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Bill wrote:
On Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:41:17 +0100, (David Horne) wrote: Tom P wrote: That's not enough, I'm afraid. These sealed bags will only be accepted from a limited number of airports outside the EEA- and exclude any in India, as I found out... Interesting. I think you can find the list online. It has expanded since last year, but doesn't include India. I was assured by Bombay International duty free staff that their sealed bags were acceptable at Heathrow, but we still didn't buy any... They were talking crap, as they did to us at Delhi. I actually complained about this to the airport, and here's a bit of the correspondence. (In reverse order.) Needless to say, the information was not displayed, we checked. D -------- Hello Mr. Horne, The same information is displayed on all the cash till where you make the payment and it is also running on all LCD screens at Departures. Regards Support Team- Delhi Duty Free Visit us at- www.delhidutyfree.co.in From: David Horne Sent: 20 April, 2012 12:03 PM To: Support Subject: Delhi Duty Free complaint- T3 Hello, None was provided by Zurich, and we had a very tight connection. However, it's not necessary to have one for you to take the action I suggested. Let me repeat, all EU/EAA airports will not allow any 'sealed' duty free from Indian airports if it contains liquids in containers over 100ml. The only airports for which they will allow such sealed bags are those from airports in the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Croatia, Iceland, Malaysia, Singapore, the US or Canada. You can check the wording he http://www.swiss.com/web/en/services...ge/Pages/new_s afety_rules.aspx Or for another airport with flights from DEL, Frankfurt, http://www.frankfurt-airport.com/con.../en/checkin_lu ggage/hand_luggage/faqs1.html So, the policy is very clear. Can you let me know if you will make this clear to your staff, and also display notices to that effect? Best wishes, David From: Support Subject: Delhi Duty Free complaint- T3 Date: 20 April 2012 05:50:55 GMT+01:00 Hello Mr. Horne, Firstly thank you for your valued patronage of Delhi duty Free. We have received your mail and we regret the ordeal that you've gone through. As a policy we always encourage our customers to check for themselves the destination port customers allowances/rules and to ensure that their purchases are in compliance. However you have shared the bill receipt, we would request you to also share the scanned copy of confiscation receipt to investigate your case further. Regards Support Team: Delhi duty Free Visit us at : www.delhidutyfree.co.in -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "[Do you think the world learned anything from the first world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009) |
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Erilar wrote: "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote: Erilar wrote: "JohnT" wrote: "David Horne" wrote in message ... Erilar wrote: And NEVER to plan to change planes in Oslo on a Friday afternoon! They make even transfer passengers go through security again, and the line wound almost out the door! That's the case for any European transfer flight I've been on... It is also the case if you are transferring in the USA from an International flight. perhaps oddly, I haven't done that since 1998. Nor I, because I've not traveled anywhere since 2003 (and my last couple of trips were non-stops within the US). Once I began to find walking difficult, I realized I was spending most of my stay in my hotel room, watching TV in a foreign tongue. That seemed a rather expensive way to improve my language skills, especially when the overcrowding and increasingly strict security measures had made the actual travel less than enjoyable. (If I want to watch foreign-language TV, we have five Spanish channels in Phoenix, and I could actually USE an improvement to my Spanish.) Traveling WITH hotel when you have scenery on both sides cuts down on the walking 8-) True, but there are too many "sights" that require walking - museums, zoos, etc. |
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On 4/30/2013 4:30 PM, EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
Erilar wrote: Traveling WITH hotel when you have scenery on both sides cuts down on the walking 8-) True, but there are too many "sights" that require walking - museums, zoos, etc. What you need, is a strong young travelling companion, and a portable wheelchair. |
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S Viemeister wrote:
On 4/30/2013 4:30 PM, EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote: Erilar wrote: Traveling WITH hotel when you have scenery on both sides cuts down on the walking 8-) True, but there are too many "sights" that require walking - museums, zoos, etc. What you need, is a strong young travelling companion, and a portable wheelchair. A private driver can be nice, too. -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist with iPad |
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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:
