ok so this just happened and im still kinda annoyed about it. flew into bali last week and customs pulled me aside because of my lipo batteries. i had three intellignet flight batteries for my air 3 all in my carry on like youre supposed to do, clearly labeled everything, had the wh ratings written on them. didnt matter. the guy just kept saying they needed special permission and took two of them. let me keep one for some reason??

i did my research before flying i swear. everything i read said carry on is fine under 100wh per battery which mine are like 90something wh each. but apparently indonesia has its own thing going on and i didnt dig deep enough into that specifically. flew fine on the way out from the US but the indonesian side was a different story. just wanted to warn people because i didnt see this mentioned much when i was looking stuff up

ugh this is my biggest fear with international travel. ive heard indonesia can be unpredictable with this stuff. did they give you any paperwork or receipt for what they took? sometimes you can actually get stuff back when you leave the country if they processed it right but probably not in your case sounds like

yeah indonesia is notorious for this. had a buddy lose a whole set of batteries in jakarta couple years back. the rule of thumb i use now is to research the destination country customs rules specifically, not just IATA guidelines, because a lot of countries layer their own stuff on top and airport staff dont always know the international standard anyway they just go by whatever their local training says. honestly for SE asia travel i usually just budget to buy one extra battery locally and leave it there, cheaper than the stress