DarrenG wrote:Gatwick. We're in Hampshire so Stansted is the wrong side for us. Flew from there in Feb to attend a conference in Barcelona and, thanks to an over zealous security eejut, I've sworn I'll never fly from Stansted ever again.
They deemed my clear bag a few cm's too big (a bag that was given to me the last time I flew via Heathrow), and gave me the option of confiscating all my toiletries or escorting me landside where I could buy the correct bag and then join the end of a very long queue to re-enter security.
I didn't have time to do that and so had no choice but to forfeit all my toiletries. Sounds minor but with aftershave, the Gillette power razor etc there was £30's worth.
Crap like that has bugger all to do with security and everything to do with being a jumped up jobsworth. I know Stansted is BAA but even so, I shan't be flying from there again…..ever
Darren Prestwick done the same with us.... Bag was slightly to big and hubby had to dump Gillette fusion razors that I had only just bought for him... cost ME £13 just for the razors.
To be fair though we have had some of the best service ever when using prestwick airport in the past.The jobsworths do tend to spoil things.
. they told us the razors had to go in the bin , Ive no idea as to there thinking on this as it was new to us regarding the rules. We did not have time to question this as we were running late. It did seem odd at the time .
