I have not traveled anywhere in the Phils, but I recall reading with interest/amusement some old threads in which it was said that airlines there prohibited regulators in carry-on because they could supposedly be used as some kind of weapon.
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You ought to file a complaint to PAL.A bit off subject but Philippine airlines did not allow me to carry on my reg on the last 3 international flights.
Neither I nor my wife had a problem with Philippine Airlines carrying all our regs onboard, SFO to Manila for Anilao last month. Except they weighed BOTH my carryon and my "personal item". I made sure both were a hair under 7 kg.A bit off subject but Philippine airlines did not allow me to carry on my reg on the last 3 international flights.
LOL.I must have been lucky going to Tubbataha with my reg in carryon bag last June. Last year I went to Cebu the same way, but I flew in with EVA Air.
I flew the same way to Australia, Bonaire, Cayman Brac, Colombia, Costa Rica, Egypt, Ecuador, Grand Cayman, Indonesia, Maldives, Mexico, Palau, Saudi Arabia, Tobago, Thailand, UAE, Utila, Zanzibar. None of their Customs office or TSA gave me a hard time with the reg being in the carryon bag.