@rdgusswrote: The information on E-cigs and Vape pens is available online. I informed myself a few minutes ago of the policy. Why is it, that this policy is not made clear, and passengers made aware, before Southwest takes the checked luggage, inspects it, finds your merchandise, and discards it before informing you that they are doing so? Unfortunately I just saw this article about a flight on "the other guys" where they didn't catch it at screening and nearly had an incident: https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/article/this-delta-flight-scare-is-a-reminder-why-you-should-never-put-electronics-with-lithium-batteries-in-checked-baggage/ar-BBKauXe?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartanntp Anyway - sorry about your experience, but word is getting out about these items but it isn't 100% yet for sure, and the screening doesn't seem to catch it all of the time either which makes it more important to spread the information not to check these batteries.
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