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Join Date: Oct 2017
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Initially yes, but they got changed around the beginning of September. Might have struggled to sell them, given the huge LON-EWR market, possibly not enough appeal for a fixed duration.
Also i believe they did go on sale later than the other EWR flights, if they do them next year, they might have a better chance?
Also i believe they did go on sale later than the other EWR flights, if they do them next year, they might have a better chance?
Join Date: Sep 2006
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If I was going Christmas shopping in New York the last thing I would do is go on an advertised Christmas shopping flight from an airport with no other NY flights , as I would assume the customs would be all over my labels like a rash .
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: STANSTED & MANCHESTER
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Last 2 trips to Lanzarote arriving back to Stansted not one customs officer in sight walked through the green channel both times and nothing
I remember the days when a flight from the Canary Islands landed they were out in force standing just before the channel directing you to the green and not the blue and once inside you would guarantee at least 5 or 6 passengers with their dirty washing and a stack of cigarettes towering up on the table.
I remember the days when a flight from the Canary Islands landed they were out in force standing just before the channel directing you to the green and not the blue and once inside you would guarantee at least 5 or 6 passengers with their dirty washing and a stack of cigarettes towering up on the table.
Join Date: Jul 2001
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last Wednesday evening there was a sheepish looking gentlemen with an large amount of cigarettes who must have incorrectly assumed there would be no one there either. I think I read somewhere that the random search is the least effective way of catching people.
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Maybe the look at your bags without you knowing? They screen them all on the way out, why not on the way in? Anything of interest seen on the X-ray send a plain clothes person to stand by the belt and follow whoever picks the bag up, they'll come out of the office to say hello I'm sure
Join Date: May 2017
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They get all X-RAY images of bags sent to their systems so they have an idea what is in each bag arriving at the Airport. If they find something suspect on the X-RAY then will then check the passenger who checked the baggage in at example Rome CIA. Once you’ve come through the border customs officers will watch via CCTV or in person to see if you collect the baggage up and when your exiting the baggage hall through the customs channels they will pounce on you and search the baggage.
Join Date: Aug 2007
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Yes of course they do, but you want to see what people are buying in the duty free shops and stuffing it into almost empty hand luggage cases, some of which are rather larger than they should be, as we have all no doubt seen. Then walk through an empty customs hall and out..
Travel from the Canaries a lot and regularly see this. Didn`t happen so much when there were staff present. Ah well that`s progress for you eh.
Travel from the Canaries a lot and regularly see this. Didn`t happen so much when there were staff present. Ah well that`s progress for you eh.
Join Date: May 2017
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The last few times I have brought goods from duty free from inside the E.U and outside the person selling has asked for my boarding card and check my destination to make sure I was not taking too much in. I have also noticed in nearly all duty free stores when traveling they all often have signs explaining the import limits for individual countries.