Cheese and Security
Aug 1, 2014, 2:43 am
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Cheese and Security
Hi All
I have tried to search (well, sort of!) about people's experience in taking cheese through T5 security. Mrs srbrenna has requested me to take some through this evening to AMS. Quite why she couldn't have put some in her hold luggage yesterday is another matter!
So is it worth trying or shall I not bother?
Cheers
I have tried to search (well, sort of!) about people's experience in taking cheese through T5 security. Mrs srbrenna has requested me to take some through this evening to AMS. Quite why she couldn't have put some in her hold luggage yesterday is another matter!
So is it worth trying or shall I not bother?
Cheers
Aug 1, 2014, 2:50 am
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I have been taking cheese through security ever since the liquid ban and have never had a problem. Occasionally the shape (e.g. a half moon of Stichelton sitting next to a quarter moon of Montgomery Cheddar) raises eyebrows, most recently at LGW, but no drama.
This thread has been plucked from the archives for your delectation: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...heese-gel.html
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This thread has been plucked from the archives for your delectation: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...heese-gel.html
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Aug 1, 2014, 2:57 am
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I had a problem in Frankfurt once, which I posted about but cannot find now.
Briefly - I had bought some pate and security wouldn't let me through because it was a 'cream' and in excess of 100ml (it was 197g actually). A long discussion ensued, during which I pointed out that it still has the butcher's label on it. We go off to a side room and they want to take it away from me.
So I ask if I can cut it in half and put each half into a separate baggy. "No problem then!" So I use my handy BAEC Gold card to finely trim it into two nearly equal halves and off I went on my travels.
Made for a good story that night.
Briefly - I had bought some pate and security wouldn't let me through because it was a 'cream' and in excess of 100ml (it was 197g actually). A long discussion ensued, during which I pointed out that it still has the butcher's label on it. We go off to a side room and they want to take it away from me.
So I ask if I can cut it in half and put each half into a separate baggy. "No problem then!" So I use my handy BAEC Gold card to finely trim it into two nearly equal halves and off I went on my travels.
Made for a good story that night.
Aug 1, 2014, 2:58 am
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I have been taking cheese through security ever since the liquid ban and have never had a problem. Occasionally the shape (e.g. a half moon of Stichelton sitting next to a quarter moon of Montgomery Cheddar) raises eyebrows, most recently at LGW, but no drama.
This thread has been plucked from the archives for your delectation: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...heese-gel.html
(Some old faces on there, sadly no longer with us...)
This thread has been plucked from the archives for your delectation: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...heese-gel.html
(Some old faces on there, sadly no longer with us...)
Unfortuately the request is for Cathedral City
rather than the more exotic stuff.
Aug 1, 2014, 3:01 am
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I had a problem in Frankfurt once, which I posted about but cannot find now.
Briefly - I had bought some pate and security wouldn't let me through because it was a 'cream' and in excess of 100ml (it was 197g actually). A long discussion ensued, during which I pointed out that it still has the butcher's label on it. We go off to a side room and they want to take it away from me.
So I ask if I can cut it in half and put each half into a separate baggy. "No problem then!" So I use my handy BAEC Gold card to finely trim it into two nearly equal halves and off I went on my travels.
Made for a good story that night.
Briefly - I had bought some pate and security wouldn't let me through because it was a 'cream' and in excess of 100ml (it was 197g actually). A long discussion ensued, during which I pointed out that it still has the butcher's label on it. We go off to a side room and they want to take it away from me.
So I ask if I can cut it in half and put each half into a separate baggy. "No problem then!" So I use my handy BAEC Gold card to finely trim it into two nearly equal halves and off I went on my travels.
Made for a good story that night.
Aug 1, 2014, 3:04 am
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Well, yes and no. It's one of those things that depend on interpretation.
We've had cheese confiscated - Swiss cheese at ZRH
- along with Birchermuesli pots 
. It was some years ago, and we only pack such dangerous substances in our checked baggage these days.
Presumably some cheeses look suspicious on the X-ray machines and require investigation.
We've had cheese confiscated - Swiss cheese at ZRH
- along with Birchermuesli pots . It was some years ago, and we only pack such dangerous substances in our checked baggage these days.Presumably some cheeses look suspicious on the X-ray machines and require investigation.
Aug 1, 2014, 3:28 am
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Aug 1, 2014, 4:45 am
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This thread has been plucked from the archives for your delectation: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...heese-gel.html
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Aug 1, 2014, 5:01 am
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