Originally Posted by
davistev
Just to confirm that insanity still reigns at AMS - I had my little blue house confiscated on my way to Rome from Manila. The security guy did not even give me a chance to protest, he just took it out of my carry on, "said this will not do" and immediately dropped it into the blue box. Darn - I only had the house for 30 minutes.
Yesterday I flew from Amsterdam to Vancouver and the security at the gate were still "protecting" us with these insane rules. I feel sorry for all the passengers from the Middle East etc who were connecting in AMS and lost all of their duty free booze and perfumes.
I got, a couple of weeks ago, my booze-filled huisje AND a "duty-free" bag that I had to seal after putting in the house. Mind you, I've also gotten empty huisjes last September (measures valid in the US/Canada but not yet ib the EU). And I've also "emptied" the house before loosing it altogether; they don't have to throw it away!