Originally Posted by
mckerrow
....1. Agent told him alchohol is not allowed even in checked bag when he asked agent to put "fragile" tag on his checked bag. Supervisor told him that he can buy some sort of box, place the alchohol bottle in the box, and then he can check that box. It ended up that my father decided to give up the alchohol and gifted to UA SEA agent. ...
yes there are restriction on alchohol in baggage
www.united.com > Reservations & check-in > Baggage > Baggage restrictions >
Alcoholic beverages
special packaging required, best not to say anything about alchohol --- but once you raise the issue the agent has to go by the rules
Originally Posted by
mckerrow
....3. My dad told me that the F check-in agent asks him to use machine rather than manually check-in for him. ...
this is SOP even if you will need agent help eventually.