flying with Liquids???

Kaiser Saucy · Post by **Kaiser Saucy** » Wed 8th Oct 2008 07:34 pm

So whats the deal, can you really only fly with containers of less than 100ml??? I mean it says what am i supposed to do with stuff like aftershave, shaving gel, hair gel etc...all my stuff seems to be in larger containers.liquids in hand baggage does that mean it's ok to put them in your hold bag? This is with easyjet by the way, dont want to have to ditch a load of stuff at the airport

Im flying out in the morning......i dont know if im gonna get any sleep, got to be at the airport for 5am

Boner · Post by **Boner** » Wed 8th Oct 2008 07:42 pm

Restrictions are in place limiting the amount of liquids that can be taken through the airport search area.

Passengers may carry small quantities of liquids, but only within separate containers holding up to 100ml each.

Containers must be placed in a single, transparent, re-sealable plastic bag, which itself must not exceed 1 litre in capacity (approximately 20cm x 20cm). The contents of the plastic bag must fit comfortably so that the bag closes properly when sealed.

Only ONE transparent bag of liquids is permitted per passenger, and must be presented for examination at the airport search area.

Remember that 'Liquids' includes:

* All drinks, including water, soup, syrups
* Cosmetics, creams, lotions, oils, perfumes, mascara, etc
* Sprays and pressurized containers including shaving foam and spray deodorants
* Pastes, including toothpastes
* Gels, including hair and shower gel
* Any other solutions and items of similar consistency

Liquid items larger than 100ml must be packed within your hold luggage and checked in to the aircraft hold.

Ash333 · Post by **Ash333** » Wed 8th Oct 2008 07:43 pm

what he said /\/\

Kaiser Saucy · Post by **Kaiser Saucy** » Wed 8th Oct 2008 07:55 pm

No drama, i'll chuck everything in my hold bag. probably sound like a right tart now, going to the dam tomorrow and im worried about whether i can take my aftershave and hairgel

Cheers boner...i actually read that very thing but totally missed the bottom bit about things being able to go in the hold. More haste, less speed.

thanks folks

geoffk · Post by **geoffk** » Wed 8th Oct 2008 08:00 pm

Just buy that stuff when you get there.

Kaiser Saucy · Post by **Kaiser Saucy** » Wed 8th Oct 2008 09:41 pm

Im not spending out 30-50 euro on aftershave, when i've got 5 bottles laying round here. Anyway, first morning is about relaxing and smoking, i may deceide to tackle albert heines later in the day for some cheap booze though.

I've had a sleeping pill to get some sleep before going,,,, but i just feel woozy, migt try for a couple hours now

12hrs and i should be sat in Picasso's puffing on my first J of the trip..getting excitided now

Maccobicco · Post by **Maccobicco** » Wed 8th Oct 2008 10:56 pm

Where's the problem? These restrictions are only valid for your hand luggage.

Englands_Finest · Post by **Englands_Finest** » Thu 9th Oct 2008 04:58 am

Maccobicco wrote:Where's the problem? These restrictions are only valid for your hand luggage.

Most European's only have to pack hand luggage

Maccobicco · Post by **Maccobicco** » Thu 9th Oct 2008 08:12 am

Englands_Finest wrote: Most European's only have to pack hand luggage

I know, it makes flying less comfortable if you always have to give up your luggage. But that's what I would prefer before buying a new aftershave or something similar.

McBong · Post by **McBong** » Thu 9th Oct 2008 11:09 am

What really gets my back up about all these so called "security" precautions is that they still sell bottles of more than 100ml in the airport, sell you it with one hand and take it back with the other telling you that you cant take it into the departure lounge, to me they should only sell bottles of volumes equal to or less than 100ml and stop ripping people off.

rant over

Peace

McBong

Dave J · Post by **Dave J** » Thu 9th Oct 2008 11:50 am

McBong wrote:What really gets my back up about all these so called "security" precautions is that they still sell bottles of more than 100ml in the airport, sell you it with one hand and take it back with the other telling you that you cant take it into the departure lounge, to me they should only sell bottles of volumes equal to or less than 100ml and stop ripping people off.

rant over

Peace

McBong

My thoughts exacally m8!. I'll never buy the security reasons being the main or full reason. In an era of making money every which way they can you can be forgiven for thinking that the airports and airlines are using any and every excuse they can in order to exploit given situations for profit in the cloaked name of "security".

I mean they can check upto 100ml of liquid we take to know what it is and if it's safe. But as soom as it goes over that unexplained magic number of 100ml to the level that once above the airports and airlines suddenly start to sell you expensive inflated prices of goods.

Yet they can tell liquids of over 100ml they sell is safe while the same method they use to say 100ml contains we take are safe strangly does not apply to anything over that size.

DaveS · Post by **DaveS** » Thu 9th Oct 2008 04:04 pm

Having to carry only 100ml was a bit of a hassle to begin with, but at the end of the day, I prefer to carry just a small rucksack as hand luggage rather than check in roughly the same amount of stuff (but with "full size" toiletries) and have to wait that bit longer in baggage claim before hitting the train to Centraal.

For last month's visit I found some handy travel size (100ml) plastic bottles going cheap on Ebay - one of which had a spray nozzle - perfect for aftershave/perfume/eau de cologne type things...

I generally make my trips to Amsterdam no longer than 3 or 4 days, so I can usually get all my shampoo, shower gel and other assorted junk in those little bottles and they'll all go quite easily into the see-thru plastic bag for security.

If there's anything else I may need while I'm there, there's always plenty of supermarkets where I can purchase essential items I may have forgotten...

After waiting for what seemed a lifetime for bags to wind their way off the plane from checked luggage in the hold, I'd rather travel with the bare essentials and zoom straight through for an extra hour of smoking time!

Hope you have a good trip (correction - hope you're having a good trip!) Kaiser... I'll be there again in just 11 days myself!

spottycat · Post by **spottycat** » Thu 9th Oct 2008 04:31 pm

Englands_Finest wrote:
Maccobicco wrote:Where's the problem? These restrictions are only valid for your hand luggage.
Most European's only have to pack hand luggage

Not if you're married to my other half.

CHELSEA_SMOKERS_SOCIETY · Thu 9th Oct 2008 08:21 pm

i dont need any stuff when i travel. just socks and another t-shirt.

litterally bring nothing, not even toothpaste, i like to have a beer with my breakfast when im on holiday, so doing my teeth would only make it taste horrible

my girlfriend on the other hand has a veritble pharmacy of gels and creams which she brings.

she has a load of mini jam jars (swiped from posh hotels), which she uses as containers.

we do this, coz we learnt the hard way, when a year or two ago, we took normal sized bottles of shampoo in our luggage (above 100ml). we had to leave the line and pay 20 quid to chekc in our wash bag into the luggage haul, then queue up again and go through all the security again.

darkglobe · Post by **darkglobe** » Fri 10th Oct 2008 02:32 pm

CHELSEA_SMOKERS_SOCIETY wrote:i dont need any stuff when i travel. just socks and another t-shirt.

we do this, coz we learnt the hard way, when a year or two ago, we took normal sized bottles of shampoo in our luggage (above 100ml). we had to leave the line and pay 20 quid to chekc in our wash bag into the luggage haul, then queue up again and go through all the security again.

Yep,and that £20 can buy all that smelly stuuff...or you could spend it on other types of smelly stuff...