STi-Frenchie

If liquids are not allowed as part of your hand luggage on aircraft these days does that mean I can't buy any booze or perfume in the duty free shops and take it on board with me? If so I'll bet the duty free shops are gutted.

Phil

If its bought airside its fine

supertouring

Had a problem coming back through LGW after a recent trip to Bermuda.

Bought Duty free in Bermuda no problem, but when I got to LGW I could not carry it through to connecting flight to Manchester as you have to exit and go back through security.

Had to check in hand luggage or loose it.

DCI Gene Hunt

Option 3 - drink it

CrisPDuk

It,s a scaremongering p!sstake on the part of UK airports. I've just flown Emirates to Bangkok via Dubai, the security goons at Manchester had a huge haul of confiscated stuff at Manchester. They stopped the guy in front of me because he was carrying his laptop in its case inside his hand luggage bag, they insisted this counted as two bags, so wouldn't let him through:*****:

Getting on the connecting flight at Dubai, there's people getting on with hand luggage bigger than my suitcase

RMA26

So, let me get this right

Deodorants, Aftershave, shavers etc all have to go in your luggage now?

I ask, as I’m flying to Tenerife in a few weeks

SirFozzalot

Went to Madeira in September from Gatwick and you weren't allowed to take any liquids or cosmetics through security.

You could buy whatever you wanted once through security unless you were flying to the US in which case you couldn't take any liquids or cosmetics on the plane at all.

Cosmetics covered everything including the Mrs' Lip balm!

So in answer to your question, all deoderants and stuff have to go in your case and be checked in.

SirFozzalot

There was also a limit to the size of the bag allowed on board, not much bigger than a laptop bag.

SirFozzalot

Take a look HERE at the BAA website, gives you all the info you need.

WHEELSHOP0_0

Just back from the Dominican Republic (from Glasgow airport), the queue for the security desks/metal detectors was the whole length of the airport, all drinks purchased before there were confiscated then had to sit in Int.departures for two hours at "airport prices".

RMA26

Thankyou!

STi-Frenchie

Thanks for the info SirFozzalot. I usually fly via Heathrow but this time it's a direct flight from Geneva so I guess I'll have to have a hunt aound the Swissair website as I don't like the sound of this "no liquids" into the US...unless of course I take DCI's advice and drink the perfum

jackies

Duty Free shops don't seem to know the correct answer either. I was flying back from Miami a couple of weeks ago to London Heathrow then getting another flight up to Edinburgh.
I collect different Jack Daniels bottles and saw one i didn't have. Duty Free in Miami said that it would be confiscated at security in London when i boarded my Edinburgh flight. I didn't buy it and when i got to London i asked at security if they would have taken it and they said no as i had not left the building at Heathrow as i internally connected from terminal 3 to terminal 1. Really gutted, however i will get my brother to get it for me when he goes in a few weeks.
They are very strict on the 1 piece of hand baggage rule and if you can't get everything into 1 bag then you have to dump it. After security you can buy whatever you want and have as many bags as you want. However if you are connecting to another flight then you must only have 1 bag.

jaydut

Not sure about this one as i bought duty free in manchester and took it on to Florida (aftershave,perfume) no problem, at no point were we told we couldnt take liquids etc from airside into the US.Just dont exceed allowances cos US customs are keen as ****.

While writing this a warning a little off topic though.If you are traveling to Disney do not buy the part used unexpiring passes readily available from places like ebay etc because you wont get in the parks.the first time a pass is used your finger print is scanned and its then linked to that ticket so if you take a pass that somebody else has used the fingerprints wont match so NO ENTRY.

SirFozzalot

Just telling you what MY experiences were at Gatwick. All over the airport, including departures lounge were signs saying any liquids/cosmetics purchased in duty free would not be allowed on the plane for US destinations. It may of course have changed after my flight.

In fact I have heard on the news this morning that liquids up to 1 litre are now allowed on flights to the US.

CrisPDuk

And all this is because some numptie in some government department watched Die Hard 3 and believed the thing with the two liquids was possible

Freak

You misheard-
make that 100ml of toiletries