HongKong airport-last minute questions

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carey

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We are travelling with our 10 month old to Singapore tomorrow. I have some last minute questions for parents who recently flew with their babies.

1. Can you buy baby food at the airport? ( before and after security check). I just realize that I might not have enough baby jar food for the trip and we have been advised to take all babies needs becuase we probably won't be able to get it at our desitnation. (We are staying at Sentosa island for two nights, should be able to get it in the city later).

2. Are baby food allowed to take past the security check point?

3. Hot water for formula. I've been told that you have to empty your themo before security. Can I get it at the terminal, like asking it from a coffee shop?

Thank you.
 
Hi

We travelled to NZ in Feb and were able to take water in baby bottles and jars of food in our carry on bags with no questions through security. I also took bottles with frozen breastmilk in them. I assume that nothing has changed since.

Good luck

SB2
 
You can't buy baby food after security but you can take some with you, no problem. We've been through the check a few times with some milk, jars.... we just told the security guard what to expect in the bag before to scan it. For the water, you can ask hot water in a coffee shop or in the plane.
Have a nice trip !
 
1. I`ve never seen baby food at the airport, before or after security. You might want to run to your local supermarket to stock up a bit.

2.and 3. I don`t know if officially allowed or not but I have taken baby food, water bottle, thermos full of water, all baby things on several occasions and have not had any problem whatsoever. I think they make special concessions for people with babies.
 
You are allowed to bring baby food through security that is required for your trip. We had 3 bottles of breastmilk and there was no problem as long as you show security. We just had them in a clear ziploc bag. Not sure about the hotwater, but you can probably get some after security or maybe even on the plane.
 
remember, your baby is now 10 months old and should be able to eat at least some of the food available at the hotel restaurants, so you may not need too much in the way of food.

rice
congee
bread
spaghetti
dry cereal

etc should all be available at the hotel restaurants.

as for security stuff, i was told that if it was for babies, it was ok.


just ask for hot water from the flight crew. they always have hot water on hand.
 
I've never seen babyfood either, but like the above said, bringing what you need on the flight in your carry on is not a problem. We always just brought on board pre-filled water in our son's bottles in ziploc bags and they sometimes stopped us to taste it and other times, they just let us through. It depends who you get.

Singapore has everything you could need - baby food jars etc...would not worry once you land.
 
Don't think you can get baby food at the airport.

In Jan I went to Sydney and last November I went to Tokyo - both times I brought hot water in a hot water bottle onto the plane for milk without problems. Both times I was on Cathay, but when I flew to Sydney, there was a second security check at the gate and the security guard who checked our bags said that we were only allowed to bring milk on board so he made me put some formula into my hot water bottle to make it "milk". As for jarred food - I have brought jarred food onto the plane before no problem. Just let them know what you have at the security check and they may make you take it out and put in a tray to go through the scanning machine.
 
Thanks a million ladies.

I've got some cereal with me that should fill in the meals in between.

I will fill my thermo before we go then.

Should I take the whole can of unopened milk powder through security or I can take put have Formula in formula powder container?
 
I think you'd be better off putting the water into the baby's bottles rather than a thermos as then it is more easily identifiable as "baby needs". Just my two cents worth as I've never taken a thermos through and could understand if security said that this fell under the no liquids rules (because not clearly for the baby). From their perspective it could be seen as no different to taking a bottle of Evian water through security and you are not allowed to do that.

I always take the formula in one serve formula containers on the plane. As you are only going to Singapore (short flight) you can then pack the rest of the can or a new one in your check in baggage.
 
agree with Starbucks. We never used a thermos for water - only in bottles so security always knew it was for my baby. My baby also always drinks room temperature water. I always used the pre-measured formula containers on board. When I flew from HK to NYC, I would take one large bottle of water of the Alp Water for baby that said on the plastic "baby water" so security would have to questions about it even though my baby could drink any bottled water.
 
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