I thought it was too until I tired it just to see what would happen. I didn't take any drinks onboard with me because they were free on the flights, but they didn't say squat about my food..... I'm not quite sure what the actual policy is on food. I haven't looked it up in several years....I just saw someone else doing it and I figured that I would try it and see if I could get away with it as well. So far, so good. Michelle