Will Immigration take my bottle of duty-free away?

[Kenny Boy]

On 12/24/2024 at 8:27 PM, still kicking said:

I buy my duty free on arrival in Australia but don't smoke anymore 

Fascinating 

[treetops]

54 minutes ago, TTSIssues said:

this is NOT true for BA on the LGW to BKK flight as BA have no agreement with airlines in thailand to send luggage to final destination, even if you book the flights via BA and you have a BA flight number and boarding pass.

 

I think you just got a lazy or ignorant check-in clerk.

[still kicking]

6 hours ago, Kenny Boy said:

Fascinating 

I bought 2 bottles of whiskey 1 liter each for 42 AUD on my way back to Perth.

[MangoKorat]

On 12/25/2024 at 1:34 PM, Tropicalevo said:

I have lived on the island for more than 20 years and have always been able to check through.

That's fair enough but how many tourists know that? I've come through Bangkok and connected to a domestic flight quite a few times and I had no idea this was possible.

 

I have to say though, that if I was thinking of taking an expensive bottle of whisky with me, I'd be calling the long haul carrier and asking them if they will indeed, check my bags through. If they couldn't reassure me, I wouldn't take the risk - that bottle would be placed in my hold luggage at the domestic check in.

 

One point comes to mind - suppose your bags don't arrive at your final destination and are lost. Who will take responsibility? I can see both airlines blaming the other.

 

I suspect that the barcodes are supposed to be scanned at each point when they are moved.  On the one occasion where one of my bags did go missing, the airline either couldn't or wouldn't give me any information as to where my bag it was last seen. The just said they didn't have that information.