Originally Posted by
Randyk47
I don't recall any questions when we reentered the US through DFW a couple of years ago. We didn't have GE back then so went through the whole process. Had flown an AA LHR-DFW but had nothing significant to declare so we moved through Immigration and Customs pretty smoothly. The only time I remember the Texas limitations coming up was a cruise out and in of Galveston 10 years ago and we were questioned then. I don't recall if it was a Texas agent or CBP. The ship did hand out a notice that Texas limitations were different than the US. We drove from San Antonio to Galveston for that trip but we rarely bother with spirits of any kind on a vacation OCONUS mostly because of the hassle with carry-on limitations.
My father-in-law-to-be gave me and my then-fiancée about 10 litres of tequila for the wedding which we brought with us through IAH. In addition I had picked up a couple of bottles of other aperitifs and liqueurs found only in Mexico. Since we were already under additional scrutiny due to the visa process I figured this was no time to forget to mention being slightly over the duty-free limit. Probably because our final destination was not TX CBP did not say anything about Texas rules.
But even more nicely, after figuring out the total volume of alcohol and calculating the tax for it they had a brief conference and then said brightly: "Congratulations on your upcoming wedding. Have a nice day," and released us without charging any taxes.
was a heckuva party.......