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ddrueding

10-19-2005, 08:27 PM

A friend want's me to bring some beer to China in my checked luggage. IIRC, checked luggage isn't pressurized and beers are. Am I going to have issues with exploding beverages in my bag? Does anyone forsee any issues with me carrying some (3?) beers into China?

Will Rickards

10-19-2005, 09:20 PM

I think they'll explode from the baggage handling not the pressure in the baggage compartment.

sechs

10-20-2005, 01:36 AM

The baggage compartment is pressurised. If they didn't pressurize it, the floor of the passenger deck would collapse. There have been incidences wherein a cargo door came open, depressurizing the baggage area and causing this to occur.

If you take cans, you're less likely to explode, as the dome in the bottom is meant to accept expansion force.

Tannin

10-20-2005, 06:33 AM

Check with your airline. You may have a problem with the stupid new "security" rules.

But why, given that you live in the country with the worst beer in the world, would your friend want any? Take some real beer. (Hint, look for it in Germany, Australia, Holland, Austria, Chezco, New Zealand, Slovakia ... hell, almost anywhere.)

Tea

10-20-2005, 06:34 AM

Tannin, be nice.

Buck

10-20-2005, 10:29 AM

David, as sechs pointed out, the luggage compartment is pressurized. Check with customs if you can even bring alcohol into China. Even if it is legal, I could see the product confiscated by Chinese customs because they don't like the way you look.

PS: Wine would be better. I have a weird feeling about carbonated drinks and inconsistently pressurized cabins.

Stereodude

10-20-2005, 07:46 PM

David, as sechs pointed out, the luggage compartment is pressurized. Check with customs if you can even bring alcohol into China. Even if it is legal, I could see the product confiscated by Chinese customs because they don't like the way you look.
Have you ever been to China? I have, and it isn't what you see in the movies.

ddrueding

10-21-2005, 10:20 PM

Well, I'm in Beijing now. Nice place, not as dirty as Nepal or Thailand, but less people speak english. The beers (all local microbrews) survived, and the guide we're meeting should be grateful.