Anyone flown with Royal Brunei or another 'dry' airline?

[copycat]

Just wondering if we can take any alcohol on board ? Well, it is an evening flight!

I know you can't open your duty free, but as to whether you can take a mini bottle of wine - no idea?

yes and at ramadam!! for a hen weekend after our american airlines flight was cancelled and we we rescheduled on a dry emirate flight. we were not impressed but the male stewards let us drink our champagne discreetly as long as we kept the bottle wrapped in a towel. The female stewardesses just scowled. it was not our choice to fly with them and we do not celebrate ramadam so we were polite but insistent that we should be allowed to drink our alcohol.

think it is down to the staff if they let you drink.

Try flying Saudi Arabian Airlines, definitely no alcohol!

Can you really not survive a flight without alcohol??

It is actually better for you to not drink during flights. Makes you more dehydrated and then if you get drunk you have a worse hangover than normal!

I think it is rather disrespectful to deliberately take your own alcohol onto a flight where the majority of passengers and staff are against it. Especially if you have chosen that airline knowing that it was dry.

I wouldn't feel right taking drink on board a dry airline TBH. How long is the flight?

My DH had a stopover in Dubai once, he thought it was dry, being in Middle east etc. Sat by the pool in hotel drinking lemonade for hours until an American couple sat close by and ordered a beer. DH almost kidnapped the barman afterwards!

copycat,a drink inflight is an excellent idea (essential when with marauding kids imho) but one year we went on a dry airline to Malaysia as it was significantly cheaper and I must admit we both noticed a lot less tension and pent up aggression and impatience than on other flights.

I would happily do it again.

Re champagne..mfat was it stuff you brought on board with you? if so,always thought this was a no no wherever you are??!

Thanks for the replies. Actually I had no idea that Royal Brunei were a dry airline when I booked but it would not have made any difference if I had. I often chose not to drink alcohol (or only have one drink) when flying but DH does like to drink which is why I asked. Having said that, neither of us would 'sneak' a drink for the sake of it because I likewise consider that disrespectful. I asked the question because I thought I had recently read that Royal Brunei (or another drry airline) have no objection to passengers bringing their own drinks on to their planes it's just that they do not, themselves, serve alcohol. The flight is only 7 hours so of course we can live without a drink for that time (or 7 months for that matter!) but it's the start of a well earned holiday for DH, especially, and I certainly do not begrudge him a drink if it were permitted and not likely to offend any other passenger or member of staff.

Oh agree!
Great way to start a holiday.
Dhand I always psol at Manchester airport when we come to/leave Turkey.
No matter what the time of day,there's always a gang fagging and slurping away in the bar determined to start their holiday asap!

There were plenty doing so there yesterday at 8:15 am!

yes moondog - we bought it at the airport specifically to take on the plane with us as we were only flying with a dry airline at short notice as our plane was cancelled. We did ask to be able to bring drink on an drink as these were exceptional circumstances. Had we book a dry airline we would have accepted no alcohol - we only had a glass each, just wanted to toast the bride to be in the air as we had had a nightmare. flight delayed then cancelled several hours, it meant that our first night of plans in new york were completely wrecked - we had booked several activities we we missed due to delays etc.

Who was the bride to be mfat??
You?

no, if it had been me we would have been drinking sparking wine. Tastebuds far too unsophisticated when it comes to wine to appreciate the price differential between wine and champagne!

Well who was the bride to be then?
Trying to make sense of it all lol!

an old uni friend - looks like catherine zeta jones! - getting divorced now ironically!!! it was the pussy galore tour!

It was a hen party thing then?

yes - the best hen party I have ever been on. it was excellent for so many different reasons (and none of them had testicles!!)