Big difference in bringing smokes back from a zone where CC's are legal, to a zone where CC's are not, versus flying within US borders with CC's.  Within the US, personally I'd call 'em fakes and not put up with much crap.  From a CC friendly country to the US....well, that's a different story.

True, but who's to say that I didn't bring these in from Cuba to the US months ago (legally) and I take them everywhere I go... How can they (and why would they) prove I didn't?
 

Yeah I don't know if TSA are enforcing customs...just safety?  As long as you don't have razor blades or more than 3.5 oz of fluids in your cigars...you're good.

 

[kann]

I've never been questioned, but if they made a stink my answer would have been "...fakes, every one of them.  Prove me wrong....".

 
Having worked in a PDF during redeployment, that answer doesn't really work so well amongst the Customs folks, judging by the piles of cigars with questionable provenance.  I heard them all, too: Fakes, custom rolls, gifts... didn't even have to say "Havana" on it.  Hell, if there was any question at all by the non-cigar smoking workers, it went in the pile.  Unbanded stuff?  Pile.  Cuban Honeys?  Pile.  It was ridiculous, and absolutely nothing to be done about it at the time.  Might be a bit different now that the embassy has reopened, but I'm out of that game now, so I can't tell you for sure.
 

 

Big difference in bringing smokes back from a zone where CC's are legal, to a zone where CC's are not, versus flying within US borders with CC's.  Within the US, personally I'd call 'em fakes and not put up with much crap.  From a CC friendly country to the US....well, that's a different story.

Yeah, because in that scenario you are dealing with customs people not just the TSA. It's their job to stop the stuff from coming in.