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Duty Free Liquor Warning
FYI:
Against our better judgement, we decided to buy a bottle of rum at the duty free shop in Montego Bay, Jamaica. We knew we could carry it on to Miami(they bring it to the gate), but would have to check it after we went through customs, for our connecting flight to Dallas/Fort Worth. Needless to say, despite beiing wrapped well and surrounded by clothing, it arrived in DFW broken. American Airlines doesn't cover glass breakage in checked luggage. We can't be the only ones this has happened to. So no more duty free liquor purchases for us until we can carry it on board. |
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Nick and Judy wrote: FYI: Against our better judgement, we decided to buy a bottle of rum at the duty free shop in Montego Bay, Jamaica. We knew we could carry it on to Miami(they bring it to the gate), but would have to check it after we went through customs, for our connecting flight to Dallas/Fort Worth. Needless to say, despite beiing wrapped well and surrounded by clothing, it arrived in DFW broken. American Airlines doesn't cover glass breakage in checked luggage. We can't be the only ones this has happened to. So no more duty free liquor purchases for us until we can carry it on board. Why did you pack it in checked luggage to begin with is what I want to know. But rum probably costs $2 bottle so you didn't lose much. |
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This is all probably just a matter of luck and how "gentle" or "rough" those
baggage handlers are. A few weeks ago, I flew Southwest from SFO to BWI and a buddy of mine wrapped 2 bottles of California wine in his check-in luggage using some clothing like you guys did. No problem. It got to Baltimore safe and sound, in one piece. "Nick and Judy" wrote in message m... FYI: Against our better judgement, we decided to buy a bottle of rum at the duty free shop in Montego Bay, Jamaica. We knew we could carry it on to Miami(they bring it to the gate), but would have to check it after we went through customs, for our connecting flight to Dallas/Fort Worth. Needless to say, despite beiing wrapped well and surrounded by clothing, it arrived in DFW broken. American Airlines doesn't cover glass breakage in checked luggage. We can't be the only ones this has happened to. So no more duty free liquor purchases for us until we can carry it on board. |
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On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 20:04:54 GMT, Cesar Neri wrote:
Nick and Judy wrote: through customs, for our connecting flight to Dallas/Fort Worth. Needless to say, despite beiing wrapped well and surrounded by clothing, it arrived in DFW broken. I cringed when I read this. What a horrible mess. So no more duty free liquor purchases for us until we can carry it on board. Maybe never. I just hope for toothpaste, shaving cream and suntan lotion. When growing up we had powdered toothpaste. Doing a search now I see it is available. And I expect more will become available. An example: http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B000IBWAR2/ Now for shaving there is shaving soap and a brush. That leaves suntan lotion... This is all probably just a matter of luck and how "gentle" or "rough" those baggage handlers are. A few weeks ago, I flew Southwest from SFO to BWI and a buddy of mine wrapped 2 bottles of California wine in his check-in luggage using some clothing like you guys did. No problem. It got to Baltimore safe and sound, in one piece. I think wine bottles have thicker glass than rum ones. Don www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom). |
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The TSA has just relaxed the liquid/gel ban to allow 4 oz/travel size
containers. On a beach trip for a week we take at least 4 large bottles of sunblock! ba li "Don Wiss" wrote in message ... On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 20:04:54 GMT, Cesar Neri wrote: Nick and Judy wrote: through customs, for our connecting flight to Dallas/Fort Worth. Needless to say, despite beiing wrapped well and surrounded by clothing, it arrived in DFW broken. I cringed when I read this. What a horrible mess. So no more duty free liquor purchases for us until we can carry it on board. Maybe never. I just hope for toothpaste, shaving cream and suntan lotion. When growing up we had powdered toothpaste. Doing a search now I see it is available. And I expect more will become available. An example: http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B000IBWAR2/ Now for shaving there is shaving soap and a brush. That leaves suntan lotion... This is all probably just a matter of luck and how "gentle" or "rough" those baggage handlers are. A few weeks ago, I flew Southwest from SFO to BWI and a buddy of mine wrapped 2 bottles of California wine in his check-in luggage using some clothing like you guys did. No problem. It got to Baltimore safe and sound, in one piece. I think wine bottles have thicker glass than rum ones. Don www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom). |
