packing bottles of wine in your (checked) luggage

[Kneel B4 Zod]

this weekend I was traveling, and bought 3 bottles of wine to bring home. I completely forgot that I wouldn't be able to bring the bottles in my carry-on. faced with the choice of leaving behind the ~ $100 worth of wine, or trying to to pack it up safely in the bag I was planning on checking, I chose the latter. I wrapped up each bottle in all my clothes (jeans, shirts, etc) and stole a couple of small towels from the hotel and used those as well. I put my shoes and other excess stuff around the edges of my bag. Everything fit very snugly in my bag.

there was 1 bottle of red, 1 bottle of white, and 1 bottle of olive oil (I lied above). the clothes I had in the bag were a few nice shirts (total value around $200), 2 nice pairs of jeans (value $150), and other more replaceable stuff like shorts, boxers, etc.

was this a dumb move?

[daryn]

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[bwana devil]

you cant bring this as carry on? i guess if this is the case, this is from the recent changes. i have brought many bottles as carry on in the past. most recently last may.

[Kneel B4 Zod]

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you cant bring this as carry on? i guess if this is the case, this is from the recent changes. i have brought many bottles as carry on in the past. most recently last may.

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you can't go through security with any (substantial) liquids

[Kneel B4 Zod]

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no.. ?

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you wouldn't be worried about the bottles breaking?

[solids]

As long as you packed them near the middle of your suitcase, you really have nothing to worry about.

[NU Star]

Wine bottles are pretty strong.

[daryn]

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you wouldn't be worried about the bottles breaking?

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i dunno man, it's probably pretty hard to break a bottle of wine, honestly. you packed it up good too right? didn't just throw them in there but wrapped them in your jeans or something? i don't see how they could break honestly.

[JordanIB]

standard

[slickpoppa]

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you wouldn't be worried about the bottles breaking?

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