Italian Security Question
 

Hi,
Has anyone flown back to US from Rome very recently...If so what's security like there as far as what you can bring on board///
I just spoke to Eurofly and they couldn't tell me what's allowed on my return flight.
Any information is apprciated. Ciao

We just flew back (Rome to SFO) last week and the standard rules apply...No gels or liquids. They were screening all passengers after you gave the gate agent your boarding pass.

i flew back yesterday. Saps is right, no gels or liquids unless it's something you purchased at a Duty-Free shop AT Fiumincino, like a bottle of limoncello, for example. Your purchase is then put into a sealed bag that you are allowed to carry onto the plane. No restrictions on electronics at all. I had several gift-wrapped boxes in my carry-on, and was very happy I did not have to unwrap them. :-D

Buon Viaggio,
BC

Here's a link to the Alitalia site that is very specific :
http://www.alitaliausa.com/footer/ne...2006_09_12.htm

I would imagine the no cosmetics at all (even if non-liquid or cream)might be because many cosmetics contain glycerin which may cause checmical alarms (assuming they "sniff" for chemicals).

Okay what if you buy the Lemoncello in Rome Duty Free and then switch to American Airlines at the London airport?? Can you still take it?

The answer to Islandmom's question ought to be "No". AA almost certainly won't allow liquids bought outside the LHR duty free area on board, and LHR security won't let you through with liquids not vetted by LHR Customs in the first place anyway. Remember that, when you arrive at Heathrow, you go through both BAA security to be allowed to transfer, then a secondary security inspection to get onto the AA flight.

BUT: why bother?

Outside the Northern European countries with penal sin taxes, there's almost never any point in buying things in the duty-free area anyway - and southern European duty-free shops are generally hopeles. Buy your limoncello in a proper shop in real Italy and pack it in your checked baggage.

Then at LHR T3 (which, unlike FCO, takes these things seriously seriously) have another quick browse.

Good advice from falnner

Islandmom: No, Heathrow is very strict on the size of the carry on and the liquids, gels, etc. Both of my traveling companions had their solid make-up and chap stick confiscated by security. They said even though it was acceptable in U.S. airports, it was not for LHR. Also, on my flight from Rome to Toronto the passenger next to me had a bottle of water in her carry on so she may have purchased it after going through security, I don't know.

In the Rome airport there ARE very clearly posted things posted outside each of the duty-free shops, indicating what you can have in your carry-on, purchased there at duty-free, for flights to the UK and flights to the USA, and there ARE differences in the restrictions.

I usually purchase chocolate for my office-mates and my brother at duty-free, because believe it or not, the prices tend to be lower, and the turnover of the product more frequent (so you're less likely to get something stale, IMO) than I'd get shopping in town in Rome.

BC

Just flew FCO to JFK yesterday, Delta. <b>Security was same as in USA -- no liquids etc. in carry-on luggage.</b> Check the Delta website for more info.

For those that have flown back to the USA from Rome recently....do they weigh your carry-on bags? I read on the ALitalia website they only allow 11 pounds!

On the link provided above, it says no cosmetics. That is a surprise to me and I'm glad I saw it.
I had put my mascaras and lip gloss in my checked bags, but had planned to take on my normal non-liquid stuff like eye-shadow, solid lipsticks and eye-pencil. (those are still allowed for domestic travel in the USA).
Hard to beleive that on an overseas night flight, when you wake up in the morning and after breakfast, you cannot even have lipstick to put on!!! Grrrr...

Yesterday, Delta did not weigh carry-on bags, but they did search them (quickly).

Delta DID weight checked bags, of course, and I saw a lot of unhappy people repacking or paying the extra charge.

Catnip1, I flew US Airways, and they didn't weigh our carry-ons. As carry-on, I had my duty-free bag full of chocolates, my purse, and a very lightweight canvas bag with a shoulder strap, that was NOT packed to maximum capacity. I didn't feel that particular flight was very heavy in the volume of passengers with a lot of carry-ons, overstuffed carry-ons, etc., though.

BC

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