We also have brought frozen goods form Hawaii to California, so I doubt that coming from Louisiana to LV is going to be any more difficult.

Here is the thing… You need to make sure that you pack the frozen stuff in a heavy duty, well insulated ice chest. There are ice chests, and there are good ice chests. Don’t use the styrofoam ones as those will crack. Buy a good guality insulated plastic chest and the better ones generally have a hinged lid.

You can’t put put dry ice and ice cubes in ice chest as dry ice is not allowed on board and ice cubes will melt and potentially leak.

What we do is make sure that we only put frozen goods in the ice chest and make sure they’re frozen ROCK hard inside of zip lock bags. Pack the stuff tight and if there are any air gaps, fill them with crumpled up newspaper to keep things snug and insulated. You’ll want to seal the up the ice chest with strapping tape and makes sure to tape a label on the top and one side of the ice chest with your dad’s friend’s name and address in LV.

It’s a good idea to take strapping tape with you in case the airline wants to open it up or in the case of Hawaii, we tape up the ice chest AFTER it clears Hawaii’s agricultural inspection but before it gets checked through to the airline.

I don’t think you’ll have any problems if you take the appropriate precautions. mauisunset