TSA Warning to New Jersey Travelers With Christmas Packages

If you are flying from New Jersey to see loved ones this Christmas or are expecting family to fly home to see you, airport security has news they want you to know.

The TSA could unwrap your presents when you go through a security checkpoint before your flight.

TSA Warns Travelers About Wrapped Gifts

Nothing will get your trip off to a worse start than having a TSA agent rip open all of your wrapped Christmas gifts in the inspection line at the airport.

The TSA is advising New Jersey travelers not to wrap gifts prior to your flight.

“What TSA recommends, is either wait to wrap the gifts after the airport checkpoint or place the item inside a gift bag so that it can be inspected without having to dismantle the wrapping paper."

 

Will Your Gift Pass The TSA Prohibited List?

Even if you don't wrap your gifts before flying, there's a chance you will have a problem in the TSA line.

Here are some examples of gifts that you could have an issue with at the airport this Christmas.

- Small snow globes that appear to contain less than 3.4 ounces of liquid, approximately the size of a tennis ball, are allowed to be packed in your carry-on if the entire snow globe can fit into a quart-sized plastic bag. Larger snow globes must be placed in your checked bag, according to the TSA.

- Electronic items are a very popular present during the holiday season.

"However, all electronics larger than a cell phone should be placed in a bin with nothing above or below it so that TSA can get a good X-ray image to ensure that it has not been tampered with. So if you have a tablet, laptop or the latest gaming console, you can carry it onto the airplane."

“With electronics often come batteries and ‘dry’ ones such as AA, AAA, 9-volt, C and D batteries can all be carried through a checkpoint. Lithium batteries with 100 watt hours or less installed in a device are okay, but loose lithium batteries are prohibited in checked bags.”

- Advent calendars, another staple holiday gift, are allowed in your carry-on without any fear of the 24 flaps being opened.