Originally Posted by
ringingup
True. Or not declaring it...
Now out of curiosity, when they say “You can’t combine allowances with other people to bring in more than your individual allowance”, what does it actually mean? You cannot use just one suitcase for two people for example?
It's fine to share a suitcase but you can't split individual items. Say there's two of you, with a limit of 1L of spirits each, sharing a suitcase and in it are two 1L bottles of vodka. It would be perfectly fine for you to each point to one and tell the customs officer that is yours. What would not be fine is to bring back one of those big US bottles of spirits with a handle that you get in their liquor stores - a "half gallon" under their measurements
and 1.75L in metric - and try to say it's split between you as you've pooled your 1L each. Not that I imagine many UK customs officers would really care about that.
Thanks to everyone who has posted about the individual wine bags - I had not even thought to look for such a thing so will stock up before my next trip!