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Old Aug 21, 2015 | 8:17 pm
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Originally Posted by nologic
My friend says she tried to buy alcohol (Chinese wine) at duty free at PVG to bring back to the US...she was flying UA from PVG-EWR-BOS, and the duty free people told her they couldn't sell her alcohol to bring to the US. Does this make any sense?
You're saying this is abt the connection...first of all, when you clear customs in the US at EWR, you can put ur bottle in ur bag before you recheck it to BOS. Second, doesn't US TSA allow travel w duty free items in those sealed, clear duty free bags w receipt?
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