I bought a new watch for my friend and made a surprise gift pack as well. The watch is an expensive one. I am flying from Kolkata to Chennai and my friend will take it from Chennai and will fly to Bangalore next.
Can I take this watch and surprise gift box in my carry-on luggage?
Is extra tax or custom search needed?
As this is an internal flight within a single country (India), there's no customs. I did a domestic flight this year and can confirm this.
There is security checking, and obviously there's the usual rules around batteries and the like, but a watch should not be a problem at all to take in carry-on.
For domestic flights there is no custom but better carry a purchase bill for that. CISF Guard checks hand luggage where baggage gets checked by the Airline Carrier itself - i.e. putting something in big baggage is less problematic.
