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When will airports stop doing the damn 100ml liquid restriction???

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Fragmentedbrain · 18/06/2025 16:27

I thought there were fine plans to bin this nonsense

So sick of having to plan around it and buy overpriced extra stuff I don't need

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murasaki · 18/06/2025 16:43

How much serum do you need????? Give your face a break while on holiday.

Rewis · 18/06/2025 16:43

My local airport had 2L liquid limit and no need for 100ml bottles for a hot minute between 2023-2024 but then was an updated eu law and they had to go back to 100ml bottles. Such a shame.

AliceMcK · 18/06/2025 16:43

Fragmentedbrain · 18/06/2025 16:37

Yes these are the only two options.

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So what do you suggest?

its sounds like your making it harder than it needs to be. Surely one person dosnt need all that extra stuff. As a family of 5 all having our own likes and dislikes in products as well as eczema and psoriasis creams and ointments we manage putting everything we all need in 1 check in bag and never had to pay £80 for the pleasure.

If you want to just carry carry on, then but certain stuff when you arrive. If you can afford to pay for an overseas holiday you should be factoring these costs in.

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 18/06/2025 16:43

AliceMcK · 18/06/2025 16:36

I’d be more enraged by terrorists blowing up the plain than following a annoying but essential safety rule.

Exactly!

Plus I don’t think it’s that big a deal? I have prescription creams that I really need (not just cosmetic stuff) and it’s not that hard to decant stuff. Or check in a case!

Id rather be safe.

And bring a reusable water bottle - every airport I’ve been to has a place to refill them just after security. No one needs their water to be sparkling - plain water is what we evolved to drink and is a much healthier choice.

curious79 · 18/06/2025 16:42

Some of the airports don’t do it, including I’m pretty sure some of the upper-class security checks. Depends on the machines they have available. We’re close to it ending though.

ThatShyRoseViper · 18/06/2025 16:41

Hardly a big deal is it? Just buy travel size bottles or keep small ones and decant. I’ve been using the same ones for years. I just squirt, scoop or pump in what I use in the 24 hours before travelling, estimating how much I need for the duration of the trip, then bring the empties home. Rinse (literally) and repeat. Costs nothing extra, no stress at all.

Thistooshallpass. · 18/06/2025 16:41

I hate this rule - difficult to get everything down to 100ml .. so I usually just check bag in as I can’t be bothered with the faff . Also seems ridiculous when every country imposes different rules - some you don’t stick to 100ml , some you take shoes off , some belts and watches , some not . Some electronics out , some don’t care . All seems rather pointless if it’s not consistent!!

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Fragmentedbrain · 18/06/2025 16:40

MadisonAvenue · 18/06/2025 16:39

I was so embarrassed. I had 3 1lb bags. I tried telling the security officer that we can’t get them in the UK and my sons love them but he didn’t look like he believed me.

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I think that seems like a normal and reasonable quantity.

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MauriceTheMussel · 18/06/2025 16:40

AliceMcK · 18/06/2025 16:36

I’d be more enraged by terrorists blowing up the plain than following a annoying but essential safety rule.

It’s clearly not essential if some airports don’t have this rule

GeneralWaste · 18/06/2025 16:40

Gatwick didn’t need toiletries out of the bag either the other week. Can’t remember if there was a 100ml restriction as I’d packed for that anyway.

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Fragmentedbrain · 18/06/2025 16:40

SamDeanCas · 18/06/2025 16:38

Just buy travel sized bottles and put your stuff from home in them. Or buy when you get to sky side at the airport, or when you reach your destination

yes having to do this is the theme of the thread

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MadisonAvenue · 18/06/2025 16:39

Fragmentedbrain · 18/06/2025 16:38

Haha contraband!!

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I was so embarrassed. I had 3 1lb bags. I tried telling the security officer that we can’t get them in the UK and my sons love them but he didn’t look like he believed me.

