V-Flyer

Can it include alcohol such as a vodka minature?

Some flights like jet2 do 3 vodkas for a tenner, and I'll not be wanting all of those... Just wondering...

Absolutly you can! (sorry!)

Yes, you can. Done it several times with Bailey's miniatures.

Out of curiosity if your buying on board then the 100ml clear bag wouldn't be an issue, unless you are connecting through to another flight (non transit). I know you cant drink your own alcohol on flights but I wonder what the policy would be if you bought 3 miniatures on the flight out and took 1 for the flight back. I would assume the flight attendant wouldn't allow you to drink it?

I've always taken about "drinking own alcohol onboard" as more of a "don't start glugging down that vokda, we can't control you"...

I didn't think they care about a spare minature if security clears it.

Then again, if doing the route regularly, and you drink 2, you'd buy 3, then bring on 1, then buy another three, then bring on 2...

just buy a bottle in duty free & open that onboard when nobody is looking.

Why is/should there be a rule about not drinking your own, but perfectly allowed to buy & drink theirs?

Eggtastico wrote:Why is/should there be a rule about not drinking your own, but perfectly allowed to buy & drink theirs?

For the very good reason that the crew need to be able to monitor and, if necessary, restrict alcohol consumption. You might be happy to be locked in a confined space for several hours with some idiot who can't handle their drink and turns violent but I'm certainly not. Try sitting in economy on a Friday or Saturday flight to Las Vegas and you'll soon see why they stop bar service early.

gumshoe wrote:Absolutly you can! (sorry!)

gumshoe wrote:

Eggtastico wrote:Why is/should there be a rule about not drinking your own, but perfectly allowed to buy & drink theirs?

For the very good reason that the crew need to be able to monitor and, if necessary, restrict alcohol consumption. You might be happy to be locked in a confined space for several hours with some idiot who can't handle their drink and turns violent but I'm certainly not. Try sitting in economy on a Friday or Saturday flight to Las Vegas and you'll soon see why they stop bar service early.

I know of the experience. My last jaunt was from Manchester, but meeting my mate out there who was flying from Heathrow. Some Hen party opened up their duty free & ended up throwing up.

If you cant handle your booze, then dont drink it. I love a drink & have got in some right states, but I have never abused anyone or been arrested, or act like an ass. Im just a happy drunk.. and not one who will try to hug & kiss everyone.

Whilst not advocating breaking the rules, if you wanted to drink your own booze, you would get away with it as long as you did it quietly, discreetly and did not bring yourself to the attention of the crew. On a plane with 300-400+ people onboard, the crew cannot monitor everyone at once.

I have been on a MCO flight where a family were quite blatantly opening a bottle of Whiskey they had bought in duty free at the airport - even passing to over the top of the seat to the family members in the row behind! These pax were in "holiday high spirits" but no trouble to anyone.

Contrast that to the tales we hear about the LAS flights - people in the airport toilets decanting a litre of Vodka from duty free into Evian bottles etc... And that is before they have had a drink on the plane.

I have even seen people drinking their own alcohol on Ryanair - you would expect them to be very strict as a good %age of the crews income is commission from in-flight sales.

I think the moral of the story is: Is it allowed to drink your own booze? No. Does it happen? Yes. Will you get away with it? Probably, as long as you are not being an idiot.

Of course, a good 1989 Sauternes with pudding is perfectly OK isn't it if you BYOB?

Or you could just do this. Not on Ryanair, of course

Knowing dessert wines are a rarity on airlines these days, before boarding, Id picked up a half bottle of Peller oak aged icewine in the duty free

SQ319 LHR-SIN 18 Mar 08 (R)

Eggtastico wrote:just buy a bottle in duty free & open that onboard when nobody is looking.

Why is/should there be a rule about not drinking your own, but perfectly allowed to buy & drink theirs?

I'm not wanting to drink a lot of booze. Indeed, its about 3 minatures for a tenner, and only wanting 2 and saving the third for later...

And technically it is their booze, they sold it to me, and indeed I'm actually limiting my boozing for another time

I'd never buy something from duty free and decant it or drink it on bored. Even on long hauls, I don't intend to drink that much booze. I'd buy something like a box of wine and use it in a hotel party to avoid the 40 quid a bottle of wine prices. But not on a plane.