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They are also allowing any liquids after the security checkpoint which means
any liquids (including booze) purchased in the duty free we can carry onboard. "Nick and Judy" wrote in message m... The TSA has just relaxed the liquid/gel ban to allow 4 oz/travel size containers. On a beach trip for a week we take at least 4 large bottles of sunblock! ba li "Don Wiss" wrote in message ... On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 20:04:54 GMT, Cesar Neri wrote: Nick and Judy wrote: through customs, for our connecting flight to Dallas/Fort Worth. Needless to say, despite beiing wrapped well and surrounded by clothing, it arrived in DFW broken. I cringed when I read this. What a horrible mess. So no more duty free liquor purchases for us until we can carry it on board. Maybe never. I just hope for toothpaste, shaving cream and suntan lotion. When growing up we had powdered toothpaste. Doing a search now I see it is available. And I expect more will become available. An example: http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B000IBWAR2/ Now for shaving there is shaving soap and a brush. That leaves suntan lotion... This is all probably just a matter of luck and how "gentle" or "rough" those baggage handlers are. A few weeks ago, I flew Southwest from SFO to BWI and a buddy of mine wrapped 2 bottles of California wine in his check-in luggage using some clothing like you guys did. No problem. It got to Baltimore safe and sound, in one piece. I think wine bottles have thicker glass than rum ones. Don www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom). |
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The catch is if you have to connect in the US. You can carry it on from the
duty free in MBJ to MIA, but once you go through customs in MIA you are on the unsecured side of the airport and have to re-check your luggage and go back through security again and they won't let you bring it through. I'm not sure if all US airports are like that(where you leave the secure side of the airport after customs). "nospam" wrote in message . .. They are also allowing any liquids after the security checkpoint which means any liquids (including booze) purchased in the duty free we can carry onboard. "Nick and Judy" wrote in message m... The TSA has just relaxed the liquid/gel ban to allow 4 oz/travel size containers. On a beach trip for a week we take at least 4 large bottles of sunblock! ba li "Don Wiss" wrote in message ... On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 20:04:54 GMT, Cesar Neri wrote: Nick and Judy wrote: through customs, for our connecting flight to Dallas/Fort Worth. Needless to say, despite beiing wrapped well and surrounded by clothing, it arrived in DFW broken. I cringed when I read this. What a horrible mess. So no more duty free liquor purchases for us until we can carry it on board. Maybe never. I just hope for toothpaste, shaving cream and suntan lotion. When growing up we had powdered toothpaste. Doing a search now I see it is available. And I expect more will become available. An example: http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B000IBWAR2/ Now for shaving there is shaving soap and a brush. That leaves suntan lotion... This is all probably just a matter of luck and how "gentle" or "rough" those baggage handlers are. A few weeks ago, I flew Southwest from SFO to BWI and a buddy of mine wrapped 2 bottles of California wine in his check-in luggage using some clothing like you guys did. No problem. It got to Baltimore safe and sound, in one piece. I think wine bottles have thicker glass than rum ones. Don www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom). |
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I, fortunately don't have to worry about connections to the Caribbean as I
have direct flights in and out. I get off my flight from MBJ in Orlando and drive home. I would suggest anyone else that could do so, do that too, especially if you plan to bring back the booze boxes. "Nick and Judy" wrote in message t... The catch is if you have to connect in the US. You can carry it on from the duty free in MBJ to MIA, but once you go through customs in MIA you are on the unsecured side of the airport and have to re-check your luggage and go back through security again and they won't let you bring it through. I'm not sure if all US airports are like that(where you leave the secure side of the airport after customs). "nospam" wrote in message . .. They are also allowing any liquids after the security checkpoint which means any liquids (including booze) purchased in the duty free we can carry onboard. "Nick and Judy" wrote in message m... The TSA has just