Empty Water Bottles at Airport Security
 

Can we carry empty water bottles through airport security?

Yes.

I like you pithy replies.

Well, there's nothing prohibiting the bottles or any other container, just what might be inside. I suppose you could bring an empty 16 ounce shampoo bottle, too, but not sure why any would want to :)

At almost every airport I've been at, people get on line with filled water bottles and finish the contents or empty in into a garbage right by the metal detector line.

Thanks, HTTY. Not everyone does. ;)

I never have a problem bringing an empty water bottle through security in the US.

I guess I could also bring an empty shampoo bottle and fill it up at the water fountain, but I suspect my frothing at the mouth during the flight may raise suspicions.

I think you ought to do the frothing at the mouth thing - just let me know the flight so I can watch the fun!

How about an empty JUICE bottle, can I bring that?

YES.

I did a search, and didn't find anything regarding "empty water bottle" - dare to send them a request :)

I've carried empty water bottles through security at many different airports. I'm not a water snob (buy bottled water just on occasion for convenience) and I hate having to pay $3 for a bottle of water on the "other side"! Just refill at the water fountain while you wait for your boarding.

What if that juice bottle is glass? Like snapple? Do they sell snapple past the security checkpoints? Couldn't a few terrorists due a lot of damage if they each had an empty Snapple bottle to smash heads and cut wires with?

What are you going to do with an empty water bottle on the other side of security? Fill it with airport tap water? Just curious.

<i> Fill it with airport tap water? </i>

Yes! I'm in Seattle. Our water comes from the beautiful Green River.

HTTY

Yes Suze...I generally fill the bottle up at the water fountain. Some areas have GREAT water. If it tastes awful or is cloudy, then I might buy a new bottle on the "other side"!

Many bottled water manufacturers don't indicate where their water comes from!

suze on Apr 5, 11 at 5:25pm
What are you going to do with an empty water bottle on the other side of security? Fill it with airport tap water? Just curious.

Depends on the airport. In the US and Europe - yes!

I've filled empty water bottles at the airport once I was through security and then on the plane as well.

Where do you get water on a plane? The bathroom?

The flight attendents.

The flight attendents fill up your empty bottle with bottled water?

I've never tried to fill my water bottle once on the plane. I do however fill it at least twice while waiting to board.

Yes. If you asked them nicely to.

On longhaul Qantas flights (which is mostly what we catch) there is a little water chiller thingy where you can fill up a water bottle.

Sort of related: I just picked up a new collapsible water bottle that I think will be great for travel. Fits easily in a purse or pocket. (I'm looking forward to filling it up at the fountains in Rome :)
http://vapur.us/store/5l-anti-bottle-blue.html

SFO has installed water bottle filling stations post security - great idea!
http://www.flysfo.com/web/page/orpha...rnational.html

I always carry an empty through security. Only once was I hassled for having a few drops in the bottom. For post-security refills, Chilis Too and TGIF in DFW will refill with cold water.

I was just in SFO, but not in the areas with the hydration stations; I like that idea, though.

suze on Apr 6, 11 at 4:43pm
Where do you get water on a plane? The bathroom?

No, the drinking fountains outside the bathroom. For some reason, they are usually by the men's bathrooms :)

Just had to get my environmental pitch in - everyone should travel with a BPA free reusable bottle. Then you can fill it up as needed throughout your entire trip! Especially those summer vacations when its hot and even needs to stay hydrated!
Deb15 is right - plenty of bottled water comes from pretty unreliable sources and the plastic in the bottle leaches into beverage.
http://www.ewg.org/bottled-water-2011-search

Thanks for these tips and for reassurance that I'm not the only
one who hasn't fallen for the bottled water advertising.

HTTY

Just want to reiterate about the Vapur bottle. It is BPA-Free; it folds up to fit in your purse or pocket. http://vapur.us/anti-bottle No, I don't have any affiliation with the company. Someone recommended it to me. I like the fact that it will take up less room than my rigid BPA-free water bottles. It is also available in a variety of sizes.

I bought one of those collapsible bottles at REI a few years ago but I found that I prefer to drink from a rigid bottle. Let us know how it works for you.

My daughter has a metal Kleen Kanteen she puts in her bag, then either fills it from the drinking fountain or she asks the flight attendant. The last time she asked, she was given water in a can, just like a soda.

elnap,
The water in Rome is great! :-)

mztery, Now SF Airport has "Hydration Stations" instead of water fountains ("bubblers" down under), do you think they will have "Dehydration Stations" instead of Rest Rooms (toilets, down under)??

Happy Trails, I have had to surrender empty water bottles at Sydney Airport, a few years ago, but not lately. It's easy to find potable water usually. In Beijing, I had trouble finding which button to press on their free dispensing machine, with instructions only in Mandarin. They have tiny conical paper cups, and the water seemed to be either warm or hot. I think they don't like cold water to drink.

I always bring either a small empty BPA-free Nalgene bottle or a Kleen Kanteen bottle that fits into my PacSafe City 200 bag water bottle pocket on all my US or European flights. never had a problem. I am surprised more travel-savvy people don't do it. Water quality is usually fine at water fountains. On the plain, I just ask the flight attendants for water and they sometimes just give me a bottle of water, rather than refill my reusable bottle.

I've found that the flight attendants will usually give you water, but sometimes you need the water prior to boarding, like for taking dramamine, or any other medication. In that case it's useful to take a small empty bottle and fill up at a water fountain wiith just enough to swallow some pills.

Thought you might be interested in another reason for taking an empty water bottle past security. I'm flying Egypt air shortly, and they don't serve alcoholic beverages on the plane. I figure I'll buy a bottle of wine at the duty free and transfer it to a water bottle so I can have a glass of wine with dinner on my ten hour flight. Has anyone ever take wine on a plane for consumption?

"The Federal Aviation Regulations do NOT require that you buy your booze from the airline. However, they DO require that the airline actually serve the alcohol to you. It is not unlike the brown bag laws in some states that allow you to bring your own bottle into the establishment but require the establishment serve it to you.
The Regulation for the airlines and which you can look up on the Internet is 14 CFR 121.575 which states in part, "No person may drink any alcoholic beverage aboard an aircraft unless the certificate holder operating the aircraft has served that beverage to him." Of course there is also language that says they may not serve anyone who is intoxicated or appears to be intoxicated.
Airlines also have their own rules, approved by the FAA, known as Operation Specifications, that establish how this is to be done on board their aircraft. Flight crews are trained on these OpSpecs. These OpSpecs are approved under the Part 121 rules and have the same force as the Federal Aviation Regulations. So, you could be well within your rights to bring your own alcohol and then present it to the Flight Attendant(s) and ask them to serve it to you."

That said, you may find yourself getting some unwanted looks of discern:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/other...e-service.html

I wouldn't do it. It would be showing disrespect for the flight crew and airline personnel. They don't serve alcohol because it is the airline of a Muslim country and they don't drink alcoholic beverages.

<Has anyone ever take wine on a plane for consumption?>

No because it's not allowed. Not because of anything about a Muslim country but because you're only allowed to drink booze on a plane when it is provided by the airlines.