Bottles or cans of soda or beer in checked luggage @ 30,000 ft [Merged threads]
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And you can get Alaskan Brewing beers, right?
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Just brought back 2 six packs from MIA this
weekend... packed with a towel or article of clothing around each bottle and put them in a hard bottomed duffel with misc tourist papers/ usa today's on the bottom and around several bottles too... all survived great to ANC
I shipped back 4 Key West Southernmost Wheat's and 8 Hurricane Raspberry Wheats...
weekend... packed with a towel or article of clothing around each bottle and put them in a hard bottomed duffel with misc tourist papers/ usa today's on the bottom and around several bottles too... all survived great to ANC
I shipped back 4 Key West Southernmost Wheat's and 8 Hurricane Raspberry Wheats...
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Champagne in checked luggage?
I have a vintage bottle of champagne I'd like to enjoy on an upcoming cruise. Is there a chance it will explode in the baggage compartment of the plane? I will be on two segments and the types of planes are MD-80 and Boeing 738, if that matters.
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if the cork is still wired on, i really doubt it will explode. nothing else explodes in the luggage area(other than oxygen bottles on whatever that oz airline was)
if you have had it for more than 2 years, it may be tired.
if you have had it for more than 2 years, it may be tired.
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Pack it well with lots of padding and it should be fine. You can get a card board container to put in if you are really worried.
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I might be more worried about the cruise line alcohol police that try to prevent passengers from consuming drinks not purchased from the ship.
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I have packed everything from 2L plastic bottles to glass beer bottles. If I know I am going to be doing this I bring padded envelopes(like you use for shipping), and if practical, zip-loc type bags.
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I brought a 750ml corked/wired bottle of Westmalle Tripel back from Brussels last week. It came in a cardboard tube, so I had the store wrap the bottle in bubble wrap, put it in the tube, and wrap the tube in bubble wrap. I then wrapped the whole thing in a plastic bag and put it in my luggage. Everything turned out fine.
I think the biggest thing to worry about is an airline or TSA employee helping themselves to your goods.
I think the biggest thing to worry about is an airline or TSA employee helping themselves to your goods.
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When I took two cats overseas a few years ago, I was told by one airline to avoid DC-10s since the baggage holds weren't always pressurized (not many DC-10s now, but there are MD-80s which I thought were similar). And when we exited Mozambiue to South Africa, again with the cats (I was working in Maputo for 2 years, not taking the animals on a quick vacation), we found that one plane in fact did not have a pressurized baggage hold. Had to take the animals on another flight. Of course, for pets it's not just a matter of pressure but also temperature.
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There are no commercial jets with unpressurised baggage holds. The floor simply isn't designed to take up the pressure differential.
Some cargo compartments don't have fresh heated air circulating in them, which is what comes into play for transporting live animals.
Some cargo compartments don't have fresh heated air circulating in them, which is what comes into play for transporting live animals.
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No. It would be dangerous if it were. If there is a rapid depressurization the pressure above and below the floor must equalize fast enough to prevent structural damage. There are panels in the floor designed to allow this rapid pressure equalization. The cargo areas do get quite cold, though, as they typically do not have much, if any, heated air directed into them.
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No. It would be dangerous if it were. If there is a rapid depressurization the pressure above and below the floor must equalize fast enough to prevent structural damage. There are panels in the floor designed to allow this rapid pressure equalization. The cargo areas do get quite cold, though, as they typically do not have much, if any, heated air directed into them.
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I'm considering checking a case (flat or 24 depending on the terminology YOU use) of beer on my flight tomorrow to Canada. I am going carry-on only on this flight, so there's no risk anyway to my clothes, etc. Since I have an allowance of 2 checked items and beer is more than twice the price in Canada than the US (about $40 Canadian for a case of 24), I thought I'd go ahead and pack a case.
Think there will be any problems with checking a case in its original cardboard packaging?
Think there will be any problems with checking a case in its original cardboard packaging?