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Transportation: European „liquid“ harrassment when flying
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'Mode': AROUND
Category: Airplane
Getting TO/AROUND: I'll double this one and also place it under "transport". Be fair to the system and if, only rate it once.A very serious word for travellers who fly into Europe from a non-EU country and change planes in a European country; e.g. coming from Singapore, change planes in Frankfurt to go to anywhere (EU and non-EU).
Since November 2006, Europe is hysterial about the liquids, carried in hand luggage. Well, other countries are as well, but Europe topped it with a speciality about the real liquids, like booze, and also perfumes etc.
Apart from the max. 50 ml of liquids like tootpaste, cream etc, packed in a transparent bag, you are not allowed to take any liquid past security.
This includes water.
You cannot take water, even not a 1 l sealed water bottle, across security.
You can buy a water bottle at any shop past security, but the shop will pack it into their special sealable bags.
You can open the bag between security and entering the plane, if you are thirsty – BUT – you cannot take the opened bag on the plane then.
This is the easy part. You only might loose the 2-3 Euro you have to pay for a simple water bottle.
The difficult part, however, is that you cannot bring booze, perfumes, creams, etc from Duty Free shops outside of the EU and change planes at any EU airport. This, as the non-EU Duty Free shops might not be able to pack your booze into these special sealable bags.
Example:
You take a plane in Singapore, go to Duty Free and buy some bottles of alcohol and perfume. They put it in any bag. You happily fly into Frankfurt, get off the plane and into transit. Security will surly find whatever liquid you bought and confiscate it = take it away from you and will give you no refund.
There is nothing you can do, well, except boycott flying in general.
Pic 1 and 2 are of the water bottle in this special bag, the bill inside; pic 3 of the security label and pic 4 of the liquid-security-laws, as I found them printed in Sweden’s Arlanda.
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Hi, Ingrid, there in Europe! Now I know where is the best restaurant in Italy, haha! I wish I ever make a page on Europe of my own... Hope to see in Moscow one day! | christine.j Sun Aug 31, 2008 14:41 UTC
No liquids, but frozen mushroom sauce! Did you read about the emergency landing because the sauce was melting and dripping? Now if you had taken some of the excellent food home... But then it wouldn't have been slow food any more. It just looks too good! | Nemorino Sun Feb 17, 2008 17:26 UTC
Hi Ingrid, thanks for your ratings and very nice comment on my Brussels page. And thanks for the link in your new European Museums travelogue. | robertgaz Fri Aug 17, 2007 03:18 UTC
You wouldn't wanna be strapped for cash if you're hangin' out for a drink in transit! |
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