Boarding Passes & Duty Free - I thought we didn't need to show them?

[Thunder Bolt]

You were not buying duty free goods.......why did you have to show your boarding pass?

Exactly.

 

[pastafarian]

Exactly.

did you buy it in worlddutyfree?

i think they have a separate arrangement where they have to check everyone.......boots whsmith different kettle of fish

 

[portlock seagull]

May I ask why your wife was"reluctant" to carry out this very simple and I'm certain non stressy evolution?

First they came for...

 

[Thunder Bolt]

did you buy it in worlddutyfree?

i think they have a separate arrangement where they have to check everyone.......boots whsmith different kettle of fish

No, Hour Passion.

 

[beorhthelm]

First they came for...

your boarding pass. then they came for you debit card. then they asked for your pin.

then they gave you a receipt, smiled and said have a nice day.

 

[ofco8]

I'm guessing that it'd still have been £5 cheaper if you'd been flying to Manchester - it was just a special airport price, probably because they sell such high volumes.

The boarding pass was possibly entered into the till to check that you weren't entitled to have the VAT deducted as well, in which case it'd have been 16.7% cheaper.

Edit: so from the above it sounds like some shops keep the VAT for themselves, which is a bit cheeky but probably why they are able to offer discounted prices to all passengers regardless of destination.

But are they cheaper than the High Street. Many a time my wife has informed the perfume stalls that the prices are cheaper in Debenhams/Boots etc. They just shrug their shoulders and look for the next fool. I personally never buy in duty free, they rely on you being in a good mood because you are going on hols.

 

[nwgull]

But are they cheaper than the High Street. Many a time my wife has informed the perfume stalls that the prices are cheaper in Debenhams/Boots etc. They just shrug their shoulders and look for the next fool. I personally never buy in duty free, they rely on you being in a good mood because you are going on hols.

Depends on what you buy. Fags and spirits most definitely are cheaper, fags especially. Perfume probably isn't much of a discount, if any. Although, it's pointless telling the sales rep that; they don't set the prices.

As for tax free, significant savings can be made on expensive items, such as watches or designer handbags if you're travelling out of the EU. Otherwise it seems that the prices are the same for all passengers, and I'd suspect discounts are funded by some passengers not having to pay VAT - hence the reason that they ask for your boarding card for all purchases.

 

[Safeway]

First they came for...

You're on holiday. Stop wasting your free wifi moaning on NSC and head to Wetherspoons for a pint.

 

[Marty___Mcfly]

Try this. 60% of the time, it works every time.

http://https://youtu.be/IKiSPUc2Jck

 

[Napper]

Have refused a few times recently and only once did a snotty assistant dig in about it. Stuck to guns and she backed down. All from Gatwick.

 

[brakespear]

Try this. 60% of the time, it works every time.

http://youtu.be/IKiSPUc2Jck

fyl

 

[portlock seagull]

The question was about her reluctance. I am guessing she was reluctant due to the much publicised issue. She may have been wrong in this case, but this I'm sure was the reason for her reluctance.

Correct as always HT. Not sure what's so hard for some people to understand. No issue showing a pass but I thought we'd all been duped for years and big corporations were pocketing I'll gotten gains under a pretence. Or was the media storm utterly wrong? Anyway the explanation wasn't more than that. Which sounded highly suspect. Almost as if...hmmmmm.

Hence the question. If it helps anyone determine whether this was correct it was world duty free and we were flying within the EU.

 

[portlock seagull]

i understand this fully

my point was if you are buying duty free perfume you cant really complain about showing you are entitled to it,the rest of the shopping tell them to stick it somewhere unpleasant

In English. Or French. I speak a bit of French. Ow and Thai.

 

[Chicken Run]

oh the horror! or one could just not shop in the airport, or at those chains at all, if it means so much.

This.

 

[Chicken Run]

your boarding pass. then they came for you debit card. then they asked for your pin.

then they gave you a receipt, smiled and said have a nice day.

I blame Thatcher …