Travel Thailand Tightens Airport Rules on Liquids and Gels to Boost Safety

[Mike_Hunt]

12 hours ago, JoePai said:

I can remember a time when one looked forward to flying...

 

I look foward to international flights. 

[redwood1]

Bla Bla Bla.......Just take what ever you want as usual.....I guarantee after Somchi as scanned a few hundred bags he wont give a rats azz.....They dont get paid enough to give a rats azz...

[Sierra Tango]

For as long as I can remember, after 9/11, LGA containers have always been limited to under 100ml. Whats the issue? Just stick to the regs and cruise on through.  

[treetops]

53 minutes ago, Sierra Tango said:

For as long as I can remember, after 9/11, LGA containers have always been limited to under 100ml. Whats the issue? Just stick to the regs and cruise on through.  

 

The restriction was introduced following discovery of a terror plot in 2006.  9/11 was 2001.

[geisha]

11 hours ago, blackcab said:

 

At London Heathrow Terminal 2 you now leave everything in your carry on bag. Liquids, electronics, everything. They scan the bag/case just as it is.

 

They have the latest generation of Smiths detection machines.

Even Bristol airport 2 weeks ago. Much faster.

[emptypockets]

9 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

100ml has been standard for 20 years 

And on any flight into Oz from Bangkok there is an additional security check at the entrance to the gate. I have seen people lose bottles of booze that they have purchased at duty free on numerous occasions.

It has nothing to do with the normal security scans that everyone must go through before passport control.

Every bag/ backpack etc is inspected by hand.

 

Duty free booze can be purchased, but must be in a sealed bag and delivered to the gate after the bag search. Unfortunately not every knows this and can lose a couple of hundred bucks of fine booze.

[kiwikeith]

15 hours ago, terryofcrete said:

 BKK was recently upgraded by the US  and will “pave the way for direct flights from the US”….would that have any bearing on it ?

Probably 

[SAFETY FIRST]

21 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand has revamped its airport security, applying stricter rules for carrying liquids, gels, and aerosols

On the way to Roi Et, Don Mueang confiscated my toothpaste recently. 

 

[daveAustin]

15 hours ago, koolkarl said:

I am so sick of airport security and will only fly if absolutely necessary.  Why don't they ban the 1 group that is responsible for all

airport security, from flying instead of a nightmare for everyone else?  The cost involved in this is staggering. 

Same. Find flying nowadays a real chore and angsty, and will only do so if necessary. All this was a requirement years ago, but they want to push it through even tighter. Why doesn’t the world go back to just being, normal? Such a drag. 

[Presnock]

16 hours ago, mikeymike100 said:

Indeed, the TSA in the US have never actually caught a terrorist!

Yeah and they obvioulsly let the Russian woman enter the plane without even having a ticket!  Thought it was really funny when she refused to fly back to the US to face charges.