Does airport security confiscate duty-free alcohol or lighters at Hurghada Airport departure?
Based on 3 discussions with 3 participants · Last activity: 28 days ago
TL;DR
Security checks at Hurghada Airport are inconsistent — sometimes everything is allowed through, other times they confiscate all alcohol and even lighters or matches. Splitting bottles between different bags improves the odds of keeping them.
What the community said
Security screening at Hurghada Airport is hit-or-miss: sometimes everything passes through fine, other times they take everything down to matches. Some travelers carry matches as backup in case all lighters get confiscated.
32 days ago Hurghada Airport departure security
To reduce the risk of duty-free alcohol being confiscated, travelers suggest splitting bottles across several different bags — with the often lax screening, only part of it usually gets taken.
33 days ago Split between multiple bags
One view is it's safer not to risk carrying extra alcohol through security at all — better to finish it or leave it at duty-free before departure to avoid giving security a reason to confiscate it.
34 days ago