What do you do with your amenity kit?
Nov 25, 2019 | 12:55 pm
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What do you do with your amenity kit?
What do you do with your amenity kit if you are connecting on a domestic flight? I am not talking about what you do with it after you get it home, but rather say you got an amenity kit on your flight from Dubai, you then have to clear immigration and customs, then you need to clear security again for your connecting flight to the west coast. You amenity kit contains liquids and gels. Do you remove that stuff and put it in your 3-1-1 bag? Simply ditch the stuff in the nearest trash bin? Stick it in your carry-on and hope they don't see it?
Nov 25, 2019 | 1:09 pm
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I usually stick it in carry on in its raw form; if challenged I will put the contents in the ziplock bag as I always have space. Or they can toss the contents if they insist. Hasnt been an issue yet
Nov 26, 2019 | 1:49 pm
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Never been an issue. Security staff know what it is and where it's come from so don't bother too much. Only once has my bag been picked on for manual check at CDG, the agent picked it up, turned it round, put it back and shut my bag.
Dec 1, 2019 | 2:36 pm
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What do you do with your amenity kit if you are connecting on a domestic flight? I am not talking about what you do with it after you get it home, but rather say you got an amenity kit on your flight from Dubai, you then have to clear immigration and customs, then you need to clear security again for your connecting flight to the west coast. You amenity kit contains liquids and gels. Do you remove that stuff and put it in your 3-1-1 bag? Simply ditch the stuff in the nearest trash bin? Stick it in your carry-on and hope they don't see it?
Dec 3, 2019 | 9:55 am
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My issue with that is that opened/unused kits are often thrown out after the flight (or hotel stay) If possible, I collect them and when I know I'm passing a shelter or someone dealing with community services, I'll drop them off for them to use. You'd be surprised at how grateful the people are for them and at least they get used.
Dec 3, 2019 | 11:51 am
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The best thing about the amenity kit is the little zippered bag it comes in, which is excellent for storing things like cables, smaller electronic accessories. I have regularly ditched all the contents and kept the bag. But currently I have enough little zippered bags so I do what you do.
Dec 3, 2019 | 5:50 pm
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The best thing about the amenity kit is the little zippered bag it comes in, which is excellent for storing things like cables, smaller electronic accessories. I have regularly ditched all the contents and kept the bag. But currently I have enough little zippered bags so I do what you do.
This. Other than the pen and the combs, which I tend to loose ll the time. I usually don't go through them until I get home, though.
Dec 4, 2019 | 3:56 am
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Dec 4, 2019 | 3:13 pm
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Definitely love those bags - think it’s a Dopp? I forget, but I love them. I especially enjoy them at swimming pools because I can put my essentials inside without them getting wet :-)
