any good tips for taking a good amount of wine on an airplane?
 

flying southwest airlines to denver. thanksgiving.

to my sister's. putting up with her bullkrap will require wine; lots of wine. say 6 bottles. gotta be something better than wrapping it up with my underwear, and using hardsided luggage. any BTDT's?

Why not buy the wine in Denver? Not sure if you can check it as baggage but definitely won't be able to carry on.

1) Ship it FedEx.

2) Pack it is heavy bubblewrap and check it in.

3) Drink it first just before the flight, then the Thanksgiving is more fun for all

i have some great friends in the business. they pass on some ridiculous savings on to me. i have built up quite the stash. would love to travel with some of it. hard to go back to paying full retail.

I use those new neoprene sleeves. You can get them at places like BevMo or nice winse shops and they do a great job of protecting the bottles.

how cold does it get in the luggage hold of an airplane?
will that affect the wine?

Body cavity.

Most holds do not get that cold. It's a 2 hour flight from Baghdad By The Bay to Denver. I second the neo sleeves.

Have fun, I think our sisters are related.

Fedex or take your chances in your luggage. If you have to pay to check bags Fedex will be cheaper. How much are you saving on the vino?

Seriously, I noticed these products the last time I flew:

Aluminum Travel Wine Safe | Home Living | SkyMall

I dont know about the neoprene, but BevMo has styrofoam shipping containers with the outer box for 2, 4, 6 bottles of wine. Just buy one of those, and check it. I take wine on my trips all the time, and thats what I do. Southwest doesnt charge for checking luggage if I'm not mistaken, so it will be way cheaper that Fedex.

Remember that you will have to check it, so it will be subject to the manipulations of the baggage staff. I'd make sure the case is bomb-proof. Additionally you may find yourself slapped with an extra luggage fee that negates your savings to some extent.

Denver has good wine stores.

Keep her to three bottles. One at the gate, two in her carry on.

Enjoy your bird.

Buy in Denver or ship Fedex

I use Great Stuff spray foam to ship breakables.

Take a cork screw

This alone would force my decision to Fedex it!

Best,
Tom

One bottle of good Scotch ... will do all the damage you would get from many bottles of wine.

Don't take good wine for family. Save it for important stuff :D

On my first trip to Key West back in the early 80's I was quite pleased to run across a liquor store that sold Boodles Gin, the same brand that John D. MacDonald's "Travis McGee" character drank - after his Plymouth Gin days.
I had always wanted to try it but being in liqour controlled Alabama our "State Stores" didn't have it on the shelf.
I had bought a fifth from the purveyor of fine spirits in KW and proceeded to drink it all in a couple days as my mind wandered and pen danced across paper writing tales that'd never sell.
When my time was up I knew I had to bring home some Boodles, but how. Delta had runied a bag or two for me in the past, so what to do.
Well, I bought a University of Miami gym bag, one with a small lock, and took all of the sweat shirts and sweat pants - it was a Winter trip, mind you - and wrapped up three fifth bottles in layer after layer of soft cotton clothes for the flight home.
Somehow, some way, they made the flight just fine! Maybe I was just lucky.