Bumping up an elderly if not old thread, Mrs. Fredd and I were quite annoyed flying out of PVR yesterday when the bottle of water she bought next to the gate (after security of course) was confiscated at the gate, despite her explaining repeatedly that she requires water for medical reasons.

Our son-in-law's duty-free liquor was okay, and water for two grandbabies was okay, but water wasn't okay for a grandmother who requires copious amounts of H2O as a consequence of her prescription medication.

Not only that, Mrs. Fredd also was immediately accorded the privilege of being frisked and having to remove her shoes for close checking as a consequence of her attempt at "smuggling" or her attitude or whatever.

In fairness, the UA GAs had warned of this ban in their announcements and a sympathetic purser provided Mrs. Fredd with a personal bottle almost immediately after we were seated, but it did leave a slightly sour taste after an otherwise sane and even friendly security experience for our entire party of 11. We'd never noticed the water issue in four or five previous departures from PVR over the past six years but this was our first visit there in two years.

Should I feel better that another country's airport security commits at least one silly act that U.S. security doesn't? Would a note from her doctor enable her to carry water on, or should she try to bribe a duty-free employee to replace the tequila in the bottle with water next time?