Delta Passenger Fined $500 for apple

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Originally Posted by Sailvi767

Woman fined US$500 for taking 'free' apple from Delta flight through customs | South China Morning Post

Not sure why link is not clickable. You will have to cut and paste it. Working now for some reason, perhaps mods fixed it.

As I suspected, a bit more to this story than the original report might have you believe.

And, sorry Sailvi767, but the following is not entirely true.

It appears you had a connecting flight. Passengers virtually worldwide are not allowed liquids exceeding 3 ounces.

Boarding aircraft in much of Asia and Australia with duty free liquor / perfume, etc is entirely acceptable, depending on destination and provided it has been purchased and bagged at an airside duty free outlet.


That sort of excludes a fair swathe of worldwide, virtually or otherwise.
Domestic flights within Australia are not subject to restrictions on how much liquid, aerosols and gels you can carry onboard.

Admittedly you may run into problems at the next transit airport, but boarding is often permissible.