maybe I am just lucky but I have not experienced any of these problems as of yet - apart from not being allowed to take on board a flight to HKT two bottles of Captain morgans bought in Amman - where there was an obvious scam as the attendants offered to buy it for a lot less than it was worth - needless to say I poured it away rather than acceed to the scam - it was legal - it was in duty free bag etc etc - BUT not allowed on domestic flight after going thru' customs and entering Thailand thru' BKK if I had put in hold luggage in BKK or been transit and entered Thailand in Phuket I would have been ok