Originally Posted by
Eastbay1K
While you are supposed to fill out a customs form (and I'm surprised the airline didn't give you one onboard), I don't know if mine have been collected more then 2 or 3 times total. In fact, on one trip where I had something I needed to declare and have it documented, they first refused the form until I insisted and then they brought me into the office.
Anything for personal use (already used) is generally fine. I wouldn't want to enter with a few new iPhones in original packaging unless I planned a visit to the local airport taxman.
Thanks for the opinions
Maybe I'm stressing this too much as a rule-loving German and should take the Volkswagen-approach to it...
The last leg was with Aerolineas Argentinas, who generally seemed to be taking a more relaxed approach to the whole flying experience...
Next time it's with KLM all the way to EZE, so maybe they hand out such a form.
I assume then not to declare any personal items? And what's with that special line about "mobile phones" in that form? That strikes me as weird. What if I have two phones (private/work) or for different technologies (CDMA/GSM)...