Have you flown Virgin Pacific Blue out of Perth?

Can anyone who has flown Virigin Pacific Blue out of Perth Airport put my mind at rest about buying duty free alcohol?

We plan on buying it at Perth Airport and taking it on as carry-on luggage, as we have done in the past when flying Garuda.

If this could be a problem we will buy beforehand and put it in our luggage.

Thanks in advance for any replies.

Robyn

Have you flown Virgin Pacific Blue out of Perth?

Wouldn%26#39;t you just buy it at the airport like you usually do and pick it up after going through customs? Why would it be different with Virgin?

Curious as we are travelling with them in August.

Andrea

Have you flown Virgin Pacific Blue out of Perth?

There is no difference between airlines...just buy it duty free in the departure lounge....i took wine and put it in my suitcase, but I have noticed that the range of wine duty free is much better now, although prices are more expensive than in bottle shops.

Well I would think it would be just the same whichever airline, but just wanting to dot all the i%26#39;s and cross the t%26#39;s. I thought I read somewhere that some airlines don%26#39;t let you carry it on if it%26#39;s over the security limit of 100mls, but I may not have read that correctly.

The Virgin Pacific Blue website is pretty vague about this; it does mention the 100ml per item liquid/gel limit but nothing about duty free. I%26#39;d say it%26#39;s a pretty fair assumption that you can buy your duty free in Perth, and they%26#39;ll seal it in a clear bag with the receipt showing.

For once I agree with you Noodles (hehehe), they don%26#39;t really make it very clear. That%26#39;s why I was hoping somebody could verify it for me. I just don%26#39;t want to get caught short as it were:)

Robyn

We are flying with Pacific Blue next week, was hoping to do the same buy at airport carry on, would be interested to hear from anyone also.

When are you flying Robyn I may be able to let you know how we get on.

Jan

We flew with Virgin in February..

We purchased online through f1rstduty.com.au and we collected it in the deaprture lounge at the f1rst duty shop there.You can buy it there as well,whatever is easier for you.

We were a bit concerned about having it in our suitcases as i have seen how some of the luggage is thrown lol.

Hi,

We flew Virgin Blue ex Bris in late Jan 2009 and purchased duty free after passing through Immigration/Customs.

No problems on the flight just made sure we brought the allowed 1lt each not the 1250ml bottles generall available duty free on arrival in OZ.

Have a good trip.

We flew Pacific Blue out of Perth about three weeks ago.

Unfortunately we didn%26#39;t buy any duty free so I can%26#39;t comment on that.

I can say that the process was basically fine. The Foxtel service cut out about 2/3 of the way into the flight but I think they did warn this would happen.

The plane boarded a bit late and as a result we watched the bags get unloaded and loaded at Perth Airport. I agree with an earlier poster - they aren%26#39;t exactly gentle with the bags (we actually saw one tossed onto the trailer then roll off onto the ground...). Of course, safer if you carry it on.

My only real gripe about PB is that they didn%26#39;t hand out immigration arrival cards for Indonesia onboard to fill in. We had to get them on arrival then fill them in on the floor of the airport.

Thanks for your comments guys, and sorry I%26#39;ve been off the radar for a couple of weeks. It%26#39;s very helpful to know that we can definitely carry on duty free.

Jan, we are travelling on Wednesday 15th April and returning Sunday 26th April.

My only gripe with Virgin Pacific Blue so far is that they have moved our departure time from Perth forward an hour, making the late arrival even later (for someone who is often in their PJs at 9.30pm LOL) so we will arrive at 11.15pm.

But not so bad when I read another poster saying their departure from Bali had been changed from something like3pm to 1am!

If they are going to be mucking people around like that they will lose business quickly, especially when there are 4 airlines to choose from in Perth.

Cheers

Robyn