Can I carry my zippo lighter and cigarettes on a Southwest Airlines flight?

Can I carry my zippo lighter and cigarettes on a Southwest Airlines flight? I am leaving LAX to go to San Francisco.|||"nope, combustibles are on the FAA's banned list. You can however put them in your checked luggage and be fine."





This answer is wrong -- a lighter that has fuel in it may not be placed in checked luggage, according to the TSA. Nor are combustibles banned -- in fact, you are allowed to carry common lighters in carry-on luggage, such as a disposable lighter. The TSA also allows Zippos to be carried onboard, according the the second link.





The only way you can take your Zippo lighter with you on a plane, according to the second link, is to either carry it onboard with you (it can contain fuel), or to place it in your checked luggage, drained of fuel, in an approved case.





Your cigarettes are allowed onboard as well; however, you will only be able to smoke in designated areas.|||People really need to read the TSA web site. Cigarettes are fine either in carry on or checked bags - they not mentioned anywhere on the TSA web site.





Each person can carry on 1 (one) standard zippo or butane type lighter, and they can carry 1 (one) pack of safety matches. In their carry-on bag, into the cabin of the plane.





Torch style lighter - for pipes and cigars are NOT allowed, either as a carry-on item or in your checked baggage. Leave those at home.





Lighters are FORBIDDEN in checked luggage. If they leak, you have flammable liquid and/or gas in the cargo compartment. (Actually - you can put them into checked luggage IF and only IF they are either 1) empty of fuel, or 2) in a DOT approved case for transport of lighters - and I have no idea what one of those cases is or how you would get one.)





From the TSA website:


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Lighters without fuel are permitted in checked baggage. Lighters with fuel are prohibited in checked baggage, unless they adhere to the Department of Transportation (DOT) exemption, which allows up to two fueled lighters if properly enclosed in a DOT approved case. If you are uncertain as to whether your lighter is prohibited, please leave it at home.





One book of safety (non-strike anywhere) matches are permitted as carry-on items, but all matches are prohibited in checked baggage.|||Common ("Bic style") and unsealed ("Zippo style") lighters may only be carried on.


It's an American Airline restriction, but I wouldn't think they'd be too awfully different. I'm an AA flyer, so that's my only source.|||nope, combustibles are on the FAA's banned list. You can however put them in your checked luggage and be fine.|||no....9/11