NEW YORK, 12:45 AM, MON JUL 7 | 7 POSTS IN THE LAST 24 HOURS | tips@consumerist.com | RSS
Posts Tagged “

liquids

”
Don't bring $3000 worth of wine to Melbourne's Tullmarine airport packed in your carry-on luggage, because they are hardcore. [News.com.au via Fark]

21 comments

travel

A Big List Of Foods That You Can Bring Through Airport Security

The Transportation Security Administration is very clear on what types of foods you can and can not bring onto an airplane, but most people think that the "liquid" ban extends to cheeseburgers. Not so.

The TSA's only restrictions are that any food items brought through security must be either be whole, natural foods (like an orange), or be in placed in a container or otherwise wrapped up. All food must be x-rayed. More »

10:42 AM on Fri Dec 28 2007
By Meg Marco
6,272 views, 50 comments

aquafina

Aquafina Changes Label, Admits It's Tap Water


Aquafina, PepsiCo's best-selling bottled water, is changing its label to clarify its true source: city water supplies. The labels have never claimed to be spring water, but the price, packaging, and placement in stores apparently made enough of the world believe it was.
More »

1:50 PM on Mon Jul 30 2007
By ashley
9,645 views, 61 comments

he said, she said

TSA Uploads Video Of "Sippy Cup" Incident On Special "MythBusting" Website

The TSA has uploaded the incident report and surveillance video that they claim shows the "sippy cup terrorist" Mom intentionally dumping her child's water on the floor of the airport after having claimed "she was an officer and flashed her Secret Service badge and credentials and said that she should be exempt from all this and this was a stupid policy and this whole thing was [redacted]." We're guessing that last word was bullshit, but like we said, that's just an educated guess. More »

6:36 PM on Sat Jun 16 2007
By Meg Marco
6,868 views, 67 comments

Latest by Bay State Darren: @tom55522: Certain federal agents are allowed to carry sidearms onto commercial airflights. I don't know if the U.S. Secret Service is one such agency (It would make a lot of sense to me). I doubt this woman is a federal more »

video

SNL: Training The Crack TSA Team In The Fight Against Liquids

A decently humorous (a smile creaked on our craggy face) SNL skit underlining the absurdity of the TSA's anti-liquid rules. More »

2:10 PM on Wed May 9 2007
By Ben Popken
5,382 views, 30 comments

carnival

Greed Floats: Carnival Cruise Line Bans Liquids

Rather bring a case of Coca-Cola on board than pay $36 for a single can (or whatever they charge now-a-days). Well, too bad. If you're cruising with Carnival you may not bring liquids on board, even if they're non-alcoholic liquids. From Upgrade: Travel Better:
The reason is economics, pure and simple. The cruise ships weren't selling as many drinks on board as they wanted.
"Carnival spokesman Vance Gulliksen said guests had been bringing on too many nonalcoholic beverages. "There had been some abuse of the previous policy which is why the new policy is more restrictive," he said."
Other cruise lines don't seem to have any such policy. You'd think Carnival would be more worried about the drunk people who are always falling off the ships.—MEGHANN MARCO More »

5:58 PM on Thu Mar 29 2007
By Meg Marco
3,201 views, 31 comments

Latest by ThePlaz: I just came back from a carnival cruise (Valor) over spring break. (saw this article before leaving) They don't enforce most of the rules and we walked right on with liquids. And they don't check your portered bags. more »

safety

Charges Dropped in "Liquid Terror" Plane Plot

A Pakistani judge has dropped charges against the main suspect in a purported terror plot to blow up airlines with half a sports drink bottle full of dangerous liquids. This plot is the reason you now have to fly with a ziplock bag full of tiny toiletries, and the reason we have started to pay attention to the quality of hotel soaps. From BBC News: "Anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi found no evidence that he had been involved in terrorist activities or that he belonged to a terrorist organization. As well as forgery charges, Mr Rauf has also been charged with carrying explosives. But his lawyer says police evidence amounts only to bottles of hydrogen peroxide found in his possession." More »

6:49 PM on Tue Dec 19 2006
By Meg Marco
126 views, 7 comments

Latest by ChazB: Wait a minute...first of all, it was not "debunked," there are plenty of liquid composite explosives that can be combined in a lavatory on an airplane, astrolite comes first to mind. I'm sure there are plenty of liquid explosives that COULD more »

airports

Banning Liquids Increased Lost Suitcase Claims

New government statistics released today show a 25% increase in passengers reporting lost luggage during August. More »
delta

Delta Dehydrates Babies To Fight Terrorism

And here's the reason why banning liquids from flights makes people less safe, not more so: an infant from County Monaghan in Ireland dehydrated and almost died after being denied liquids on a Delta flight. More »

7:01 AM on Tue Aug 29 2006
By consumerist.com
288 views, 10 comments

airlines

Gel Bras OK'd For Takeoff

Flat chested travelers, rejoice! Gel bras are now allowed on flights! Squish, squish, hooray! Keep those tips up, etc! More »

10:18 AM on Wed Aug 23 2006
By Ben Popken
334 views, 5 comments

liquids

HOWTO: Blow Up Airplanes With Liquids

How feasible was it for terrorists to mix together a few common chemicals into a big sky kablooie? People far smarter than us investigate. (Thanks to Caitlin!) More »

2:35 PM on Fri Aug 18 2006
By Ben Popken
386 views, 9 comments

bras

Travelers, Please Leave Your Tits At Home

And traveling just got a hell of a lot drearier: U.S. authorities are advising women not to wear gel bras when traveling, lest they be mistaken for a bosom-emphasizing terrorist. More »

8:37 AM on Fri Aug 18 2006
By consumerist.com
358 views, 9 comments

liquids

UK Lightens Security Measures... Still Fears Liquids

Well, at the very least, the UK seems to have come to their senses, ratcheting down their terror level: British travelers can now carry-on one piece of luggage, including laptops and iPods, with the only stipulation that it can't be a liquid or a case full of dynamite. More »

6:08 AM on Tue Aug 15 2006
By consumerist.com
129 views, 17 comments

sierra mist

Sierra Mist Ad Develops New Meaning Post 8/10

Jonathan Cowperthwait points us to a Sierra Mist commercial set in an airport security line. Our wild guesstimate is that it won't be seen on TV anymore, strange prescience aside. More »

7:03 PM on Fri Aug 11 2006
By Ben Popken
564 views, 15 comments