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But frequent business travelers always try to hold on to their travel gear for a simple reason -- the inexcusably long time it takes for checked-in luggage to make it to baggage-claim carousels.
While the International Air Transport Administration also considers compressed gas cylinders hazardous in general, the body approves of the avalanche-specific canisters for either checked or carry-on luggage, thereby making the US the only country in the world to prohibit them. (Passengers outside the US are, however, required to inform the airline before their flight that they will be transporting the system).