Air Asia..No Alcohol in Luggage

[roego]

Just 2 weeks ago came back with Air Asia to Gold Coast, in new sleeper seat(not worth the money).
on checking in in Kuala Lumpur I asked for a fragile sticker for my bag as I was carrying a bottle of rum. Well wrapped in bubble plastic and amongst my clothes. don't know why Iasked and before someone says was I trying to bring extra through customs I was not.. the lady asked why , told her a bottle of rum and she said cannot might break and smell out the hold. Don't know what happens if perfume or something breaks.

I said no not right and askedfor duty manager. He came over and said no against conditions of air asia. i asked to see them, could not supply said go look yourself. I said you must have a set and after a while a rude assistant came over and first said did i know how cold it got in the hold. Yes i said. ewell your bottle mught freeze and break. Told him he would not freeze alcahol.
Next trick the conditions arrived and he circled the flammmable bit and told me if he lit a match it would burn.. Not so, but i asked if i buy the same bottle at duty free i can take on board. Ah ha he said but that is in sealed plastic bag!! Wow!! And what about the drinks u serve??
You keep arguing and I will take you off the flight.
.:mrgreen:

 

[anat0l]

indeed, you got hosed. So how did you get home?

Sometimes fragile stickers aren't worth it anyway. It doesn't help your bag at all most of the time; some people have a theory that baggage handlers will take less care of your baggage if it has a fragile sticker on it. (With the World Cup on, they could use a few extra things to kick around, if you know what I mean....)

Pack it well yourself and be done with. I hardly ask for fragile stickers anymore because they do diddly squat and sometimes it just attracts extra screening and a need to go to Oversize Baggage (or Special Handling) to check it in.

Doesn't excuse the incompetence of Air Asia in this case (they were classing it as a dangerous good, i.e. flammable material, which by their definition encompasses all alcohol, not just rum)....

 

[Jeffrey O'Neill]

i'm more interested in why u rated the lay flat bed as not worth the money???

 

[MEL_Traveller]

yes - please update on the 'lie-flat' seat!!

 

[ejb]

i'm more interested in why u rated the lay flat bed as not worth the money???

yes - please update on the 'lie-flat' seat!!

It has been mentioned here before that they are very hard and very narrow (I think around 18").

However it would be nice to have a first hand report on the beds.

ejb

 

[roego]

i'm more interested in why u rated the lay flat bed as not worth the money???

Well apart from being quite narrow,Difficult to roll over, there is plenty of adjustments(no intructions so find out yourself), but when you extend out, from the backside on is significantly downwards and down under the seat in front.

There is fair length, but it is also hard and of course means slippery.

As a good reclining seat it is quite good and can use the leg support.

So it is better than sleeping in economy on the mainliners. Good Airbus.

Not really meaning to gripe all over but the stewards are right behind the curtain in front and there is plenty of slamming etc.

With me it now would come back to price. It seems Air Asia has fixed the price as there is only 12 of them.

 

[tuapekastar]

A bottle of Cointreau has accompanied me around in my checked baggage before (in the duty-free string holders they supply, and wrapped in some clothes). When asked if my luggage contains flammable goods I say no (I know alcohol burns, but so do my clothes).

No idea of Air Asia's official 'policy', but Qantas's is:

Alcoholic beverages, when in retail packagings, containing more than 24% but not more than 70% alcohol by volume, in receptacles not exceeding 5 L, with a total net quantity per person of 5 L.

...may be carried on one's person, in or as checked luggage, and in or as carry-on. So I doubt there is really any safety issue here (unless you have have some real fire-water :shock.

 

[roego]

A bottle of Cointreau has accompanied me around in my checked baggage before (in the duty-free string holders they supply, and wrapped in some clothes). When asked if my luggage contains flammable goods I say no (I know alcohol burns, but so do my clothes).

No idea of Air Asia's official 'policy', but Qantas's is:

Alcoholic beverages, when in retail packagings, containing more than 24% but not more than 70% alcohol by volume, in receptacles not exceeding 5 L, with a total net quantity per person of 5 L.

...may be carried on one's person, in or as checked luggage, and in or as carry-on. So I doubt there is really any safety issue here (unless you have have some real fire-water :shock.

With Air Asia, and I suppose other airlines would be be doing it too,
you would be entitled to wonder whether they have some sort of involvement with the duty free shop as to regards to commission/ kickbacks.
Alcohol at high temp maybe could be lit I do not know. A lot of people see cooking shows but what happens is that a pan is flicked to get some fumes up in the air to light..
Just an absurd, ridiculous thing from Air asia, and as I said told buy it at duty free and take on board in a plastic bag??? Very hard to combat stupidity and ignorance, and often race does come into it.

 

[Kiwi in Sandgropia]

I've had the misfortune of packing a bottle of whiskey inside a soft-sided case. I wrapped it up plenty and it should have been safe, but the smell of whiskey when I opened the case proved otherwise - as did my drycleaning bill!

Now I only pack alcohol in hardshell cases with plenty of padding.

It is also probably safer to use round bottles rather than ones with flat sides

 

[Siegfried]

I've had the misfortune of packing a bottle of whiskey inside a soft-sided case. I wrapped it up plenty and it should have been safe, but the smell of whiskey when I opened the case proved otherwise - as did my drycleaning bill!

Now I only pack alcohol in hardshell cases with plenty of padding.

It is also probably safer to use round bottles rather than ones with flat sides

I did the same thing with a bottle of Jack many years ago. The funny thing was that the bottle was completely intact, but the plastic screw-cap was shattered. Needless to say, the clothes needed much laundering, and I ended up throwing the suitcase out.

 

[Worldtraveller8888]

I've been lucky so far with the bottles of wine I've taken in my checked luggage. I would take them in my carry on, but LAGS ruined that idea. I have been waiting for the day that I collect my bag and see red wine dripping out the sides :shock:

A commerical bottle of rum couldn't be a DG (assuming it isn't over 70%). IATA set the DG rules, so I doubt Air Asia have made an exception and decided to to allow alcohol of any sort. Sounds like stobborn ignorance.

WT

 

[ColinP]

I've been carrying red wine to Asia and spirits back to Aus in my checked luggage for years with (touch wood) no problems.
This includes a recent flight from KUL - MEL on Air Asia.
I've never asked for a fragile sticker and never admitted to having it in my luggage though.

Slightly OT but I find that I can buy red wine more cheaply at an Australian discount liquor store than at a duty free shop. Also I can buy spirits more cheaply in a Japanese supermarket than in a duty free shop :shock:

 

[drron]

I've been carrying red wine to Asia and spirits back to Aus in my checked luggage for years with (touch wood) no problems.
This includes a recent flight from KUL - MEL on Air Asia.
I've never asked for a fragile sticker and never admitted to having it in my luggage though.

Slightly OT but I find that I can buy red wine more cheaply at an Australian discount liquor store than at a duty free shop. Also I can buy spirits more cheaply in a Japanese supermarket than in a duty free shop :shock:

Absolutely.And Walmart have cheaper liquor than the Duty free establishments in LOTFAP.

 

[DrJ]

Absolutely.And Walmart have cheaper liquor than the Duty free establishments in LOTFAP.

Moet was going for $32 in a supermarket just a few blocks from Disneyland. The wife and I took full advantage of this cheapness when we watched the fireworks from the balcony that night!

 

[james4321]

I have been waiting for the day that I collect my bag and see red wine dripping out the sides :shock:
WT

For those who do want to take liquids in their luggage there is a product called 'Wineskin' that completely seals and is watertight. Removes this risk !!! You can get it from the luggage wrapping sites in MEl and BNE international departures.