Taking liquids onto a plain?

[flobadob]

What is the story with taking liquids onto a plane? Is it that you are not allowed to take more than 100ml onto the plane or does it apply to check in only? For example, can you check in your hand luggage with no liquids in it and then purchase some later and take them on board the plane?

[JoolsTwo]

You can purchase liquids once through security but can only take lotion etc up to 100 ml.

[benny3008]

You can buy liquids once you have gone through customs and take them on to the plane. with regards to taking your own liquids on i.e before you go through customs, i think they just make you taste it to prove that its not a explosive or something, but then again, why would you care about filling your stomach with explosives when if you are about to take explosives on to a plane, you will be blown to smithereens anyway! Beyond me!

[Buenchico]

As JJ indicates, you can take liquids purchased after the security checks onto the plane subject, of course, to any rules imposed by individual airlines. (For example Ryanair rigorously enforce their 'one cabin bag only' policy. You can't take an aditional carrier bag, full of your airport purchases, onto the plane).

Full security rules here:
http://www.direct.gov...avelintheUK/DG_078179

Chris

[hc4361]

Any liquid above 100 ml has to be disposed of before security check in, with the exception of baby milk which they may ask you to sample.
Once through security, you can buy your fill of liquids, lotions and potions from boots and other retailers.

[237SJ]

You can take up to one litre of liquids on the aircraft. Each container can`t contain more than 100ml so basically you can take 10 containers of 100ml with you providing they are in a bag which has to conform to a certain size. (can`t remember but something like 7" x 8") All your little bottles in the bag have to lie flat and not be crammed in on top of one another. For most passengers that`s not a problem because you might have for example your eye drops, moisuriser, perfume etc.in the pack. If you buy duty free at an airport in the Uk that`s not a problem because you will have already gone though security when you bought it so it was purchased "air side". The only snag is if you go to Australia or anywhere which goes through Singapore in which case they will take it off you

[dzug2]

To answer the other side of the question, your hold (checked in) baggage can contain as much liquid as you like, or at least up to your baggage allowance. Given the weight of bottles of of liquor it wont be that much....

[Andyvon]

Hi,

You can only take 100ml of liquid through security but there's no restriction on how much you take aboard the plane. I always take an empty 1 litre plastic sports bottle through security. When I get into the Departure Lounge, I then politely ask one of the counter staff in one of the cafes, restaurants or bars if they wouldn't mind filling the bottle with cold water from their tap. I've never yet had a problem, especially if I'm also buying tea or coffee, but even when I'm not. It also saves paying airport prices for a bottle of water!

[Andyvon]

Me again,

Just reading 237SJs answer (I should have looked more closely!). I don't know about the 1 litre limit or the ten lots of 100ml bottles. I've always taken my 1 litre water bottle for drinking aboard and occasionally another 1 litre bottle I've bought for my wife. We've flown with quite a few airlines over the last few years and no one's ever said anything - even when one leaked from the locker last year! The attendant just sponged it all out then gave me the bottle to keep upright.