Originally Posted by
aceman
ok so here's what happened.
Whilst at the duty free I purchased a nice little box of cubans, totally unaware that I was unable to bring them into the country.
I then arrived at IAD, and as soon as I cleared customs I decided to transfer them into my checked luggage instead of putting them through my x-rayed hand luggage, purely as a weight saving measure you understand.
However, when I arrived at my destination my suitcase hadn't. Into the lost luggage offce, I was told that my luggage had been detained at IAD. Cue anal winking. After establishing that it wasn't anything to do with contents and was just an airline screw up I relaxed and started spending the insurance money. The next day the suitcase arrived, contents intact.
just a thought based on what i have done in the past.....once you have cleared customs, "you're safe" so even with u.s. security for your connecting domesticc flght, they can't touch your cubans as, imho, it's not against the law to have them-only to try and bring them into the country so i keep them in my carry on. this way, in your situation, you would have arrived with your cubans and just had to worry about a mis-connected bag. just a thought and wondering if anyone can share some light on my thinking....