Anyone done this since we became tarriff happy :)
I have done it in the past and of course you don't owe duty on your own junk but...
I am on my way to Europe now and everything fit fine in my rollerboard but I normally expand and check it coming home. Normally that's not a problem but this trip was booked BA to JFK and then DL to ATL. If by later next week the TSA is NOT being paid I think the situation in the airports will go from bad to total meltdown I am returning after our politicians go happily off on their spring break and I think that's the tipping point for the TSA agents. If cash is not flowing before the break.... IMHO all bets are off.
So I booked a backup flight using frequent flyer miles on DL LHR to ATL to JFK. I am not going to JFK. I am going to get off the plane in ATL go through immigration and head out the door. Which means I can't check (FYI for LHR flights Customs no longer requires you to pick up your luggage, it's now transferred just like a domestic flight in ATL )
If i have too much stuff I thought I might just "mail" myself my dirty clothes! Since it's cooler in Europe and will be HOT in ATL when I get back I don't need them in a hurry ! But I don't want them caught up in Trump Tariff purgatory!
(And just to head off the lectures... Yes, I know it's against the airline rules. Yes, I know the airline could theoretically charge me, ban me, draw and quarter me and string me up on the gallows! The only real risk is that something happens and DL reroutes me to JFK, but I still have that other ticket on DL from JFK to ATL so I can get home assuming I can get through security at JFK LOL! )
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