Originally Posted by
spinnaker
I'd be extremely surprised if you could carry on any lighters or matches today. Remember the shoe and underwear bomber?
That stuff you can buy at location anyway. Not really worth taking on the plane.
Well be surprised then. The TSA didn't allow lighters for a while but reversed that policy about 5 years ago. They are still banned from checked baggage. Those mini blowtorch lighters
are banned, but a regular Bic is fine..
I have carried a lighter on numerous flights in recent years and as recently as last month. I forget but I think one or maybe two books of matches are OK as well. Check on the matches before carrying because I am less sure about them.