Taking medical creams as hand luggage

Kido

My father is travelling from Manchester to Paris at the beginning of December. Unfortunately he suffers from eczema badly and is prescribed various creams by the doctor. Normally this would go in his hold luggage, but this time he's booked with BMI with hand luggage only. On the BAA website it states that he needs to get permission from the airline to be able to carry over his 100ml allowance in his hand luggage. How will he go about this. Will he be able to contact them by phone or will he need to get it in writing? Also who will he contact. He booked his flights with BMI, but it's actually an Air France plane he's going on.

Thanks for any advice.

alex21

My son as allergies and always carries antihistamine in liquid form as well as 2 epipens in his hand luggage. We have never sought permission from any airline in the last 10 years but he carries a hand written note from his doctor. This is on practice headed notepaper and simply states that DS must have access to his medication at all times. Nobody has ever questioned us. As a matter of fact I"m hard pressed to remember anybody even looking at the items and I have NEVER even shown the letter to anyone at an airport. This has included domestic, European and trans-Atlantic flights.:)

bobajob_1966

alex21 wrote: »

My son as allergies and always carries antihistamine in liquid form as well as 2 epipens in his hand luggage. We have never sought permission from any airline in the last 10 years but he carries a hand written note from his doctor. This is on practice headed notepaper and simply states that DS must have access to his medication at all times. Nobody has ever questioned us. As a matter of fact I"m hard pressed to remember anybody even looking at the items and I have NEVER even shown the letter to anyone at an airport. This has included domestic, European and trans-Atlantic flights.:)

Despite your personal experience, this is bad advice. Should the OP get to the airport and hit problems, they will have to leave the meds.

OP, call BMI and ask what their procedure is, no point in ruining your trip by taking a chance. Alternatively, next time you get a prescription ask them to dispense the cream in multiples of tubes less than 100ml - that's what I do.

Caz3121

I think you will probably find that your father has booked through Flybe and not BMI - it is Flybe that codeshare with Air France (BMI only offer flights from EMA with bmibaby)

Manchester Airport is not a BAA airport - from the Manchester airport website
A passenger may take prescription medication in containers over 100ml through security, provided that they have a prescription or doctors note for the medication. The passenger may only carry through security the quantity of liquid medication that is required for their journey.
http://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/manweb.nsf/Content/SecurityProcedure

this is the info from the CDG Airport official site
Medicines in liquid or cream form are authorized, whatever the size. The amount must correspond to the length of your trip. We recommend that you carry with you the doctor's prescription or pharmacist's certificate in your name.

http://www.aeroportsdeparis.fr/ADP/en-GB/Passagers/Procedure-practical-information/your-luggage/Hand-luggage/#a17

alex21

bobajob_1966 wrote: »

Despite your personal experience, this is bad advice. Should the OP get to the airport and hit problems, they will have to leave the meds.

OP, call BMI and ask what their procedure is, no point in ruining your trip by taking a chance. Alternatively, next time you get a prescription ask them to dispense the cream in multiples of tubes less than 100ml - that's what I do.

Didn't give any advice. Simply stated our experience. Try reading more slowly!!:p

Steve_xx

Here it tells you what you can and cannot take.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Publictransport/AirtravelintheUK/DG_078179

You can take liquids in containers of not more than 100ml. You can take a maximum of 1 litre. If your father needs special creams that come in packs in excess of 100ml then he can still take them but he will need supporting documentation from his GP. Or you could divide the creams into containers that hold not more than 100ml.

diddyangel

We have to take quite a large amount of medication on holiday for my daughter and have never had a problem getting on a plane with it in our hand luggage. Just make sure you take a letter from a Dr or hospital consultant and a current prescription that lists the medication you'll be taking with you.

My daughter has liquid feeds which are in 200ml packs and we took 15 of these on holiday to Greece this summer. We also took numerous tablets, antibiotics, nebulisers and inhalers (she is on a lot of treatment daily). Security checked all of this thoroughly at the point where you pass through the body/hand luggage scanners. They wanted to see proof they were all prescription medication and my daughters passport to confirm they were prescribed to her. We also carry a letter from the consultant she sees which is on NHS letterheaded paper from the hospital to say she is fit to travel and a document that lists the medication she is on, how much she needs and when she takes it - we have this translated into the language of the country we are visiting so that we can get the medication in/out without trying to explain it ourselves (or to take into hospital with her if she fell ill while we were there). Having said that, no one overseas has ever questioned what we're bringing in/out of the country like they do here.