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Headed to the airport in MNL now about to embark on MNL-ICN-ORD. If I buy DF booze in MNL will I lose it at the ICN screening? I recall the guy in front of me on the outbound having to surrender his small soda (he actually chugged it rather than give it up) but I don't know if DF liquor (assuming in a sealed bag like in Europe) would be permitted.

Anyone know definitively??

To come full circle on this, with the booze in the special STPB I was able to pass through ICN transit security with nary a second glance.

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Clearing security at ICN was a breeze. And then I tried to actually board a US-bound flight. They had a full cadre of inspectors out checking all bags. :mad: The good news is that the security folks and the agent worked together to check my booze from the gate in a random box they found. I wonder if it will arrive at ORD in one piece.

The duty free shop in ICN wouldn't sell me any liquids when I showed them my US bound boarding pass. They also were searching all carry on bags when you boarded the plane for any liquids you may have procured at the airport.

:td:

Flew out of ICN on a U.S. bound flight a few hours ago, and tried to buy a bottle of gel at duty free. The staff working there told me that anything 100mL or less is okay. They did a secondary inspection at the gate BTW.

Did you have less than 1 hour until flight departure time?
Purchases of liquids in quantities larger than 100mL are blocked within one hour of departure as pickup/delivery of products from DF to gate stop thirty minutes before boarding begins(usually D-30 mins).
That's probably the only reason they wouldn't sell you the liquids. Liquid bottles < 100mL are allowed only because those can be carried on by the individual passenger in a clear ziplock bag.

I just went through this as I could not purchase cosmetics > 100mL with 55 mins until departure, but I was allowed to carry on a product that was less than 100mL.