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  • strickers 931 posts

    @mkcol Good luck, looks like it’s abated a smidge.

    davestat 29 posts

    Having experienced the DAT (substituting for BA) service today I found the crew super friendly and the aircraft spotlessly clean (take note BA – it can be done). The only drawback was the spartan aircraft interior. Basic uncomfortable seats – bit like Aeroflot in the 1960’s , I imagine.

    strickers 931 posts

    Famous last words, looks like Milton has intensified again!

    TedL 50 posts

    @TedL, is there a particular issue with SIN? Usually it’s fine to transit with duty free as long as it’s in the tamper-proof bag.

    But, do you have the option to order it in advance and have it delivered on board?

    https://bahighlife.com/on-board-services/

    It was LHR duty free that said I would not be able to take it thru, but I am sure I saw some LHR duty free bags with other passengers but was unsure if they arrived in SYD with them, hence the question here. It is alcohol, single malt which I dont want to buy and then lose. Assume delivery on board would be similar, so if you can order for onboard delivery there shouldn’t be a problem. Perhaps I will try to purchase and see how far I get.

    BA Flyer IHG Stayer 2,761 posts

    There are restrictions on duty free when flying e.g. Singapore – Australia

    https://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/au/travel-info/visas-immigration/customs/international-duty-free-restrictions/#Australia

    “If you’re flying from Singapore to Australia, duty-free liquids, aerosols and gels are allowed provided they’re purchased on board your flight or delivered by the airport’s duty-free personnel to the gate-hold room in a transparent, sealed plastic bag, which includes the original receipt(s).

    “If you’re changing planes in Singapore on your way to Australia, you cannot carry duty-free items purchased from another sector of your journey.

    “Items that are not permitted will be disposed at the boarding gate.”

    TedL 50 posts

    “If you’re changing planes in Singapore on your way to Australia, you cannot carry duty-free items purchased from another sector of your journey.

    “Items that are not permitted will be disposed at the boarding gate.”

    But does that apply to BA15 which is technically a refuelling stop, i’m not changing planes?

    TGLoyalty 1,216 posts

    Having never done that route do you need to take off all your belongings when you disembark? If so it might as well be changing planes.

    TedL 50 posts

    Having never done that route do you need to take off all your belongings when you disembark? If so it might as well be changing planes.

    Unfortunately you do which is also the problem with ordering duty free to be delivered onboard, unles CC would hold it till the second leg.

    NorthernLass 9,440 posts

    @mkcol, let us know you’re ok in the morning, are you going to try and get home when the airport re-opens?


    @TedL
    – years ago an awkward security chap wouldn’t let us take a sealed bottle of something through T5 to our domestic connection, so we wrapped it in clothing and put it in one of our wheely cases and then checked it in at the nearby BA CS desk (though I’m not sure if that’s still there).

    Is this something you could do? Certainly they can take luggage at the gate and check it in (as we all know!) so there must be some facility still to do it.

    JDB 5,618 posts

    “If you’re changing planes in Singapore on your way to Australia, you cannot carry duty-free items purchased from another sector of your journey.

    “Items that are not permitted will be disposed at the boarding gate.”

    But does that apply to BA15 which is technically a refuelling stop, i’m not changing planes?

    The other issue with taking duty free to Australia via anywhere is that the STEB is only ‘valid’ for 24 hours and this is usually what they warn of at LHR.

    BA Flyer IHG Stayer 2,761 posts

    “If you’re changing planes in Singapore on your way to Australia, you cannot carry duty-free items purchased from another sector of your journey.

    “Items that are not permitted will be disposed at the boarding gate.”

    But does that apply to BA15 which is technically a refuelling stop, i’m not changing planes?

    Yes it does apply.

    Everyine has to leave the plane — with all their cabin baggage etc etc

    And you can’t order for on board selection as the flight isn’t listed on the high life shop.

    TedL 50 posts

    As I found out when I looked at this option. Yesterdays flight, which I have been watching as my son is on it, landed at 1742 and was scheduled to depart at 1925, lifted off at 1956 so potentially only 103 minutes so think trying to buy at SIN is a non-starter as well. Looks like it will be a trip to Dan Murphy’s.

    NorthernLass 9,440 posts

    If it’s cheaper here, just buy it before you go and pack it in your suitcase! That’s what we tend to do on our GCM trips where alcohol is very, very expensive and we can’t be bothered with the duty free scrum.

    *If Australia allows this, I know they’re funny about foreign comestibles and you obviously don’t want to be carted off to that room they have on Border Force!

    Lyn 210 posts

    @mkcol good luck with your flight tomorrow.


    @TedL
    I don’t know how extensive their range of single malts is, but wouldn’t arrivals duty-free in Sydney normally be less expensive than Dan Murphy’s?

    TedL 50 posts

    @mkcol good luck with your flight tomorrow.



    @TedL
    I don’t know how extensive their range of single malts is, but wouldn’t arrivals duty-free in Sydney normally be less expensive than Dan Murphy’s?

    Apparently Dan Murphy’s is definately better value than “arrivals duty free” at Sydney airport. However, I will search beforehand and check prices at the airport as I walk through.

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