There has been a lot of talk about not taking bottled water through security..and buying some on the "other side".
It just dawned on me: can't one take an empty bottle or two and fill it at the water fountains near the gates.??? (yes, I could buy a couple of bottles)
Of course coming home from overseas there are often few ,if any, fountains...and in some countries the water may not be potable.

I have always enjoyed having a couple of filled water bottles to take on the plane.

This is no big earthshaking problem &gt!!! Just wondering, however, if others have taken empty bottles through security with success.

Why on earth do you think that security would stop an empty bottle?

omg how tight of you, surley the cost of buying 2 bottles of water should not be an issue, by the way are you a scot as they have a undiserved reputation for being mean. SPLASH OUT buy it

I too cannot stand to be without my own bottled water and on my last flight back home out of Rome recently with two small water bottles easily visible in my carry-on, I was quietly taken aside by one of the agents and asked to open each bottle and take a sip of them. After that, she smiled and asked me to continue on my way. No problem whatsoever. If that is what it takes now to be able to take water on my flight, no problem for me.

And I flew out of Milan a few months ago to the U.S. and they made me toss my full bottle of water in the garbage bin. So it depends on the mood of the security person I suppose.

It is about as stupid a rule as you can get. But I bet the shops on the other side selling bottled water are doing a great trade.

All in the name of keeping the US safe for democracy of course. What an effin joke.

What amazes me is that the EU continues to go along with it. About time for them to flex their muscles I reckon and tell the effin US where to get off.

It wasn't the US authorities that first imposed no-liquid rule - it was the British after uncovering a terrorist plot to blow up aircraft using liquid explosives, last August.

Good point, alec,

What amazes me is that the [US] continues to go along with it. About time for them to flex their muscles I reckon and tell the effin [EU] where to get off.

Hey I just paid $3.50 for a small bottle of water yesterday....so I 'm with mari5 on this one!

ira, if you want to comment on security questions, perhaps you should change your nom de clavier.

While aboard a plane I have never been refused when I asked for water, and I've never been charged for it.

Low-cost airlines like Easyjet and Ryanair will charge for (bottled) water, unless it's for medical emergency.

I'd be wary of water fountains...

at my daughter's school they aren't allowed to use them - they are a germ factory! A study was done and the amount of germs on water fountains was frightening (more than in bathrooms). (I'm not trying to start a debate on the 'proper' way to use a water fountain, I'm just sharing some facts.)

For the small small price of bottled water, I'd just chalk it up to travel cost rather than risk getting sick.

There is more to buying a bottle of water than the price...

I like to carry a bottle of my filtered water from home for the following reasons,
local tap water has stricter quality standards than the bottled water industry; there are major concerns that water bottlers are consuming too much of the world's water supply; there is more water used in the production and transportation of the plastic bottle than is in the bottle; and I like to avoid throwing away plastic bottles (yes I recycle at home but that is not always the case when traveling).

That said, I do buy water on the other side of security for the sake of convenience but it is not my first choice.

Yikes, I never drink from airport water fountains! I'm not normally a germ freak but that's just too scary... tap water perhaps in a foreign country and at public drinking fountain. No thanks.

flybob: I got a giggle out of your post (but then figured you are having a bad day). No, I'm not a Scot (but of Scottish heritage),and certainly have the money to pay $7 for two bottles of water.....it's the "principle of the thing" as some would say. (I'd rather drop the money in a bin for starving children!)

It's REALLY bad when one is too phobic to drink out of a water fountain at a terminal in the United States. But to each his own,and I guess it is a personal thing.

And I'll repeat what I said in my original post...No problem with me buying a couple of bottles by the gate...I just thought it was a clever idea to fill up an empty "inside" &gt