Bring on Board... The exact rules on alcohol? BA allows it?
Nov 8, 2017, 5:23 pm
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Nov 8, 2017, 11:58 pm
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I recall being on a charter flight from Malaga where the cabin crew pulled up a couple of blootered men for pouring their own drinks from a near empty 1lt bottle of Vodka. They were a fantastic Glasgow based crew who were full of fun but stood no nonsense from the intoxicated passengers who got a ''Do as I say or get aff ya nyaff'' type of rebuke. The idiots concerned decided to go to sleep instead.
Apart from that episode I've never witnessed any trouble caused by alcohol. Are you allowed to drink your own booze on a train or bus in the UK?
Apart from that episode I've never witnessed any trouble caused by alcohol. Are you allowed to drink your own booze on a train or bus in the UK?
Nov 9, 2017, 4:15 am
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Some trains in the uk, I think scottish trains after 9pm, but never seen it enforced, tends to be the type who'd then assault the staff. The fact that you don't tend to get ticket checks on the last trains also shows that staff want to leave whoever doing whatever (drinking, skipping ticket) alone.
Nov 9, 2017, 5:45 am
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However there can be restrictions for particular events - so for example certain trains on big football match days can be designated as dry (no on-board sales and no drinking your own either).
Long distance buses/coaches will have their own rules by company but National Express does not permit alcohol on its coaches.
Transport for London ban alcohol on any London buses or the Tube.
Nov 9, 2017, 3:34 pm
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Some trains in the uk, I think scottish trains after 9pm, but never seen it enforced, tends to be the type who'd then assault the staff. The fact that you don't tend to get ticket checks on the last trains also shows that staff want to leave whoever doing whatever (drinking, skipping ticket) alone.
East Coast ban alcohol on certain Friday services from Scotland as far as Newcastle, with Alex Cruz Yellow Vest security staff to monitor. It's to control the Hen and Stag Doos!
Caledonian Sleeper actively promote whisky...
Nov 9, 2017, 7:08 pm
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Train drinking remains a tradition here in England, with the branches of M&S at railway stations selling pre-mixed cans of G&T and those awful individual glasses of wine with foil seals. Drinks freely available from the trolley service or kiosk but drinking your own is absolutely fine.
However there can be restrictions for particular events - so for example certain trains on big football match days can be designated as dry (no on-board sales and no drinking your own either).
Long distance buses/coaches will have their own rules by company but National Express does not permit alcohol on its coaches.
Transport for London ban alcohol on any London buses or the Tube.
However there can be restrictions for particular events - so for example certain trains on big football match days can be designated as dry (no on-board sales and no drinking your own either).
Long distance buses/coaches will have their own rules by company but National Express does not permit alcohol on its coaches.
Transport for London ban alcohol on any London buses or the Tube.
Nov 10, 2017, 12:20 am
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They don't. Simply ask a lounge agent. Either it is permitted to take it, or it isn't. The answer isnt hard to find. Is your niggling feeling of being naughty and not 'upstanding' worth £4?
Nov 10, 2017, 12:53 am
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I enjoy a few drinks both before and on a flight but my heart sinks if I have a BYO passenger near me as I know the intent will be to get drunk rather than tipsy.
Almost always loud and raucous behaviour and the thankfully much rarer police escort from the plane.
Almost always loud and raucous behaviour and the thankfully much rarer police escort from the plane.
Nov 10, 2017, 5:17 am
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Nov 10, 2017, 6:21 am
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Back when I first moved to London as a student, well before the ban, I assumed it wasn't allowed so we all just used to go out with half-empty bottles of Coke topped up with vodka to drink on the Tube on the way to the club; when the ban came in I realised there had been no need all along! Presumably anyone who still wants to drink on the Tube but doesn't want to risk being told off just does the same now anyway.
Nov 10, 2017, 6:32 am
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Nov 10, 2017, 1:17 pm
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