Hi there,
I'm flying later today, and someone mentioned that I bring even my spare battery (which I was going to add to my checked baggage) as carry-on. He said airlines don't like lithium-ion batteries in the hold, or something to this effect.
Can someone corroborate?
Thanks, Malcolm

Check here: http://safetravel.dot.gov/whats_new_batteries.html

These rules are International Air Transport Association (IATA) rules, but here's the Canadian site (http://www.dot.gov.nt.ca/_live/pages/wpPages/BaggageRestrictions.aspx) and the Aussie equivalent (with a nice table) (http://www.casa.gov.au/dg/luggage/dgtable.htm).

George/

Carry on if you can with the new rules, at least you can mail it or something, I checked my on camera light battery belt which was within the rules but it was pulled out before the baggage was allowed to continue on. So if anyone wants a battery belt from Bescore goto JFK... should still be sitting in the hazmat pickup with United...

thanks so much to both of you... I will carry them both on and avoid the panic I would have experienced.
Cheers, Malcolm

Does anyone know if the BP-U60 battery is classified as "large" or "small" battery by the new FAA rules?

Here is a quote from the website ""Larger" lithium ion batteries are rated between 100 and 300 watt-hours (8-25 g equivalent lithium content"

The BP-U60 is rated at 56Wh, and should be well within the "small" classification.

George/

I travelled with both the EX1, BPU30 and BPU60 packed in a backpack all the way from Canada, through Detroit, Amsterdam and then Norway with all my SxS cards as well. Had no problems at all.

Svein Rune

I have flown several times interisland here in Hawaii, and TSA passed my BP-60 batteries in my camera bag without a comment.

I also packed a pair of nano-phosphate battery packs that I built and those went through without a hitch.