carrotjuice

orbitmic

clubeurope

personally, i just put them in the transparent bag, I really can't be bothered with a rescan.

I always do this at LHR, but never in certain places like DOH where they seem very lax about liquids.

Steve in Olympia

dddc

+1 for putting it in the clear plastic bag. It just prevents any problems going forward. It may take a few mins to get your bag down from the locker, take the amenity items out of their bag and then put them in your clear bag, but could save you time when being scanned.

corporate-wage-slave

When you go through security at LHR, LGW or EDI, always grab a couple of extra clear bags and let them fester at the bottom of your HBO item, they always come in useful when you least expect, and the bags there are surprisingly sturdy. You can usually pick up a few directly at the end of security, there is usually a small metallic pot of them, taped to a pole at the end of the line.

Brighterside

I normally place them in a clear plastic bag but last time I forgot (oh dear I can hear the groans now) the security staff were fine and allowed me to take them out - their previous passenger was HBO and was a total DYKWIA and complained when they went through his bag in minute detail having found three clear plastic bag loads of toiletries and numerous separate over the limit liquids. I think they were happy when I said please and thank you rather than throw a hissy fit.

I keep all of my amenity kits/hotel bits and bobs and this Wednesday took a full carrier bag load to the local Salvation Army.

fluffymitten

I rarely want to keep the contents of the amenity kits but do keep the bags if they're nice enough / convenient shape or size.

+1 for keeping a liquids bag handy in case you do like the products or are planning on regifting the kit.

Scandinavian traveler

I once got 2 amenity kits in F connecting to an EU flight. I just walked airside and through security in the First Wing, where I asked an employee whether they would allow them through without opening them, and I was told to just take the amenity kits out of my trolley and put them next to it. That caused no issues, and I got them through with no extra screening.

carrotjuice

travelsweets

flatlander

From the scanner point of view, I doubt most amenity kits look much different from a correctly-sized liquids bag with liquids in it. So taking them out separately and asking staff if you "can put these amenity kids through like this?" may well work (the staff member on the front end thinks it's OK, the scanner operator sees liquids-in-separate-small-bag and thinks it's OK) would be the way to go. If the staff quibble, then accept their decision and transfer liquid contents to the one liquids bag.

The scanner operator mainly detects "liquids mixed with other things" and "very oversize liquids" (and many other non liquid things). The front-end staff detect "more than one bag of liquids" and "slightly oversize liquids". So if the front end staff are OK with the amenity kits as separated items, the scanner operator will likely find nothing wrong either.

1Aturnleft

Just don't try it at MAN. This would definitely be a step too far and overload the security teams thought processes to the point you wish you'd never bothered.

fruitcage

madfish