Erilar wrote: "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote: Erilar wrote: "JohnT" wrote: "David Horne" wrote in message ... Erilar wrote: And NEVER to plan to change planes in Oslo on a Friday afternoon! They make even transfer passengers go through security again, and the line wound almost out the door! That's the case for any European transfer flight I've been on... It is also the case if you are transferring in the USA from an International flight. perhaps oddly, I haven't done that since 1998. Nor I, because I've not traveled anywhere since 2003 (and my last couple of trips were non-stops within the US). Once I began to find walking difficult, I realized I was spending most of my stay in my hotel room, watching TV in a foreign tongue. That seemed a rather expensive way to improve my language skills, especially when the overcrowding and increasingly strict security measures had made the actual travel less than enjoyable. (If I want to watch foreign-language TV, we have five Spanish channels in Phoenix, and I could actually USE an improvement to my Spanish.) Traveling WITH hotel when you have scenery on both sides cuts down on the walking 8-) True, but there are too many "sights" that require walking - museums, zoos, etc. This is a major reason I don't look at the Viking river cruises. They require payment for all excursions in advance and after several e-mail exchanges I got them pinned down to admit these are hiking groups. European cruise lines let you book individual excusions, which lets be stick to the ones with wheels. I can walk well enough to enjoy a museum, but getting there can be too much. -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist with iPad |
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Tom P wrote:
On 04/28/2013 02:15 PM, David Horne wrote: Martin wrote: On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 05:55:20 +0000 (UTC), Erilar wrote: David Horne wrote: Erilar wrote: And NEVER to plan to change planes in Oslo on a Friday afternoon! They make even transfer passengers go through security again, and the line wound almost out the door! That's the case for any European transfer flight I've been on... D not in copenhagen the last two times I transferred there It's to stop passengesr arriving from countries with inferior security smuggling explosives and weapons into the airport. And to **** off many buying duty free (liquids) at airports outside Europe... D That is most certainly true. If you have a connecting onward flight, you have to make sure when you buy duty free liquids that the vendor seals them in a tamper-free bag good enough to satisfy security checks. There is a way round it - you go out of the security area at the transfer airport, and check the stuff in for the second leg. Second bag? What's that? 8-). However, I just don't buy duty- free stuff anyway. Just more to lug around, -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist with iPad |
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"Erilar" wrote in message ... Tom P wrote: On 04/28/2013 02:15 PM, David Horne wrote: Martin wrote: On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 05:55:20 +0000 (UTC), Erilar wrote: David Horne wrote: Erilar wrote: And NEVER to plan to change planes in Oslo on a Friday afternoon! They make even transfer passengers go through security again, and the line wound almost out the door! That's the case for any European transfer flight I've been on... D not in copenhagen the last two times I transferred there It's to stop passengesr arriving from countries with inferior security smuggling explosives and weapons into the airport. And to **** off many buying duty free (liquids) at airports outside Europe... D That is most certainly true. If you have a connecting onward flight, you have to make sure when you buy duty free liquids that the vendor seals them in a tamper-free bag good enough to satisfy security checks. There is a way round it - you go out of the security area at the transfer airport, and check the stuff in for the second leg. Second bag? What's that? 8-). However, I just don't buy duty- free stuff anyway. Just more to lug around, I agree. when looked at against the total costs the savings are tiny. Unless you are driving over a local border to bring back crates of beer/wine, all that you can save on bringing back the odd bottle of spirits is 10 dollars or so. You can save five times that not checking an extra bag |
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On 30/04/2013 8:32 AM, Tom P wrote:
It's to stop passengesr arriving from countries with inferior security smuggling explosives and weapons into the airport. And to **** off many buying duty free (liquids) at airports outside Europe... D That is most certainly true. If you have a connecting onward flight, you have to make sure when you buy duty free liquids that the vendor seals them in a tamper-free bag good enough to satisfy security checks. There is a way round it - you go out of the security area at the transfer airport, and check the stuff in for the second leg. I don't know about that. Personally I don't understand why you can't take on duty free goods unless they are from the airport where you are boarding, but I suppose someone can make a good argument concerning why it is okay to take a duty free flammable liquid from that airport's duty free store but not from one at another airport. The last time I was in Europe was four years ago. I was flying from Copenhagen to Toronto with a connection at Schipol. I guess I got confused at Schipol because I ended up walking right out the front door. We had to go through security to board for the Toronto leg of the journey. |
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