Very basic duty-free question

[spiggy_topes]

I'm travelling LAX-SYD-BNE on Thursday and am trying to understand the rules on duty-free. If I buy my 2.25 litres of booze on arrival at Sydney, will I be able to take it on the connecting flight to Brisbane?


Qantas's website implies that anything I buy at Sydney has to be placed in my luggage - is this the case? It's not clear to me whether the text below refers to a flight from the US, or a connecting flight within Australia.



"Customers travelling from the US may purchase Duty free after Immigration and the primary screening point. It must be presented upon boarding in the duty free bag with the receipt clearly visible.
Customers travelling from the US with connecting flights are advised any duty free purchased in-flight must be placed in your checked baggage after clearing Customs and Immigration. If this is not possible, do not buy duty free goods on-board. Any purchases made on-board and carried in hand-luggage will be confiscated at transfer points."


Many thanks

 

[Mal]

Fairly simple rules within Australia...

If departing the domestic terminal, then LAG rules do not apply. This is regardless of whether you have just been on an International flight, or have walked off the street.

If your flight departs the International Terminal, then regardless of whether it is a domestic or International flight, LAG rules apply.

 

[cove]

Thinking out of the square,I would suggest you go up the street from LAX to COSTCO if you are or want to become a member.
It is about 5 minutes east of LAX and the alcohol prices are very,very good.

Having travelled with a person who loaded his Jack Daniels in his suit case I would not recommend doing this as it soaks everything if a bottle breaks.
Go hand luggage so if it breaks you have the slight pleasure of knowing you did it to yourself rather than have a baggage handler do it for you.

Rumours are that Alcohol should get hit up a lot in the coming Federal Budget so load up if you want to save.

 

[auriga]

Alcohol bottles, hand luggage, international flights??? That's funny.

 

[NM]

Having travelled with a person who loaded his Jack Daniels in his suit case I would not recommend doing this as it soaks everything if a bottle breaks. Go hand luggage so if it breaks you have the slight pleasure of knowing you did it to yourself rather than have a baggage handler do it for you.

And just how do you suggest getting bottle(s) of alcohol through the security screening process at LAX where anything over 100ml will be confiscated?

 

[Dave Noble]

Thinking out of the square,I would suggest you go up the street from LAX to COSTCO if you are or want to become a member.
It is about 5 minutes east of LAX and the alcohol prices are very,very good.

Having travelled with a person who loaded his Jack Daniels in his suit case I would not recommend doing this as it soaks everything if a bottle breaks.
Go hand luggage so if it breaks you have the slight pleasure of knowing you did it to yourself rather than have a baggage handler do it for you.

Don't the 2 recommendations rather contradict

Going to a place 5 mins away from LAX will necessitate putting the drinks in checked luggage which is also something you recommend against

Dave

 

[cove]

Yes of course you are correct about needing to go baggage.
At LAX it was shoes off,belt off,toothpaste into the dumpster....

 

[spiggy_topes]

If departing the domestic terminal, then LAG rules do not apply. This is regardless of whether you have just been on an International flight, or have walked off the street.

Got it, thanks. I'm clearly not the only one to be confused about this - the Flyertalk forums have several pithy comments about the inconsistency of the rules on liquids (liked the one about terrorists preferring to buy their grog duty-free).

BTW, was given a metal knife with lunch in Business class on this afternoon's AA flight MIA-LAX. Another change in policy?

 

[NM]

BTW, was given a metal knife with lunch in Business class on this afternoon's AA flight MIA-LAX. Another change in policy?

Metal knives meeting the FAA's requirements for bluntness and blade length etc have been provided on many airlines for quite some time now. Not a recent change. As far as I know, Australia is the country lagging behind the times with in-flight cutlery changes, affecting all flights within, to or from Australia. So this also means all airports that do not have gate-based screening and service flights within, to or from Australia, much also be metal knife free within their secure zones (where more airline lounged exist).