Booze in checked luggage

stoneman

OP, you do realise that you can get a half decent bottle of Red for 3-4 euros

baza52

monica31 wrote: »

Blast!!!! i think my cunning plan may be dashed. I didn't think of the pressure (or lack of) in the hold.
wine soaked clothes don't sound good and we might be skint, but i don't fancy wringing my smalls out into a wine glass.
x

The hold is also pressurised now.
Your a few years behind monica.

baza52

spacemanc wrote: »

Also dont those wine boxes contain a foil bag? The unpressurised hold may cause the bag to burst - hope you drink white wine!

I dont think youll find many passenger jets with an unpressured hold these days.
I take it you dont fly much?

jamsandwiches

I take a decent box of wine to Goa every year to drink at Christmas - their wine is dreadful. Friends also do the same and no accidents up to now.

moonrakerz

monica31 wrote: »

Does anyone know if it’s ok to take a box of wine on our checked luggage from the UK to Spain?

I am flying up to Newcastle this weekend does anyone know how much coal I can get in my hold baggage ....................

spacemanc

Even if the hold is pressurised, it is not at kept at sea level pressure. This picture shows the difference in pressure even in the cabin:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Empty_bottle_crushed_by_cabin_pressurization.jpg

But yeah, ignoring the pressure issue, taking wine from the UK to Spain is rather pointless anyway.

monica31

Thanks for all the advice.

I am aware that you can buy wine for next to nothing in Spain but as we have hardly any money and had a box of wine already we thought we'd it hence the original question.

Oh and just a little FYI - you can leave the coal at home for your trip to Newcastle it was on the BBC news earlier this week that there is a ship delivering coal docked in the Tyne. They must be a daft as me.

plumb1_2

moonrakerz wrote: »

I am flying up to Newcastle this weekend does anyone know how much coal I can get in my hold baggage ....................

Depends on which airline you use, 15-20kg of coal should be enough for the weekend,

Doshwaster

monica31 wrote: »

Does anyone know if it’s ok to take a box of wine on our checked luggage from the UK to Spain?

Legally: yes

But I'm not sure why anyone would want to take wine to Spain. Go to a supermarket there and wine much cheaper than it is here for the same quality. Even the €2 bottles are gluggable.

joerugby

Can you still get 1 litre bricks of don simon for 99 cents?