Stupid question - fizzy drinks in hold luggage?

cazziebo

I'm going to Canada TOMORROW!! :j :j

I'm visiting my daughter who is studying there and the homesick wee soul wants me to take a couple of bottles of Scotland's other national drink (Irn Bru).

Someone told me today you can't take fizzy drinks in hold luggage - and obviously I can't take them as hand luggage.

Is this correct?

And don't be telling me the word gullible doesn't appear in the dictionary...... :rolleyes:

moonrakerz

"Where possible, put all liquid items in your hold baggage. This includes water and other drinks, creams, sprays, pastes and gels." (my bold type)

From DFT website.

Hagar_uk

cazziebo wrote: »

I'm going to Canada TOMORROW!! :j :j

I'm visiting my daughter who is studying there and the homesick wee soul wants me to take a couple of bottles of Scotland's other national drink (Irn Bru).

Someone told me today you can't take fizzy drinks in hold luggage - and obviously I can't take them as hand luggage.

Is this correct?

And don't be telling me the word gullible doesn't appear in the dictionary...... :rolleyes:

Don't think there is an issue I did this once bringing back some nordic softdrinks back, in hindsight it was not the best of ideas as it tipped me ove rin to excess baggage, making it a very expensive couple of bottle of pop

snugglepuss_2

Why don't you buy the drinks once you have gone through security at the airport and take it as carry-on? Usually there is a WHSmith, or Boots after security which would sell the drinks.

Voyager2002

Why not ask the airline? If your luggage goes in a pressurised part of the 'plane there should not be a problem, but if the hold is unpressurised your luggage would explode.

And please don' t buy it at the airport to take as hand luggage: lots of bottles in the cabin could be a hazard for your fellow passengers.

cazziebo

snugglepuss wrote: »

Why don't you buy the drinks once you have gone through security at the airport and take it as carry-on? Usually there is a WHSmith, or Boots after security which would sell the drinks.

She wants 2 x 2 litre bottles There are a lot of Russians in her residence and apparently Irn Bru is big in Russia?

with that and the Maltesers Easter Egg I've not got much room for my own clothes! I've left it a bit late to call the airline. I never thought it would be a problem until today.

Hmm voyager -exploding luggage. really don't like the sounds of that...

I've done a websearch but very conflicting advice...

hammy_the_hammer

i think it's banned in the US (the scottish version anyway)....not sure about canada

qwerty123456

Any fizzy drink is absolutely fine inside hold baggage. I've transported champagne bottles in the hold many a time since the 100ml rule came in during Aug 06.

ynot2005

thank god for whsmith and BAA and all the other sellers of fizzy drinks after security, they must go through such a security nightmare to bring you these drinks to take on the plane, its nothing to with profits, just security folks:rotfl:

Alikay

Have just returned from USA with 36 cans of Mountain Dew (luridly coloured, excessively sugary and caffeinated tooth-rotting elixir) in hold baggage packed in a holdall. No problems at all, apart from anticipation of forthcoming teenage E-number-fest, when said beverage will be ingested with assorted toxic american "candies" and other snacks!

BA had no problem with it, although they refused to allow a fellow traveller to bring back wine packed in hold luggage as the glass bottles could break.

lameplanet

I don't think you need to worry about the hold being pressurised and heated. If it wasnt, all kinds of things would burst in people's bags all the time, not to mention suffer from being chilled to -50 degrees and beyond.