dumb question

[lsanderson]

Can I buy duty free in Montreal and get it to msp? Help me o travelers

Comments

[dd-b.livejournal.com]

Generally speaking, yes.

The duty-free limits depend partly on how long you've been out of the country. But even for shorter trips (like a weekend in Winnipeg) I've bought at the duty-free shop. You do have to know prices, they aren't 100.00% reliably cheap.

At airports I don't know how they handle the new security rules on liquids, but I'm completely confident they do somehow; I'm sure the people in the duty-free shop would know, since their jobs depend on it. Or is there some other reason getting it to MSP would be an issue that I'm overlooking?

[carbonel]

Yes. I did so on Monday. But I wouldn't buy anything at the duty-free shop at the Montreal airport based on price, unless you know the usual price -- their prices seemed high to me.

On the other hand, I bought a bottle of Sortilege (maple liqueur with whisky) because you can't get it locally.

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

You have to check liquids.

K.

[birdfigment.livejournal.com]

Actually, we didn't - we bought booze in the Montreal airport and brought it on the plane with us to Chicago, and from there onto the plane to Minneapolis. No problems at all.

I think the limit is a liter.

[birdfigment.livejournal.com]

Sortilege is delicious!

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Beth is right. You only have to check liquids if you clear customs in the U.S. and then go on to another domestic flight.

B

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Right. You didn't have to clear security in Chicago, because you went through U.S. customs in Montreal.

B

[rvrjoe775.livejournal.com]

We wanted to pick up a bottle but failed to make it back to a liquor store after discovering how wonderful it is.

I got mine

[lsanderson.livejournal.com]

At the airport...