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Alcohol in checked baggage underage

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Kenyon
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Ight so im flying out to colerado on the 25th with two friends and my dad and im staying there 2 weeks. Im trying to bring a bottle in my checked luggage.

Im 16 and both of my friends are underage aswell.

So pretty much what im asking is do the flight people who check your luggage give a fuck about underage drinking? Cause I know if your old enough your allowed to bring whatever alcohol in your checked bags.

Also my dads with me so i dont want them to take the bottle and start asking my dad questions cause he obviously doesnt know im bringing it.

Im willing to take the risk of them just taking the bottle and not doing anything if thats what they do.

This is going in my CHECKED baggage im not going through security with it or putting it in my carry on.

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Mar 18 2013 3:48PM
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Laurent.
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You will enjoy the cavity search.
Mar 18 2013 3:49PM
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SFB
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they search bags. they left me an official note that they had searched my bag which had my skis, and that my skis might be broken now because of the search.
Mar 18 2013 3:52PM
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El_Barto.
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Summit county? I will buy you booze if you need it
Mar 18 2013 3:52PM
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JakeAssBeatClap
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A great beginning to a very intelligent thread
Mar 18 2013 3:53PM
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FERG0
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They wont know you are underage if they check it. You will be fine.
Mar 18 2013 3:58PM
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paige.
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It shouldn't be a problem. The people searching don't know how old you are as mentioned before and even if they did are unlikely to care. Also since you're traveling with a parent you could just be the one with luggage space. That said don't deny having alcohol if they ask you (I doubt this will happen for a domestic flight).

Coming through customs after a class trip to France, every single kid declared the alcohol we were bringing home. One kid even exceeded the legal amount for the length of time we had been gone. Not a single one of us got the booze taken from us or a second glance for being obviously underage.
Mar 18 2013 4:21PM
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nagger
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I don't know how tight they are about it in the US but I just got back to canada from dominican and a lot of my friends and I had a shit ton of cigars and liquor.

we didn't even have to claim it, there is a certain obscene amount maximum that you have to reach before you have to claim/pay for it like 100 cigars or 200oz of alcohol or something.

since you're flying domestically anyways I don't think they'll give a shit. usually they won't question you anyways, they'll just take it out and you'll notice it's missing when you get home.
Mar 18 2013 4:22PM
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yelsel
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you should be fine. my bags have rarely been checked. having said that though,i recommend wrapping it in some plastic bags just in case it happens to open so booze doesnt get all over your stuff. i forgot to do that and a bottle of wine ruined a lot of my stuff

Mar 18 2013 4:23PM
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johnnyBuz
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If you can get booze before the flight why can't you just get it once you arrive?
Mar 18 2013 4:57PM
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pink_squid
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jack a bottle when you get there? Not that hard just wear a hoodie and a belt, watch out for tags
Mar 18 2013 5:01PM
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Casey
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How are the bag checkers going to know that this random bag in the pile of 500 bags belongs to someone underage. The checked bag searches are for bombs and shit. It will be fine
Mar 18 2013 5:05PM
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JuliusJ
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Most likely will be fine, doubt they check which bags are a minor's bag.
Mar 18 2013 5:07PM
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nagger
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maybe his dad will be with him when they arrive but not at the duty free before they leave
idunnolol this whole idea seems stupid. do you not have friends with fakes back home?
Mar 18 2013 5:11PM
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CheddarJack
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does this not answer your question? It's technically his bag since he bought the tickets (is it not?).
Mar 18 2013 5:13PM
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Kenyon
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....cause I have older friends where I live? I dont really know anyone out there thats of age
Mar 18 2013 5:18PM
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Kenyon
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its not like my dad bought 4 tickets that have his name on them....I mean I dont know if they have all my information and shit matched up with the bag when they check it and shit
Mar 18 2013 5:21PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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i've had this happen, too. I've heard that if you happen to ski over any residue from avalanche control bombing, then the bomb sniffers at the airport are likely to pick up on it. Don't know whether that's true or not, but I had been skiing over avi control several days in a row prior to my bag getting searched.
Mar 18 2013 5:22PM
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nagger
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then I'm confused as to why you need to bring liquor back in your bag.

oh wait are you trying to bring alcohol ON your trip? cause if you're trying to bring it home I see no point.

if you need alcohol in colorado there are probably dozens of nser's who will hook you up
Mar 18 2013 5:22PM
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Casey
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Yeah i was going to say, just put it in his bag if you are that worried about it, or tell him to cover for you just in case they try to call you out
Mar 18 2013 5:26PM
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miroz
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You will be 100% fine. I've done this many times, with liquor and beer.

Put the bottle in a plastic bag just in case of leakage (it sucks when your shit smells like alcohol). And make sure it's well padded - wrap it inside some pants or something. But I've never had any problems with doing that before.

