MH370 and PEK security
#31
Join Date: Jul 2007
Programs: UA Silver
Posts: 794
Yes, this just happened to me there yesterday. Had just gotten water and barely drank any of it, they made me throw it away on the jet way.
#32
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 506
I also remember having my bottle of water and 2 Sprites smuggled from the SQ lounge at HKG thrown out by the gate security. Boo. I'm a heavy liquid drinker, so I prefer to at least have my 1L water bottle filled up before I board.
#34
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Southeast USA
Programs: various
Posts: 6,710
Chinese being ultra-strict on US-bound flights with the extra gate area check and confiscation of liquid drinkables. I've had them claim it's a TSA requirement. The Chinese don't normally do this on flights heading for most other international destinations--for those, you may purchase bottled water/drinks in the secure airside area and take them on board, no secondary gate security check. BTW, China is not the only location in Asia where the airside water snatch-and-grab is done for USA-bound flights.
#35
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Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Shanghai
Posts: 42,339
Tonight on my flight out of sha the luggage scanner needed immediately after my bag entered it and I was sent to the inspection room (a routine I'm used to in Japan but not in China). There were three other people there was well). In each case the contraband was li batteries). I actually had a tiny Nokia with a battery inside and an identical spare. They were cool with the former but insisted that the lone battery travel with me in the passenger cabin. One of the other passengers also had her computer charger in her bag and they wanted her to carry it on but she stood her ground and won.
#36
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Programs: UA 1K 1MM, AA, DL
Posts: 7,445
The cynic says it's to tweak silly American rules. The justifiable reason is that they do a worse job screening the liquids coming into the airside area.
It's easy enough to get away with - saying "no liquids" to the checkers usually does the trick.
FWIW, PEK security has almost always been quick and efficient. There are multiple checkpoints, but most are emigration related. The metal detectors are sensitive, but the pat down afterwards might as well be a massage. Only time it was slow for me was when I went in the "express" lane, which was the exact opposite.
It's easy enough to get away with - saying "no liquids" to the checkers usually does the trick.
FWIW, PEK security has almost always been quick and efficient. There are multiple checkpoints, but most are emigration related. The metal detectors are sensitive, but the pat down afterwards might as well be a massage. Only time it was slow for me was when I went in the "express" lane, which was the exact opposite.
#37
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 506
#40
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Oarstraya
Programs: QF SQ VA CX DL UA PR MH MU
Posts: 327
Dep PEK yesterday at 16:35 - no problem getting through immig but lines at security inspection like a mile long
BUT
They are now sending F and J pax to a special line down to furtherest left - even beyond Crew Lane - staff told me started this 1 week ago if lines get too long . the pat down procedure on every pax is what is making the whole process as time consuming as it is.
BUT
They are now sending F and J pax to a special line down to furtherest left - even beyond Crew Lane - staff told me started this 1 week ago if lines get too long . the pat down procedure on every pax is what is making the whole process as time consuming as it is.
#41
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: PEK and BOS
Programs: BA - Blue
Posts: 4,550
Dep PEK yesterday at 16:35 - no problem getting through immig but lines at security inspection like a mile long
BUT
They are now sending F and J pax to a special line down to furtherest left - even beyond Crew Lane - staff told me started this 1 week ago if lines get too long . the pat down procedure on every pax is what is making the whole process as time consuming as it is.
BUT
They are now sending F and J pax to a special line down to furtherest left - even beyond Crew Lane - staff told me started this 1 week ago if lines get too long . the pat down procedure on every pax is what is making the whole process as time consuming as it is.
tb