Originally Posted by
sooge_sj
What the airline allows you to carry in your checked luggage is going to be different than what a specific country is going to allow you to bring in duty free. If you take 5L in your checked luggage, as BA allows, customs at Bahrain can ask you to pay duty for 4L, because only 1L is allowed duty free.
you have cleared that up lovely, thank you very much.
My next question then is how much is the duty likely to be? Is it going to be stupidly expensive?