The Thrifty Traveler Podcast · Thursday, September 10, 2026
During the discussion, one of the podcast hosts admitted to a personal travel 'hack' that involves taking a to-go cocktail from a lounge and bringing it onto the plane, which he acknowledged is illegal. He described the process of discreetly transferring a drink into a coffee cup to consume during the flight in economy.
“I have one and I have talked about this before but not at length so it's not And that's and that's not a satisfying answer to this question either Great And uh I don't talk about it a ton because it is illegal but the BYOB boarding drink the the the to go cocktail from the lounge where you take your last drink you take your last champagne and you put it in your coffee cup and then you can just bring it through the terminal and onto the plane That's how you get a boarding drink in economy”
“It is not allowed you are not allowed to drink alcohol you've brought on board but it's nice to have a little boarding drink you know”