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

[vash]

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?

[JavaBrewer]

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.

[RPKESQ]

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

[vash]

Originally Posted by JavaBrewer

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.

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.

[daepp]

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.

[carambola]

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

[legion]

Body cavity.

[fingpilot]

Originally Posted by carambola

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

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.

[VincentVega]

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?

[legion]

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

Aluminum Travel Wine Safe | Home Living | SkyMall

[silver356]

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.

[cstreit]

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.

[The Gaijin]

Denver has good wine stores.

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

Enjoy your bird.

[red-beard]

Buy in Denver or ship Fedex

[Racerbvd]

I use Great Stuff spray foam to ship breakables.

[CROWSC]

Take a cork screw

[mossguy]

Originally Posted by cstreit

Remember that you will have to check it, so it will be [I]subject to the manipulations of the baggage staff[/I]. 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.

This alone would force my decision to Fedex it!

Best,
Tom

[Shadetree930]

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

[motion]

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

[Looking_for_911]

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.