Hand luggage

[conners]

I'm travelling to dublin in october and was wondering if anybody knew what the hand luggage regulations actually were in regards to taking liquids such as shampoo, moisturiser etc on board? I've heard loads of different things about it and i'm not sure as i'm not checking any luggage in,just taking hand luggage.
Any help would be great!

[chazza]

It depends on the airline, go on the website of whoever you are flying with and see what it says

[vehelpfulguy]

I am not sure it is up to the airline, more to do with airport security. When you go through airport security they dont know or care where you are flying.

I flew to Jersey and back from Birmingham a couple of weeks ago and both airports were very strict on security (Jersey more so).

NO liquids allowed in your hand luggage (over 100 millilitres I think). So no bottled water or tins of drink, no sun cream or hand lotion.

They check for this when it goes through the scanner.

I had to throw away two half full bottles of sun cream at Jersey airport because they would not allow them in my hand luggage.

Near security there were large metal bins full of all sorts of containers of liquid that had been thrown away because it was not allowed in hand luggage.

If you want to buy stuff like that go through security FIRST, then buy your drink or sun cream or whatever in the shops in the departure lounge.

This is the statement from Birmingham airport, check the details for the airports you are using.

http://www.bhx.co.uk/page.aspx?type=T0NaZj9WNo U=&id=MrMuaq3GsPU=

[dzug]

vhelpfulguy has it taped

What does vary with the airline is the precise size of the bag you carry it all in. BAA security has set a limit, but a few airlines have set their own (marginally) smaller one

[Buenchico]

VHG's post suggests that the rules might vary between airports. That's not true, because the EU has agreed standard rules for all flights departing from within the EU (irrespective of carrier or destination). The same rules have also been adopted by some countries outside of the EU. They're on the Department for Transport website:
http://www.dft.gov.uk/transportforyou/airtrave l/airportsecurity/

Suitable clear plastic bags are available from Tesco, where they are sold as '25 Resealable Food Bags: Small'. (Note that only the 'small' size, which is normally just big enough for a couple of sandwiches, meets the rules. Don't buy the larger sizes).

As Dzug states, some airlines (e.g. Ryanair) have their own restrictions on the size of your single item of cabin baggage, which are a few centimetres less than the EU ones.

The purpose of allowing anyone to take anything into the cabin is to allow access to essential items, which will be needed during the flight. Are you really planning to wash your hair on board? (Shampoo should go in the hold!).

Chris

[vehelpfulguy]

I did not say the RULES varied, I said my experince between Birmingham and Jersey varied.

Jersey is a much smaller airport with few passengers and they were far stricter than Birmingham were, which has thousands of passengers.

Birmingham were still strict, and even made many people take their shoes off.

But Jersey scanned every bag very carefully and searched far more bags than Birmingham did, and confiscated far more liquids than Birmingham did.

[spudqueen]

I flew to Athens in May taking just hand luggage and believe me it was hard to fit all my liquids in! First of all you have to use the little platic bag as described by Buenchico, then each item can be no more than 100ml and there is a maximum of 10 items in each bag, and only one bag per passenger. I had shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, face cream, sun cream, hair gel, hair spray, styling mousse, body lotion, deoderant and a cigarette lighter (that had to go in the bag aswell). It was so packed I had to stick a couple of items in my friends daughters bag! To save on liquids I took cleansing pads and soap instead of shower gel. Practice first and cut down on everything you can!

[filthiestfis]

Why on earth would you want to take all that liquid junk on board anyway? It should all go on the hold. The only liquids you might need to have in hand luggage are bottle of water and contact lenses in solution.

[conners]

But i'm only taking hand luggage,not checking any luggage in as i'm only away for 2 nights

[spudqueen]

I forgot to mention that I also took foundation, mascara, lipstick and vaseline which all counted as liquids! No wonder I needed to stick some stuff in a nine year olds bag! If you're going with friends I suggest that you club together for toothpaste/shower gel etc. If going on your own then buy minatures when you are there!