Originally Posted by
SWBKCB
Having spent a long summer dragging pax out of the queue in the Duty Free so tha their flight didn't miss their slots, I might have a slight jaundiced view but it has always baffled me when "safety is our first priority" we are encouraging pax to take on board glass bottles of inflamable liquid - can't imagine why....
In Iceland (haven't flown there recently so I don't know if the rules have changed) you used to be able to buy duty-free as long as you were airside, so you could stock up on arrival at Keflavik. This seems to me a lot more sensible way of selling people duty-free than loading it onto a plane, either for duty-free sales on-board or extra luggage if bought pre-flight with the delays you mention.
Any form of alcohol was prohibitively expensive in Iceland, so a gift of a bottle of whiskey was always enthusiastically received. Suddenly customers became friends. I don't actually like whiskey that much, so I'd say no need to open it and share a glass, keep it until you can appreciate it at home.
I'm half-Icelandic (thanks mum for the genes) but I've only been there twice. Wild and beautiful, and that's just the women.