The first cardinal rule needed to guide you in most cases, is that if you are buying something on the airport duty-free shop, you can take it with you on the plane. How ever, in a check we did in July 2009, there are 4 exceptions: the United States, Canada, Australia & New Zealand. Those 4 countries will allow you to enter with just 100 cc of liquids, even if the bottle is a duty-free shop’s.

In any case, if there is no such option – the duty-free seller, at the store, should tell you. We got worned on a flight from Bangkok to Sydney.

When we write here duty-free shop, we mean only for duty-free shop at the airport or on the plane – duty-free shop of the airline. A tax-free shop in the city, are a different story. You wont be able to take Liqueur you bought before the check in zone, as a hand Luggage.

The reason is of course – safety. If you are buying a bottle of whiskey or a fine quality face cream at the airport duty-free shop, the product will be packed and will be waiting for you at the boarding gate, minutes before the plane take off. Then, the airline knows that the product was purchased in duty-free shop and is safe, and not containing for example, any chemical materials that will allow you to make a bomb over the ocean.
Post a bottle with suitcase

Send the bottle with your suitcase

It is important to know – is it getting tricky if this is not a direct flight. For example, if you fly to Los Angeles via Paris, you can pick up a bottle as you embark from your home airport, butonce you get out at the airport Charles de Gaulle, the bottle is no longer sterile, and you can’t take it to the next flight from Paris to Los Angeles .

But, before you decide to purchase the goods solely at the duty-free shop at the airport, or on the plane, it’s important to know that there is also a solution to purchase products out side the airport.ut there are also risks, if you are not experts in packaging. The solution is sending a product – a bottle of drink, a prestigious perfume or any other liquid, with the suitcases you deliver at the check in point. Thus, you will meet your bottle only when you reach your final destination.

again – It is recommended only for those who have confidence in theirs packing ability.

When travelling from the EU countries to the UK, you do not have to pay any tax or duty on goods you have bought in another EU country, as long as tax was included in the price when you purchased the items, the items are for your own personal  use, and have been transported to the UK by you.

Still, there are limitation on alcohol and tobacco products:

3200 cigarettes
400 cigarillos
200 cigars
3 kg of smoking tobacco
110 litres of beer
10 litres of spirits
90 litres of wine
20 litres of fortified wine e.g. port or sherry

From Estonia – 200 cigarettes or 250g of smoking tobacco
From Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia – 200 cigarettes

Here are the limitations, when coming to the UK from outside the EU:

200 cigarettes, or 100 cigarillos, or 50 cigars, or 250g of tobacco
4 litres of still table wine
1 litre of spirits or strong liqueurs over 22% volume; or 2 litres of fortified wine, sparkling wine or other liqueurs
16 litres of beer
60cc/ml of perfume
£300 worth of all other goods including gifts and souvenirs

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The prices are for single item – In some duty frees you can find bundle deals if you buy more than one item

Changi Singapore Singapore:

·     Johnnie Walker Black (Whisky) – 32.3 USD

·     Absolute Blue (Vodka) – 15 USD

·     Chivas Regal 12 YO 1L – 30 USD

Frankfurt Airport Germany

·     Marlboro red king size filter 200p – 43 USD

·     Chivas Regal 12 YO 1L – 48 USD 

·     Johnnie Walker Black (Whisky) - 48 USD  

·     Absolute Blue (Vodka) - 24 USD

Schiphol t Airport

·     Chivas Regal 12 YO 1L - 39 USD

O’hare Airport Chicago 

·     Marlboro red king size filter 200p -30 USD

·     Marlboro Light 200p - 30 USD  

·     Johnnie Walker Black (Whisky) - 31 USD  

·     Chivas Regal 12 YO 1L - 31 USD 

·     Absolute Blue (Vodka) - 18 USD

JFK Airport New York

·     Marlboro red king size filter 200p -30 USD

·     Marlboro Light 200p - 30 USD

·     Johnnie Walker Black (Whisky) - 31 USD

·     Chivas Regal 12 YO 1L - 31 USD

·     Absolute Blue (Vodka) - 18 USD

Ben-Gurion Airport Israel

·     Marlboro red king size filter 200p -36 USD

·     Marlboro Light 200p - 36 USD

·      Johnnie Walker Black (Whisky) - 47 USD

·     Chivas Regal 12 YO 1L - 47 USD

·     Absolute Blue (Vodka) - 16 USD