Duty Free when you have a transfer (liquids and all that)

Laphroaig52

If you are travelling from airport A to airport C via airport B, can you buy duty free liqour at airpot A? Or will your hand baggage be inspected and all liquids confiscated at airport B?

Specifically, I am travelling from Oslo to Dublin via Copenhagen. But if I buy a few bottles of scotch in Oslo will the 'no liquids' cops take it off me when I get to Copenhagen?

Alternatively, could I buy duty free in Copenhagen on the basis that my journey originated outside the EU?

A few years ago I bought a bottle of Highland Park in Hong Kong airport but when the Cathay Pacific girls noticed that I had a transfer in Heathrow to Dublin, they made me check it in.

"That's the last I'll see of that" I thought but amazingly it appeared (apparently) intact on the carousel in Dublin about 20 hours later (in it's own little tub and all).

Fratton Fred

It all depends if you have to go through security, its as simple as that.

Laphroaig52

Fratton Fred wrote: »

It all depends if you have to go through security, its as simple as that.

Obviously. The question is do you?

dearg lady

A few times I tried to do this I was actually refused at the duty free, ie they wouldn't sell to me as they said it would just be taken off me at the second airport. Back in 07 I had the same experience going through Heathrow but I'm not sure if they still allow you to do that.
It's a bit of a pain as most flights to Dublin from outside EU have an EU stopover.

Zebra3

It'll 99% likely it'll be taken off you OP.

Anyway can't imagine much saving on DF from Norway.

Not worth the risk.

Laphroaig52

Thanks.

I have passed through Copenhagen before on the way to Dublin but coming from Brussels. On those occasions, there was no security inspection in Copenahagen (although there was a cursory passport check).

I'm just wondering if the procedure might be different coming from non-EU Norway.

This report was encourgaging although it is a little old. I never heard that the proposed measures had been implemented consistently by airports.

http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/transport/duty-free-liquids

squidgy10

In April i travelled from Dublin to the Seychelles via London & Dubai.

Bought duty free in Dublin and was able to carry it through security in both London & Dubai as long as it was in the sealed bag and the receipt was visible in the bag.

Also did the same on the way back and had no problems.

Fratton Fred

Flyer28 wrote: »

Obviously. The question is do you?

Shouldn't your question be specifically about Copenhagen airport then? for example, if you transfer from Aer Lingus to Lufthansa at Heathrow, you don't go through security, if you transfer to Virgin, you probably will (Although I believe that is changing now).

squidgy10 wrote: »

In April i travelled from Dublin to the Seychelles via London & Dubai.

Bought duty free in Dublin and was able to carry it through security in both London & Dubai as long as it was in the sealed bag and the receipt was visible in the bag.

Also did the same on the way back and had no problems.

You were lucky then. My mother in law lost a bottle of duty free Rum at Gatwick despite it being sealed and her having the receipt.

Laphroaig52

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Shouldn't your question be specifically about Copenhagen airport then? .

Yes Fratton Fred, it should have been.

Specifically, I am travelling from Oslo to Dublin via Copenhagen.

Thanks anyway.

Laphroaig52

Well, just to follow up in case anyone is interested....

I bought a few bottles in Oslo duty free and the staff there reassured me that a specially sealed bag would allow me to breeze through security in any international airport.

Indeed the bottles were packed up in an ingeniously designed and apparently tamper proof plastic bag with the receipt on display.

I never got to test it though as it turned out there was no security inspection in Copenhagen....although there was a passport inspection to get to the gate for Dublin.

I tried to push my luck and buy some more in Copenhagen but they wouldn't sell it to me because my destination was in the EU. I had thought that it depended on where your journey originated.

Anyway, based on some comments above, I wouldn't be as confident as the Oslo duty free staff that the bag is accepted in every airport but at least it works for that airport pair.

Thanks for all your comments by the way.

BuffyBot

I had thought that it depended on where your journey originated.

Nope, it doesn't.