Ryanair and liquids in hand luggage

plumpmouse

Off on holiday soon.

Checked the ryanair website to see if I can take liquids and food on but can't find any mention.

However in the paper today it say remember you can only take liquids less than 100mls in clear bags.

Can anyone confirm for me if I can take food and drinks (ie small coke bottles) onto a Ryanair flight

Thanks

Andy_L

Only if you bought them airside. (ie after the xray machine)

Anything brought from "the outside world" has to be >100ml & in the clear, sealable bag

EDIT - obviously that should be <100ml - you wouldn't think I do maths & stats for a living would you

bcl999

Going through security with sandwiches/rolls should be OK. Check if Ryanair have a rule about not allowing eating your own food, though.

As Andy L says, any liquids, gels , pastes, etc have to be in containers of less than 100mls (e.g. you can't take through a half-empty 200mls bottle) and all fit into a certain size bag. You can get full info on restrictions at https://www.baa.com

peterbaker

Several times now I have been through security with an empty water bottle (500ml, 750ml, 1litre) in my handbag. I think last time when I was asked if I had any liquids by security, I said "nope, only an empty water bottle in there). Then I get it refilled the other side. You will notice lots of empty water bottles stacked haphazardly in security. I am not convinced they have all recently been taken from punters unless they are the (part) full ones spotted and emptied on the spot - I believe they are more a kind of informal reminder that drinks/liquids in anything other than 100ml or less containers do not pass that point I think.

Once through security you can buy what you like to take onboard. But if you arrive at the Ryanair gate with a coffee in your hand, they are highly likely to prevent you from taking it further.

On the other hand if you have secreted your coffee deep in a Pret a Manger bag when you arrive at the gate then you are NOT likely to be stopped, but do be very careful you don't spill it!

You can take your own food on Ryanair, but they will not allow you to drink anything alcoholic unless you buy it from them. At some foreign airports, you can in fact get a canned beer for well less than a quid, but if you buy one to drink on the plane, wait till they have gone past, and certainly don't ask the steward(ess) for a glass for it! I succeeded once when the steward said "I shouldn't really but here's a glass I did not give you for the beer I did not see!"

Having received the wrong (airline) answer on that first attempt, Feeling confident on the next flight I had already opened the beer when I asked for a plastic glass but this time I got the correct airline answer and promptly had the opened beer taken away from me! I took a couple of deep swigs first out of spite!!

alchemista

http://www.dft.gov.uk/transportforyou/airtravel/airportsecurity?view=Standard

LB1985

peterbaker wrote: »

You can take your own food on Ryanair, but they will not allow you to drink anything alcoholic unless you buy it from them.

It's not Ryanair-specific, it's an industry norm. I'm not certain of the exact reason for it, but it may well be to do with Customs issues, as well as the fact that it is illegal to be drunk onboard an aircraft.

peterbaker

Yeah I was trying to say that, but spilled it!

I guess it is just the final drawn line to try to prevent the lowest common denominator groups onboard from getting completely rat-ar*sed on the way to Malaga in the summer.

Understandable of course...

terf

peterbaker wrote: »

Several times now I have been through security with an empty water bottle (500ml, 750ml, 1litre) in my handbag.

Strange last time we tried to take an empty water bottle through security at Heathrow with us they made us dispose of it - also made the man in front of us dispose of his empty water bottle too. Doesn't make sense but thats what they did. Also at Stansted noticed a bin next to security full of empty, or half empty water bottles.

peterbaker

Doesn't surprise me. I simply plead ignorance if they find an empty bottle and query it.

Wave it in their face and they'll take it off you because it's a grey area not mentioned in the rules. Leave it in your bag and they won't spot it perhaps. Answer a question like I did: "Any liquids Sir?" ... "Nope only an empty water bottle in there..." they probably only hear the "Nope..." and the rest is just unexpected verbage which their brain doesn't register.

It's just the human condition. Saves me a couple of quid in water charges in each direction while it lasts!

I didn't mind when they were selling 2 x 500ml for £1.20 for Comic Relief or something similar, but I'll be blowed if I should pay more than that directly to WHSmith or whoever.