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Old Oct 22, 2011 | 1:25 pm
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Originally Posted by nba1017
As far as I can tell, there are no airline restrictions regarding champagne in checked baggage, but I was wondering if anyone here has had experiences with it and has any words of caution or approval.
There actually may be restrictions on carrying wine in your suitcase, so don't tell anybody when checking in you have a bottle of wine (or any other alcohol) in the bag. Some airlines will require it be packaged in a certain way if they know it is in there, for example, United:

For all alcoholic beverages:

When placed in checked baggage, glass bottles must be in a Styrofoam-type insert that is molded to the shape of the bottle and completely encloses the bottle


So yes you can carry it, but you have to have it in a foam insert if they know about it.
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