Aircraft luggage: beer bottles?

I thought taking alcohol on board in cabin luggage was expressly forbidden?

John B

That would put all the airport duty free shops out of business :) KeithS

I've had no problem bringing back bottles of wine in hand luggage from all over the place, certainly on Ryanair, and possibly on Easyjet and Hapag Lloyd Express too (memory's a bit hazy).

A friend of mine regularly brings back bottles of beer in his checked luggage, regardless of airline. He's never had a problem, as far as I know.

I'm probably wrong then ;-)

I probably read it somewhere like the Sun.

John B

I suspect Sun readers are well versed in taking duty-free bottles on aircraft :-)

I thought they only understood tins ;-)

John B

Don't easyjet have a size not weight restriction for cabin baggage ? i.e. anything that fits through this gap is OK ? Obviously if it is 'legal'

Bill Hewitt a écrit :

They do, but provided your hand baggage does not exceeed that size too blatantly (and you don't show it to the lady at check-in... ie. small bacpacks are a good option), there's no real problem...

Take lots of bubble plastic with you. If you use enough bubblewrap it's pretty difficult for even baggage handlers to smash bottles.

HTH, Paul

-- Paul Sherwin Consulting

Come off it Paul, these are the professionals you're talking about. ;-)

KeithS

How about if I bought a crate load. Then stuck the crate in a big canvas bag?

Bruce

Nonsense. I've been to Amsterdam and back, and my luggage was disappointingly intact at the end of it. If you want professional smashers, try CityLink :)

Use a cardboard box and pack the bottles tightly and non-clinkingly with scrunched-up newspaper. The paper will absorb any spills.

I've used this method when returning from California without any hassle, and will be doing so again soon.

I usually pack most of my bottles into a small rucksack with a few books and the odd bit of clothing for padding. Can hide small bottles inside shoes and larger ones inside clothes in main baggage. The problem is the weight, keep the rucksack on and don't let check-in staff get their hands on it.

I brought 5 bottles of Swedish microbrewery beers from Stockholm via Helsinki yesterday, in my hand luggage. No problems whatsoever.

I'm definitely wrong then.

John B

budget

weight, keep

Just got back from Koeln. I managed to get 4 x 0.5 litre bottles in hand luggage, stored amongst my clothing. Weighed a ton, though! Got a bottle each of Gilden, Fruh, Dom and Gaffel. They were 1 Euro each in a shop near the Dom; a 0.33l bottle of water cost me 1.30 Euro!

Bruce