relaxed the liquid/gel ban to allow 4 oz/travel size containers. On a beach trip for a week we take at least 4 large bottles of sunblock! ba li "Don Wiss" wrote in message ... On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 20:04:54 GMT, Cesar Neri wrote: Nick and Judy wrote: through customs, for our connecting flight to Dallas/Fort Worth. Needless to say, despite beiing wrapped well and surrounded by clothing, it arrived in DFW broken. I cringed when I read this. What a horrible mess. So no more duty free liquor purchases for us until we can carry it on board. Maybe never. I just hope for toothpaste, shaving cream and suntan lotion. When growing up we had powdered toothpaste. Doing a search now I see it is available. And I expect more will become available. An example: http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B000IBWAR2/ Now for shaving there is shaving soap and a brush. That leaves suntan lotion... This is all probably just a matter of luck and how "gentle" or "rough" those baggage handlers are. A few weeks ago, I flew Southwest from SFO to BWI and a buddy of mine wrapped 2 bottles of California wine in his check-in luggage using some clothing like you guys did. No problem. It got to Baltimore safe and sound, in one piece. I think wine bottles have thicker glass than rum ones. Don www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom). |
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Duty Free Liquor Warning
Here's an idea for packing things that used to go in a carry-on into
checked luggage. If it will fit, put it in a quart, gallon or larger zip lock bag. Express as much air as you can before zipping shut. Then if it fits wrap in socks and put inside hard sole leather shoes (mens). If they are not available, pick up some bubble wrap and tape before you go on vacation. I packed my dad for a cruise out of Anchorage disembarking in Vancouver BC His flights were out of Newark Liberty with a connection in Detroit arriving in Anchorage. On the return leg from Vancouver, he brought home two duty free bottles of bourbon. That, his cologne, shaving gel, and deodorant flew from Vancouver in his checked luggage stopping in Detroit arriving in Newark Liberty. Along with my 90 yo father all packed checked luggage items returned in one piece. Who woulda thunk that the doper's method of transport for pot in the 60's, zip-lock bags and bubble wrap would prove useful for travelers with legitimate items in their luggage, huh? On 9/26/2006 9:18 PM nospam plucked Senior Frog's Magic Twanger and said: I, fortunately don't have to worry about connections to the Caribbean as I have direct flights in and out. I get off my flight from MBJ in Orlando and drive home. I would suggest anyone else that could do so, do that too, especially if you plan to bring back the booze boxes. "Nick and Judy" wrote in message t... The catch is if you have to connect in the US. You can carry it on from the duty free in MBJ to MIA, but once you go through customs in MIA you are on the unsecured side of the airport and have to re-check your luggage and go back through security again and they won't let you bring it through. I'm not sure if all US airports are like that(where you leave the secure side of the airport after customs). "nospam" wrote in message . .. They are also allowing any liquids after the security checkpoint which means any liquids (including booze) purchased in the duty free we can carry onboard. "Nick and Judy" wrote in message m... The TSA has just relaxed the liquid/gel ban to allow 4 oz/travel size containers. On a beach trip for a week we take at least 4 large bottles of sunblock! ba li "Don Wiss" wrote in message ... On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 20:04:54 GMT, Cesar Neri wrote: Nick and Judy wrote: through customs, for our connecting flight to Dallas/Fort Worth. Needless to say, despite beiing wrapped well and surrounded by clothing, it arrived in DFW broken. I cringed when I read this. What a horrible mess. So no more duty free liquor purchases for us until we can carry it on board. Maybe never. I just hope for toothpaste, shaving cream and suntan lotion. When growing up we had powdered toothpaste. Doing a search now I see it is available. And I expect more will become available. An example: http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B000IBWAR2/ Now for shaving there is shaving soap and a brush. That leaves suntan lotion... This is all probably just a matter of luck and how "gentle" or "rough" those baggage handlers are. A few weeks ago, I flew Southwest from SFO to BWI and a buddy of mine wrapped 2 bottles of California wine in his check-in luggage using some clothing like you guys did. No problem. It got to Baltimore safe and sound, in one piece. I think wine bottles have thicker glass than rum ones. Don www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom). |
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