Everything to remember if you’re flying this Christmas
The IndependentSign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Millions of passengers will travel through UK airports over the Christmas and New Year spell: being reunited with loved ones or making great escapes to warmer or snowier destinations. Changing money at your departure airport will deliver a dreadful rate of exchange, while using your normal bank card abroad could trigger significant charges. Fellow passengers: May be infrequent travellers and understandably unfamiliar with the rituals and rules on sharp objects and liquids Are carrying fragile and/or non-compliant gifts, eg bottles or snow globes as gifts, slowing things down further Tend to have coats, hats and scarves because it’s cold outside, adding to the quantity to be scanned While the hope was that all UK airports would have new scanners that allow liquids to be taken through security in larger quantities by the end of 2024, in fact the rules everywhere have reverted to the 100ml limit for containers of liquids, aerosols and gels.
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