Look at your first post and this one, Martin. How is anyone going to be able to tell you what else happened. How is he going to get back to the forum when there others like you?
Isn't it great to be able to copy and paste a single sentence whilst, deliberately, omitting the remainder of the post that sentence appeared in thus giving others the impression that I had told an individual to do something when I had not said any such thing?
What you have posted is not important. You have posted such things, but I will not look for them. What is important is your attitude against people who are or you think are weaker than you.
I had an experience of changing flights is Russia. My original flight was missed and had to book a flight the next day pronto. My original plans were to fly directly to and from Ukraine to USA. My back up flight had me stopping in Moscow to change planes. This I was not prepared for. However, I was escorted throught the airport by the Delta agent. Went through a small maze of doors etc. He took my passport and documents and told me to 'wait here'. Imagine ten minutes of wondering what the hell I was doing standing in a corridor with no passport or paperwork. Several people asked me who I was waiting for or was I lost. This was a passageway it seemed that airport employees used for access into the secure area. Everyone who spoke to me was courteous and helpfull as they could be. In fifteen minutes a different guy showed up and handed me a new boarding pass and everything was cool. I was directed to the new terminal and made the flight with no hassles. Except I had to go through security screening again. There was a small bottle of Baileys in my bag. The "WOMAN" took it out of the bag and said, Drink! I told her it was present for her and went on my way. Perhaps I was lucky.
If you get stuck or are unsure of the surroundings in the airport -- go to an agent immediately.
after reading all of this I can't help but join in the fun...
I want to be scammed. I ask for it every day - almost. When I first started with this idea I came into contact with rwglobe and affiliates. I was immediately inundated with requests from gorgeous young ladies from all over Russia. Naturally I dismissed any correspondance from that agency within 24 hours. And that was before I knew what "scammers" were. I had never heard the word before. Yet I knew they were scammers. A few ladies finally requested money from me from another site. God bless their little hearts when they never heard from me again.
My gf in Russia ... she spent her own hard earned rubbles to visit with me, she purchased tickets for Festival East in Kiev with her hard earned rubbles, and on my first visit told me that buying her a pendant for her chain was a waste of money, "...do not waste money on such silly things..."
She is struggling. I offered to set up an account to help pay for expenses related to our communication et al. She refused stating she did not wish to be accountable for every dime she spent.
Perhaps she is the greatest scammer of all time. Even when I offer she refuses help.
I am thankful that I learned much from this forum before my first trip. Yes there is and will continue to be little battles between some. But for the most part it contains good information for those new to this. And to be scammed by someone... If you got scammed once, chalk it up as experience had. If you got scammed twice, find a plain old fat girl in your home town. Even if you got scammed the first time, you should reconsider your motives. The signs are too easy to ignore.
At BKP they scrutinized the baileys at length, it was half litre. Then they just let me take in on board. I had it for a week but never opened it. In Moscow it was over the fluid limit for closed containers. Much like in the USA, you can't even carry on toothpaste over four ounces. Imagine the knuckleheads here trying to figure out the metric system. Even if the tube is almost empty, if the label states 7 oz. you lose it. I don't know how it is travelling from other regions but the US is pretty f-d up when it comes to homeland security. In the same way they want to ban hand guns. Then will only criminals have guns.
Well I travelled out of SPb (LED) earlier this year with a half litre can of beer in my laptop case and nobody batted an eyelid.
In the EU we have the rule regarding liquids, not even a normal size aerosol of deodorant never mind toothpaste, I've never seen an aerosol of deodorant on sale in the shops for the size allowed in cabin baggage.
But I know/knew of no such rule in RU and I carried half a litre of beer in to the aircraft cabin!
If it wasn't allowed of me then doesn't that inspire confidence in Russian airport security? :)
SM- didn't know the rules in RU and didn't care, my desire was to avoid any confrontation since I did not have visa or papers to be there. It's amazing you cannot purchase legal sized containers but for a few places. But once you pass the security check you can load up on anything. I remember carrying cases of beer as carry on - my friend in Michigan was particular to a brew found locally. And every year I'd take a case or two for the hunting trip. I one time loaded my bow case with beer. Handlers were not happy.
But now, it is not worth the effort to even carry on incindentals and such. I imagine they in Russia lean toward the rules of US regarding carry on. But I do not know. Makes sense that they would.
I love this country (US), and I hate it at the same time.
Rain over - back to work for me.
One airline I worked for, and this was back in the 80's, if it was a quiet day, of a weekend, one of us would book ourselves (free) to Amsterdam and back (45 minutes each way) and upon arrival in AMS nip off to KLM's crew centre to pay for 6 x 24 crates of Grolsch which would duly be delivered and loaded on to the aircraft.
I still remember one Sunday, as I was arriving back from AMS, as I was making my way through the terminal, in uniform, with my 6 crates of Grolsch, and heading back to the office these guys:
www.raf.mod.uk/reds
asked me how they could get out on to the tarmac to their little red aeroplanes, I said "follow me guys" to which, as quick as anything, "phucking right we're following you, you've got the beer" :)