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Fragmentedbrain · 18/06/2025 16:38

MadisonAvenue · 18/06/2025 16:37

Wasn’t it said that there was a technical issue with the scanners which needed sorting?
We flew out of Heathrow in March and had to remove everything from bags, electricals and plastic bag of liquids. However on the return from LA I forgot to remove my bag of liquids, my bag was pulled aside for a check but it was because of the large quantity of Peanut Butter M&Ms that I was bringing back. The packets were swabbed and my bag of liquids was ignored.

Haha contraband!!

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SamDeanCas · 18/06/2025 16:38

Just buy travel sized bottles and put your stuff from home in them. Or buy when you get to sky side at the airport, or when you reach your destination

cheapshoes · 18/06/2025 16:38

RufustheFactuaIReindeer · 18/06/2025 16:36

Well like i say heathrow don’t have any restrictions….no idea about any other airport but fingers crosssed

Heathrow still has the 100ml restriction in place.

MadisonAvenue · 18/06/2025 16:37

Wasn’t it said that there was a technical issue with the scanners which needed sorting?
We flew out of Heathrow in March and had to remove everything from bags, electricals and plastic bag of liquids. However on the return from LA I forgot to remove my bag of liquids, my bag was pulled aside for a check but it was because of the large quantity of Peanut Butter M&Ms that I was bringing back. The packets were swabbed and my bag of liquids was ignored.

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Fragmentedbrain · 18/06/2025 16:37

AliceMcK · 18/06/2025 16:36

I’d be more enraged by terrorists blowing up the plain than following a annoying but essential safety rule.

Yes these are the only two options.

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RufustheFactuaIReindeer · 18/06/2025 16:36

Well like i say heathrow don’t have any restrictions….no idea about any other airport but fingers crosssed

MauriceTheMussel · 18/06/2025 16:36

cheapshoes · 18/06/2025 16:35

It's a total pain! The airports with the new scanners started by saying you no longer were limited to 100ml but then it was undone unfortunately - off to google why?!

And even when they did work, no guarantee the airport you’d fly back from would be the same!

AliceMcK · 18/06/2025 16:36

I’d be more enraged by terrorists blowing up the plain than following a annoying but essential safety rule.

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Fragmentedbrain · 18/06/2025 16:36

AliceMcK · 18/06/2025 16:33

Why are you buying over priced extra stuff you don’t need? Check in anything big or if you “need” a lot of stuff. if your only carrying carry on, plan, decant creams, shampoos lotions. The plastic bags provided can accommodate a lot.

Whats the difference in cost of buying extra “expensive” items to checking in a bag?

Hmm well £80 for a round trip isn't cheap either way is it? Then there's the unnecessary fannying around to collect a bag I don't need. The fact that they can't organise their way out of this is I think indicative of the world just being a bit shit.

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MauriceTheMussel · 18/06/2025 16:35

It’s been nearly 24 years. Shirley (IYKYK) they could have developed the tech and scanners by now

cheapshoes · 18/06/2025 16:35

It's a total pain! The airports with the new scanners started by saying you no longer were limited to 100ml but then it was undone unfortunately - off to google why?!

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Fragmentedbrain · 18/06/2025 16:34

RufustheFactuaIReindeer · 18/06/2025 16:31

It is a pain in the arse

we flew from Heathrow a few weeks ago and they weren’t doing it. Didn’t have to take anything out of our bags like ipads etc

What's weird is in my airport you don't need the fiddly little bag and it goes through the fancy scanner but it's still max 100ml. Last time I saw them take a lovely snow globe off a tourist just because it was slightly over. Enraging.

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AliceMcK · 18/06/2025 16:33

Why are you buying over priced extra stuff you don’t need? Check in anything big or if you “need” a lot of stuff. if your only carrying carry on, plan, decant creams, shampoos lotions. The plastic bags provided can accommodate a lot.

Whats the difference in cost of buying extra “expensive” items to checking in a bag?

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