travelling with wine

And Eric, please let the group know what positives, and what negatives, you encounter. As things like the US's TSA's rules for travel seem to change hourly, and then there are the various state/local laws... many of us can learn from YOUR experiences.

As I had stated, most of my "checked luggage" wine was BEFORE 9/11, so things are probably much different now.

Most of all, enjoy your honeymoon in Las Vegas. While that is not MY sort of town, I do get bribed about 4x/yr with the offer that I can choose all of the restaurants - so I go along, but only for the food, the wine, and a 1hr flight with my wife!

Hunt

Dimitri,

I've flown First, and Business First on a dozen flights in the last 9 months, and on ALL, the dinnerware was plastic. Now, most of these were on United, and eight originated in the US, but I have not seen any metal utinsels in about two years. This, of course, doesn't mean that they are not there, but even in the front cabins, I have not seen them.

And, regarding the possibility of a broken wine bottle being used as a weapon, a ball-point pen is probably more deadly, in the right hands, than is a jagged

Hunt

Thanks. It's been years since I've sat in first class, so I hadn't realized that.

Then maybe they think that terrorists don't travel first-class.

There are only certain airlines which provide it. I don't think United is one of them. I saw a list on the Internet that listed:

Alaska, Air France, Lufthansa, Swiss, El Al, KLM, Northwest, Korean Air, Singapore Airlines, Olympic, and Continental - among others.

Here's a photo for evidence:

Dimitri

I'll take you on any day with a broken bottle against your airline fork :-)

A lot of the banned items are (were) pretty silly IMO. My 70-odd year old mother in law had a nail file confiscated.

Call me a cynic, but I suspect bottles were always allowed because the ecomonics of air flight would not work if travellers could not buy their "duty free".

Really Honey, I only go to Vegas for the food and wine....

Andy

I've wanted to take the direct Lufthansa flight, but it has been discontinued out of PHX. Maybe the other "first-class" patrons on United -> UK/Europe got metal, but they decided that *I* might be a risk!

Last time that I needed heavy-duty cutlery was on a TransTexas flight, and I had to use the saw on my Swiss Army knife (long ago) to cut the steak!!!!!

Hunt

FYI. No problems what-so-ever. Not even a question asked. I did put the corkscrew in my checked luggage; wine bottle and two glasses in carry on.