I saw this today via the Washington Post's travel section. It may be useful to some who are traveling to destinations mentioned. Bottom line: check with the airline you'll be traveling with.

Duty-Free Angst: Save That Scotch!
Already a bit confused about the rules governing liquids in airports and airlines, especially duty-free purchases in Europe and the U.S.? Hold on to your hats: Other nations are joining the fray.

First, the older rules concerning Europe: If you buy specially packaged duty-free items you can take them as carryon on a U.S.-bound plane, but only if you're flying direct. For example, if you load up on Scotch and fly from Great Britain to Dulles, no problem. But if you're onward bound from Dulles to, say, Chicago, you'll lose your Scotch.

In recent days, and in recent ways, more countries have instituted rules about duty-free liquid purchases. Among the countries with fairly or very recent new rules: Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand and Tunisia. They're all pretty consistent when it comes to the 3-1-1 on liquids: i.e. you may have as many three-ounce bottles of liquid as will fit in one one-quart zip-top baggie. (The only inconsistency is in metric measurements, but they're generally close enough that security officers will pay the difference no mind.)

Not so when it comes to duty-free. For example, passengers traveling from Europe through South Korea can transfer with their purchases, but not those traveling through Japan.

My bad. Here's the link to the Travel Log.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/travello ... _free.html

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JF