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I'm sure that's true, but you can't carry those bottles on yourself, can you? Wouldn't they have to be inside checked luggage? I'd want a lot of bubble wrap around each bottle, and the weight would be a factor.Prices at duty free in Cancun are ridiculous. You're better off buying at Chedraui or La Europea, although I find that Cava del Durero frequently has better prices.
Coming back from FL in December I overheard a couple of different people being told at the gates that they could not carry their liquor on board as "it should have been placed in a sealed bag" or some such. I thought it was curious, but it sounds like what you are talking about.Such an interesting question, and I bet not many have tried it. How many adults in your party, and are to you flying just to Texas or on to Arkansas? You will be out of the US more than 48 hours, right?
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) limits the amount of unopened alcohol that can be brought onto a plane to five liters per person if the alcohol content falls between 24 and 70 percent (up to 140 proof.)
The US duty will be $2 to $3 a bottle, depending on size and proof. For a 750 ml bottle, $2.14 (at 80 proof). There will be state taxes too I think.
Before September 2001 changes, you could carry the bottles on connecting flights. That changed to allowing the bottles sold by duty free shops at the airport to be brought on yourself for the flight to the US, but then had to be packed in checked luggage to fly further. Then last Wednesday as I was leaving I saw a sign at a duty free store at the airport saying something about that being updated that you could carry it yourself on connecting flights as long as it was in the sealed package provided, or something similar to that; sorry I did not take a photo of the sign or pay a lot of attention.
Yes, it the new allowances seemed to have started at the first of Feb: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/tsa-international-duty-free-liquids/index.htmlComing back from FL in December I overheard a couple of different people being told at the gates that they could not carry their liquor on board as "it should have been placed in a sealed bag" or some such. I thought it was curious, but it sounds like what you are talking about.
Ok, so I am wrong again.Such an interesting question, and I bet not many have tried it.
Did y'all buy in town and pack in check luggage, or at the duty free shop - or another way?A friend carries six bottles of 42 now and then. I carry 3-5 bottles of tequila back a time or two a year.