Fixed+Rotary (aircraft, not washing lines)
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Peak District, Yorkshire, UK
Age: 56
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CDG / Duty Free / Security
Not the usual rant about security...
I was returning last night CDG->LBA. Having managed to negotiate CDG I arrived up one of the crossing escalators to the duty free section. Lots of wine as one would expect. But I didn't bother to stop and headed to the BMI lounge.
Now I know that I was naughty, but I swiped a couple of the small tins of Coke from the lounge. They would tied me over during the inevitable wait before boarding / take off etc.
Reached the security point at SAT5. X-ray scanner. Laptop out. And as I was doing so I pulled out the tins of Coke. The sharp eyed chap pleasantly said I could drink them now or bin them. It was late, I was tired, I didn't remember to think that 2x150ml cans is now a threat! So I decided to bin them and proceeded through.
It was only on the aircraft I was thinking: when I come back in a few weeks I'll buy some Champagne for an upcoming family celebration. It then dawned on me that if I did so then I'd have it confiscated immediately at the security point.
So, after rambling, my question to frequent CDG travellers is: How do you buy liquids in duty free and then get them through security????
BTW - top marks to BMI + CDG ATC. We were *in the air* at 2040, our scheduled departure time! A refreshing change to the inevitable congestion at LHR.