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Old Sep 11, 2015 | 9:05 am
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Originally Posted by flolee
Yeah i know about the bags, it's not like i don't usually buy alcohol at airports

But any shop (well, i tried three... as i was pretty sure the sealed bad should do the trick) at SFO declined to sell my anything over a 100ml as soon as they saw the boarding pass to LHR and me confirming that i'm just going to transit there.
Strange. Maybe it's an SFO issue? I bought stuff at ORD and JFK and it was allowed through security at LHR.
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