BYOB? Is it possible to bring my own alcohol for int. flight with Delta?
Jun 26, 2008, 12:32 pm
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BYOB? Is it possible to bring my own alcohol for int. flight with Delta?
Hey everybody
I hope I'm writing this to the right section, if not, please move it to the proper section.
Anyways, I was quite pissed when I learned that you have to purchase the alcoholic beverages even when flying international with delta. I'll be flying from JFK to IST (Istanbul Turkey)...
It's been a long time since I last traveled international so I don't really remember. Can I buy a bottle of Baileys or Starbucks Cream Liquor from a duty free shop and take it in the plane and just ask for ice for the whole trip? Cause that would be really sweet (and relatively inexpensive)...
I don't remember how the duty free shops used to work. I remember purchasing something from the store and receiving it from flight attandents but was it before the flight or after landing? Does Delta have any rules against bringing your own alcohol? So basically... Is it possible?
Any help (even pointing me to the right direction) would be deeply appreciated...
Oh by the way I'm flying on saturday night, so I'll be happy if you be quick
Thanks
Korhan
I hope I'm writing this to the right section, if not, please move it to the proper section.
Anyways, I was quite pissed when I learned that you have to purchase the alcoholic beverages even when flying international with delta. I'll be flying from JFK to IST (Istanbul Turkey)...
It's been a long time since I last traveled international so I don't really remember. Can I buy a bottle of Baileys or Starbucks Cream Liquor from a duty free shop and take it in the plane and just ask for ice for the whole trip? Cause that would be really sweet (and relatively inexpensive)...
I don't remember how the duty free shops used to work. I remember purchasing something from the store and receiving it from flight attandents but was it before the flight or after landing? Does Delta have any rules against bringing your own alcohol? So basically... Is it possible?
Any help (even pointing me to the right direction) would be deeply appreciated...
Oh by the way I'm flying on saturday night, so I'll be happy if you be quick
Thanks
Korhan
Jun 26, 2008, 12:36 pm
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Most airlines and federal laws prohibit the consumption of alcohol beverages which are not provided by the airlines.
So, I expect it is a NO.
William
So, I expect it is a NO.
William
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Jun 26, 2008, 1:07 pm
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Just drop the $5 on each little bottle...stock up on a few when they come around and knock yourself out
Jun 26, 2008, 1:47 pm
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IIRC alcohol purchased in a duty free shop is placed in a sealed plastic bag that indicates you're not allowed to open it during flight.
Jun 26, 2008, 2:19 pm
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Generally you are only allowed to consume alcohol served by a flight attendant. Anything else, regardless of whether it is purchased duty-free or not, regardless of whether it was sealed or not, is technically verboten.
That said, it is against the rules at most sporting arenas to bring your own alcohol (ostensibly for issues of public safety, but in reality, so you can get overcharged $12 for a beer), but people have been known to sneak alcohol in hip-flasks or pouring vodka into 7-up bottles and the like, and drinking furtively so they don't get noticed.
So someone bent on doing the same onto a plane could either try to get alcohol past security (it used to be quite easy; now, you're pretty much restricted to the small minibar/airplane-sized containers in a zip-loc bag unless you want to sneak a non-metallic, discreet, hip-flask through the metal detector), or you would purchase at a Duty-free.
In the US and a few other places, duty-free merchandise is handed to you as you're boarding, offering fewer opportunities to do anything with it. In most countries, however, you have full access to the contents airside. In theory (whether sealed or not, typically not), you could go to a bathroom, open up the bottle, pour some of it into another more discreet container, and then surreptitiously drink out of it or pour it into the glass of Coke you get from the FA.
Or you could go to your local liquor store and buy a bunch of those little airplane-sized bottles; they'll cost you $2 or so a piece. You CAN take these through security in your Zip-loc bag, subject to the restrictions. They do have <3.3 ounces. But you still are not supposed to drink them on board. I guess if you drink Bailey's, you could order one Bailey's from the FA, pay the $5 (NB price is going up on many airlines), and then keep replacing the empty bottle with a full one that's in your pocket ...
Not that I'm advocating any of this, of course!
A sure-fire way in countries where you buy duty-free airside and you can take it right out of the store is to drink it before boarding ... you can carry on alcohol that you've already ingested :-)
That said, it is against the rules at most sporting arenas to bring your own alcohol (ostensibly for issues of public safety, but in reality, so you can get overcharged $12 for a beer), but people have been known to sneak alcohol in hip-flasks or pouring vodka into 7-up bottles and the like, and drinking furtively so they don't get noticed.
So someone bent on doing the same onto a plane could either try to get alcohol past security (it used to be quite easy; now, you're pretty much restricted to the small minibar/airplane-sized containers in a zip-loc bag unless you want to sneak a non-metallic, discreet, hip-flask through the metal detector), or you would purchase at a Duty-free.
In the US and a few other places, duty-free merchandise is handed to you as you're boarding, offering fewer opportunities to do anything with it. In most countries, however, you have full access to the contents airside. In theory (whether sealed or not, typically not), you could go to a bathroom, open up the bottle, pour some of it into another more discreet container, and then surreptitiously drink out of it or pour it into the glass of Coke you get from the FA.
Or you could go to your local liquor store and buy a bunch of those little airplane-sized bottles; they'll cost you $2 or so a piece. You CAN take these through security in your Zip-loc bag, subject to the restrictions. They do have <3.3 ounces. But you still are not supposed to drink them on board. I guess if you drink Bailey's, you could order one Bailey's from the FA, pay the $5 (NB price is going up on many airlines), and then keep replacing the empty bottle with a full one that's in your pocket ...
Not that I'm advocating any of this, of course!