Good luck.
Mar 18 2013 5:32PM
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.AR6rider.
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When the fuck are you going to find time to get drunk if you're hanging out with your dad on vacation? More importantly...why, at 16, do you feel the need to sneak booze on a trip with your dad? What are you going to do? Wait until he falls asleep and sneak shots with your butt buddy for 20 minutes until you both pass out?
Mar 18 2013 5:37PM
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Kenyon
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My dad wont let us drink, if he did I would just ask him to buy it for us while were out there.
Mar 18 2013 5:38PM
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first_rodeo
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ive done it many times,  even opened containers in checked they dont toss
Mar 18 2013 5:39PM
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Kenyon
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......Im not gonna be hanging out with my dad he has friends out there and hes gonna be with them
Mar 18 2013 5:40PM
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northeast
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sounds like a ragin' time to me!!
Mar 18 2013 5:41PM
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Kenyon
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whatever, im doing it
thanks to all helpful answers +k
Mar 18 2013 5:42PM
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Laurent.
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#YOLO.

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Mar 18 2013 5:45PM
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FERG0
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Youre being paranoid. They will basically think its your dads if they find it in a search, so they wont do anything. You worry too much man
Mar 18 2013 5:54PM
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.AR6rider.
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Mr. DeLucci would be disappointed.
Mar 18 2013 5:56PM
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JWD*
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i brought a bottle of johhny walker back from the dominican, everything was good
Mar 18 2013 5:59PM
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Kenyon
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yoooo wdf who is this?
Mar 18 2013 6:14PM
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whoa-dere
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this is op
Mar 18 2013 6:19PM
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jcc03skis
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*slow clap*

Way to spend your time searching the outerwear thread for him...
Mar 18 2013 6:24PM
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whoa-dere
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you really think i would do that?
Mar 18 2013 6:25PM
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nagger
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lol
Mar 18 2013 6:26PM
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tripnip
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How would you guys suggest sneaking Cubans back from Mexico?
Mar 18 2013 6:36PM
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yuck
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or just go to his profile then to his uploaded pictures, 2 clicks.
Mar 18 2013 6:42PM
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Laurent.
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Anal insertion, you'll be familiar with the shape.
Mar 18 2013 6:43PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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cigars are the easiest things to bring back. done this a million times. all you have to do is slide the little label/wrapper thing off of them and come home. package them however you want so they don't break. without the label, no one is going to hassle you. reapply the label/wrapper (whateve the fuck it's called) when you get home.
Mar 18 2013 6:57PM
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nagger
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no. anything under the limit is exempt and didn't need to be claimed. I read the sheet man.
Mar 18 2013 7:04PM
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.AR6rider.
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It's Jarred Owen, motherfucker.

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Mar 18 2013 7:07PM
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nagger
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word I guess everyone else on my fucking airplane should owe 5 g's too
Mar 18 2013 7:07PM
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gusestomp
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I brought back 2 bottles of rum with me from St. Thomas, you'll be fine.

Also, I flew US Airways.
Mar 18 2013 7:25PM
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Smuffy
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My day has officially been made
Mar 18 2013 7:30PM
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grams.
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The TSA is looking for bombs and illegal drugs...not 500ml of Burnett's. You'll be fine.
Mar 18 2013 8:02PM
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taylornicky
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I brought a bottle of wine and a bottle of champagne back from Italy with me (17 years old), and at customs in Michigan, they asked what foods I had in my bag. I told him wine and champagne, and he told me to be safe and responsible. I'm sure you'll be fine.... I think the worst they could do is throw it out.
Mar 18 2013 8:05PM
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grapejuice3000+
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NO

from personal experience:

I lived in colorado until i was 19. The week in question was spring break, 2004. I was 18 then, having fun, not really worried about anything. I was coming back from san diego, a great week with my bros and lots of girls. I forgot to take a half full bottle of whisky out of my bag, the checked bag, not even the bag i brought on the plane. I was sitting in the waiting area at san diego airport, reading a magazine, minding my own business, when I heard the desk calling my name over the intercom. I went to the desk and two TSA guards put handcuffs on me, and lead me to a room in the lower level of the airport. It was just like the movies, I was in a room at a table and three TSA officers in suits were asking me all sorts of questions. Apparently they thought I was lying about my age, and that I was a radical Muslim trying to infiltrate the united states through norad. The problem was I am of middle eastern descent. I was sent to prision, and tried for underage posession of alcohol and treason against the united states of america. Thank god they released me to house arrest in november.

dont bring the liquor op/thread
Mar 18 2013 9:25PM
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whoa-dere
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lol damn
Mar 18 2013 9:31PM
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nagger
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whatever. I also had a big water bottle full of mamajuana. when they ask you questions about what you brought home as gifts I didn't mention the giant oil painting rolled up in my hand cause I had been carrying it all day and forgot I had it. she didn't say a word about it lol, pearson security isn't too hot at 3am.
Mar 18 2013 10:37PM
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deleted5
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Really you think that air line will check your name and age and for evey person that checks a bottle that comes through.
Mar 18 2013 11:13PM
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