Can I connect through the USA with liquid duty-free purchases?

1/7/2013 2:18:27 AM

As you’re going from Terminal 5 to Terminal 1 you will need to re-clear security, and your duty free liquids will not be allowed through regardless of how they are packaged.

Normally the solution to this would be to put the duty free in your checked luggage after clearing customs, but given that you’re on a “pre-cleared” flight you are correct in that your luggage will be checked all the way through to your final destination.

The two options I can think of are :

  • Ask the airline to “short-check” your bags to Chicago. You can then collect them in Chicago, put the duty free into them, and then re-check them to PDX. Many airlines will not “short-check” bags, but in a situation like this they may.
  • Carry-on a smaller bag (in addition to anything you check) and then in Chicago put the duty free into that bag and check it ORD-PDX. You’ll need to make sure that you have sufficient padding in the bag to protect the duty free and avoid it breaking.

Depending on your status with the airline for the domestic route (United, I presume?), the biggest issue with both of these options is that you’ll likely be charged baggage fees for the ORD-PDX route.

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