A sure-fire way in countries where you buy duty-free airside and you can take it right out of the store is to drink it before boarding ... you can carry on alcohol that you've already ingested :-)
Jun 26, 2008, 2:27 pm
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Jun 26, 2008, 2:59 pm
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Question 1: Are you legally allowed to serve yourself alcohol which you brought on board a flight on DL (or any other carrier originating in the US)?
Answer: No.
Question 2: Are you legally allowed to pack airline-size bottles (or any other container with volume =< 3 oz) of alcoholic beverages into a 1 Qt ziplock baggie and bring them in your carry-on luggage?
Answer: YES; subject to the same limits as any other liquids.
There was a thread about Question 2 in the TS&S forum; one of the posters stated that he had brought as many as 10 airline bottles in his ziplock before.
What you do with the bottles in your carry-on luggage is your business (practically; not legally), as long as you keep it private. I have seen multiple pax "spice up" their beverages midflight with booze from their carry-on luggage.
ETA: Question 3: Can one just purchase a bottle of liquor duty-free and drink it on board?
Answer: Again, possible but quite illegal - and harder to get away with; how would one explain the open bottle at the destination? Or does one plan to drink the whole 700 ml bottle in-flight?
Answer: No.
Question 2: Are you legally allowed to pack airline-size bottles (or any other container with volume =< 3 oz) of alcoholic beverages into a 1 Qt ziplock baggie and bring them in your carry-on luggage?
Answer: YES; subject to the same limits as any other liquids.
There was a thread about Question 2 in the TS&S forum; one of the posters stated that he had brought as many as 10 airline bottles in his ziplock before.
What you do with the bottles in your carry-on luggage is your business (practically; not legally), as long as you keep it private. I have seen multiple pax "spice up" their beverages midflight with booze from their carry-on luggage.
ETA: Question 3: Can one just purchase a bottle of liquor duty-free and drink it on board?
Answer: Again, possible but quite illegal - and harder to get away with; how would one explain the open bottle at the destination? Or does one plan to drink the whole 700 ml bottle in-flight?
Last edited by nd_eric_77; Jun 26, 2008 at 3:11 pm Reason: added Question 3
Jun 26, 2008, 3:03 pm
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Generally you are only allowed to consume alcohol served by a flight attendant. Anything else, regardless of whether it is purchased duty-free or not, regardless of whether it was sealed or not, is technically verboten.
That said, it is against the rules at most sporting arenas to bring your own alcohol (ostensibly for issues of public safety, but in reality, so you can get overcharged $12 for a beer), but people have been known to sneak alcohol in hip-flasks or pouring vodka into 7-up bottles and the like, and drinking furtively so they don't get noticed.
So someone bent on doing the same onto a plane could either try to get alcohol past security (it used to be quite easy; now, you're pretty much restricted to the small minibar/airplane-sized containers in a zip-loc bag unless you want to sneak a non-metallic, discreet, hip-flask through the metal detector), or you would purchase at a Duty-free.
In the US and a few other places, duty-free merchandise is handed to you as you're boarding, offering fewer opportunities to do anything with it. In most countries, however, you have full access to the contents airside. In theory (whether sealed or not, typically not), you could go to a bathroom, open up the bottle, pour some of it into another more discreet container, and then surreptitiously drink out of it or pour it into the glass of Coke you get from the FA.
Or you could go to your local liquor store and buy a bunch of those little airplane-sized bottles; they'll cost you $2 or so a piece. You CAN take these through security in your Zip-loc bag, subject to the restrictions. They do have <3.3 ounces. But you still are not supposed to drink them on board. I guess if you drink Bailey's, you could order one Bailey's from the FA, pay the $5 (NB price is going up on many airlines), and then keep replacing the empty bottle with a full one that's in your pocket ...
Not that I'm advocating any of this, of course!
A sure-fire way in countries where you buy duty-free airside and you can take it right out of the store is to drink it before boarding ... you can carry on alcohol that you've already ingested :-)
That said, it is against the rules at most sporting arenas to bring your own alcohol (ostensibly for issues of public safety, but in reality, so you can get overcharged $12 for a beer), but people have been known to sneak alcohol in hip-flasks or pouring vodka into 7-up bottles and the like, and drinking furtively so they don't get noticed.
So someone bent on doing the same onto a plane could either try to get alcohol past security (it used to be quite easy; now, you're pretty much restricted to the small minibar/airplane-sized containers in a zip-loc bag unless you want to sneak a non-metallic, discreet, hip-flask through the metal detector), or you would purchase at a Duty-free.
In the US and a few other places, duty-free merchandise is handed to you as you're boarding, offering fewer opportunities to do anything with it. In most countries, however, you have full access to the contents airside. In theory (whether sealed or not, typically not), you could go to a bathroom, open up the bottle, pour some of it into another more discreet container, and then surreptitiously drink out of it or pour it into the glass of Coke you get from the FA.
Or you could go to your local liquor store and buy a bunch of those little airplane-sized bottles; they'll cost you $2 or so a piece. You CAN take these through security in your Zip-loc bag, subject to the restrictions. They do have <3.3 ounces. But you still are not supposed to drink them on board. I guess if you drink Bailey's, you could order one Bailey's from the FA, pay the $5 (NB price is going up on many airlines), and then keep replacing the empty bottle with a full one that's in your pocket ...
Not that I'm advocating any of this, of course!
A sure-fire way in countries where you buy duty-free airside and you can take it right out of the store is to drink it before boarding ... you can carry on alcohol that you've already ingested :-)
Jun 26, 2008, 3:12 pm
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Jun 26, 2008, 3:55 pm
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I was in Baton Rouge last week and sitting at the bar before my flight. The bartender offered "to go" cups (regular white foam with lid and straw). That's probably another way you could do it.
