Sparkling Wine / Champagne In The Hold

Simpic · 22 Mar 2011 at 09:28

Hi,

Has anyone ever transported the fizzy stuff in their hold luggage before? I understand it would have to be suitably protected against knocks etc but what about the pressure and the bubbles?

Regards,

Simpic

Rotty · 22 Mar 2011 at 09:30

loads of times, never had a problem

Cosimo · 22 Mar 2011 at 09:45

A couple of times and it was ok.

Simpic · 22 Mar 2011 at 09:57

Great, thanks.

Bill101 · 22 Mar 2011 at 10:00

The bottles are designed to take the pressure without any problem.

Tunney · 22 Mar 2011 at 10:30

Whenever I've spoken to airlines about it, they've always been cool with it.

Amp34 · 22 Mar 2011 at 11:00

The hold is pressurised to the same pressure as the main cabin so no issues there if you can transport them in there. I think the idea that the hold isn't pressurised must come from really old people that travelled in the 40s and 50s.

Seft · 22 Mar 2011 at 22:02

Rotty said:
loads of times, never had a problem

Simpic · 23 Mar 2011 at 10:02

If they do pop I'll blame it all on you guys....

hehehe thanks for the advice, cool trip to Nandez coming up :-)