Empty sports water bottles allowed in hand luggage at LGW
Aug 7, 2014, 7:00 am
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Empty sports water bottles allowed in hand luggage at LGW
I am posting this here rather than in the travel safety part of the forum as most responders in that forum appear to be US based whereas I am sure there is a fellow BA flyer who can provide me with the answer. Having said that mods please feel free to move.
I am traveling through LGW tomorrow (heading to France) and I want to know if I can take an empty sports water bottle (500ml) onboard in my hand luggage. I wish to use it whilst in France.
The UK Government pages at .gov.uk are not helpful at all and do not provide an answer nor does the LGW webpage. The TSA webpages (and previous threads on FT) say I can but clearly I am not going to be subject to TSA rules as I will not be traveling in the US.
If not I will simply purchase a bottle of water in duty free and use that but I would prefer to take a proper sports bottle. Thanks guys.
I am traveling through LGW tomorrow (heading to France) and I want to know if I can take an empty sports water bottle (500ml) onboard in my hand luggage. I wish to use it whilst in France.
The UK Government pages at .gov.uk are not helpful at all and do not provide an answer nor does the LGW webpage. The TSA webpages (and previous threads on FT) say I can but clearly I am not going to be subject to TSA rules as I will not be traveling in the US.
If not I will simply purchase a bottle of water in duty free and use that but I would prefer to take a proper sports bottle. Thanks guys.
Aug 7, 2014, 7:16 am
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Empty is no problem. The only difficulty (which I saw once in the US) is if there is a minute amount of liquid still in the container.
The best thing to do is to leave it in a tray with just one or two other things, but there is no problem doing this, particularly if the bottle is clear and dry.
Even better still is this, which features in the CWS one-bag-fits-all armoury:
One litre of liquid when full, flat as a pancake, and foldable, when empty. Never been a problem. Pop into REI on your next trip to the US.
The best thing to do is to leave it in a tray with just one or two other things, but there is no problem doing this, particularly if the bottle is clear and dry.
Even better still is this, which features in the CWS one-bag-fits-all armoury:
One litre of liquid when full, flat as a pancake, and foldable, when empty. Never been a problem. Pop into REI on your next trip to the US.
Aug 7, 2014, 7:18 am
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It's an empty bottle, you'll be fine!
Unless you're flying through T3, in which case they make up the rules as they go along...
Aug 7, 2014, 7:20 am
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Empty is no problem. The only difficulty (which I saw once in the US) is if there is a minute amount of liquid still in the container.
The best thing to do is to leave it in a tray with just one or two other things, but there is no problem doing this, particularly if the bottle is clear and dry.
Even better still is this, which features in the CWS one-bag-fits-all armoury:
One litre of liquid when full, flat as a pancake, and foldable, when empty. Never been a problem. Pop into REI on your next trip to the US.
The best thing to do is to leave it in a tray with just one or two other things, but there is no problem doing this, particularly if the bottle is clear and dry.
Even better still is this, which features in the CWS one-bag-fits-all armoury:
One litre of liquid when full, flat as a pancake, and foldable, when empty. Never been a problem. Pop into REI on your next trip to the US.
Aug 7, 2014, 7:40 am
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Just to be clear: it is liquids that is the issue, not the container. After all you could fill an approved clear bag with water and that would not be allowed. Empty wine bottle is fine. Apart from 17 days after the ban was initially introduced, it's never been the container. A Tupperware box is fine, a biscuit tin is fine, all sorts of containers can potentially hold liquids, if you think about it.
Aug 7, 2014, 7:43 am
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In theory, yes. I take empty sports water bottles through in hand luggage frequently. Never had any problem at any airport although as CWS states, there needs to be no liquid in them at all.