Golf umbrella as cabin luggage on a flight

I know this is strange but, I'm flying to Paris on Monday and rain is the in the forecast. I want to bring a large umbrella but it's not foldable and won't fit into luggage. Can I carry this onto the plane or do they consider it a weapon of some sort? Just tell me if I'm being blond.

OK you're being blond! Happy.

They won't let you take it.

These days the muppets working in airport security seem to assume that the travelling public are all highly trained ninjas and can turn random and normal objects into offensive weapons (or they're delusional paranoid fantasists who would be better employed stuffed full of medication and kept in a quiet environment). To this end they're convinced that a blonde girl with a large umbrella could wreak unimaginable harm on a plane full of people and if you present yourself armed like this at an airport in Europe you'll be in an orange suit before you can say 'cowabunga'.

Why would you want to lug a bloody great golf umberalla around Paris, go & get a cheapy fold up one & then when the forecast is wrong & it's lovely & sunny you can put it in your bag instead of forgetting it in a cafe somewhere

Topical as there's a cricket thread. I've had cricket bats and squash rackets taken off me when trying to get through security. You have no chance.

In both cases I tried the argument there isn't room to swing a cat on a plane so what chance is there of me being able to swing a bat/racket but they wouldn't listen.

@leky, because like to be prepared - like a Girl Scout (or is that the Boy Scouts?)
But, just for this week, I will be the eternal optimist and say 'It won't rain so I will bring my flimsy fold-up umbrella that will flip inside out with the slightest gust of wind' and I will wear my waterproof NorthFace jacket even though I will look like the ultimate American tourist

A vulture walks on to a plane with a dead crow in its beak. The attendant says.

"I'm sorry, as this flight is rather full, we are not allowing any more carrion"

booom tsh.

Ok, I checked 6 weather sites for you and found this one Donnerwetter that says it will be sunny

My mother bought a large golf umbrella in Salzburg without any thought as to how she would get it back to the UK.
Now it's sat in our hallway (unused, I might add), until I can find something to put it in and send it to her ...

I was stupid enough to be asked to check mine in once as it def wouldnt go thru security. A nice fancy one with a button that opened the whole thing bought from Kaufhof in Marienplatz. Needless to say it didnt appear out the other end...

I know this has come up before, but can I take 8 bottles of beer to UK in the cargo. I've taped them and wrapped them in bubble wrap.

Why would anybody want to take Beer to the UK? You should want to take it out or are you that price concious?

Answer the question

No chance of taking it as carry on, especially if it has a sharp or metal tip.
I had this problem at Dublin, being given a large umbrella at the end of a business course, as I headed to the airport and it was too big my bag. The nice checkin staff simply put some tape round the brolly to stop it opening and stuck the baggage tag to the wooden handle. It arrived at MUC no problem.

Why not check it in a separate box laden down with house bricks?
If it goes missing what have you lost - but for a brolly and some house bricks - but the airline bases compensation on the weight you checked in.
It it turns up in Paris unpack, the brolly and leave the bricks by the baggage belt and make everyone else there that day wonder who the hell takes house bricks with them on a trip.

If it's in the weight limit yes.

I've shipped beer the other way in my luggage no problem.

And lucocade.

While retrieving my luggage after a flight from heathrow to dublin last week I saw a relatively small brolli (~60cm long) pop out of the luggage chute with the check-in baggage sticker on it. That's the funniest thing I've ever seen on the luggage belt.

Thanks Pas

hey,

can i ask how this worked out (with the umbrella)? I am flying with the dreaded ryanair from schönefeld to stansted and I want to take a massive umbrella back with me...the Hotel Adlon gave it to me during the insane storm on friday night and I think it's a great souvenir, I'm not just randomly attached to an umbrella

Also, has anyone else tried the whole taking a bin bag trick and stuffing everything in so it's 'one piece of hand baggage'? cause i have to take my laptop back with me and there ain't much space for anythng else in the bag, although it isn't that heavy.

I'm also going to try and take an old bike back with me (you can't get Rücktrittbremsen in the UK...!), how much are ryanair going to hate me?? am i being stupid??

thanks guys,

Caroline.

Is the end of the brolly a point? If yes, it may have to be checked in. If not, you should be fine. I took a golf-sized umbrella to Paris recently and it was no trouble at all.
Ryanair are pretty strict on baggage as they will charge you for whatever they can, so think about taking the bike.

it's not a particularly pointy point...! but yeah, i guess it is, ah well, i guess it was free anyway, so i can take it and just try.

the bike will cost E30, but i don't think that's too bad really.