Flights n Ciggies

emmalou_2

Doin a ciggie run in Mid-April wondered if anyone had any advice on the best place to go with the cheapest airfair...
Only want to stay overnight an come back.
I believe mainland spain is the best place?

Thanks in advance!

thegoon

i would say that your probably better trying the canaries, i just got back from tenerife and its £13.80 for 200 regal cigarettes. And you can fly there with Thomson fly quite cheaply

Kitikat

thegoon wrote:

i would say that your probably better trying the canaries, i just got back from tenerife and its £13.80 for 200 regal cigarettes. And you can fly there with Thomson fly quite cheaply

I think that you are restricted in what you bring back from the Canaries.

amazon_spice

Could give up. save on flights and fags. *smug mode* LOL

emmalou_2

lol - what if i told i didnt smoke and that i was just making money? :P

it has to be between the 16th-22nd april... we were lookin for palma but really we just wasnt cheap!

people have suggested latvia, i dont know im stuck! never done this before!

moonrakerz

The Customs rules are turning into a bit of a shambles now.

In the 'old days' - 200 fags and a bottle of booze. Along comes the EU - unlimited (unless you've got a Transit van full).

Now:- EU is unlimited, but Canaries and Channel Islands are not part of EU.
Cyprus is in the EU, but goods from parts of it are treated as non-EU.
Many of the 'new' EU states from Eastern Europe still have the 'old' limits applying to them.

So much for free movement of goods within the EU !

Would suggest you look carefully at the HMRC website for the country you are thinking of visiting.

betterbargains4u

We went to Bulgaria a couple of years ago (when I was still smoking) and couldn't believe how cheap everything was. Cigs were 30p a pack!! Not English brands, mind you, but at that price if you didn't like the ones you'd just bought...it didn't matter.
Probably not as cheap now they have joined the EU.

Voyager2002

emmalou wrote:

lol - what if i told i didnt smoke and that i was just making money? :P

it has to be between the 10-15th april... we were lookin for palma but really we just wasnt cheap!

people have suggested latvia, i dont know im stuck! never done this before!

Unless they are for your own personal consumption, you MUST pay duty. Bringing them in and selling them is a criminal offence.

And you can't bring them in from Latvia (nor Poland) either: these countries are excluded because their tobacco duties are too low.

Stompa

Voyager2002 wrote:

Unless they are for your own personal consumption, you MUST pay duty. Bringing them in and selling them is a criminal offence.

So if I were to bring some in for my partner, that would not be allowed?

coral

We usually go to Girona on Ryanair - the flight times allow a day return from Stansted for 25-30 quid and cigs are cheap - can't remember exact prices though - sorry!

jaytar

Hi

Does it have to be April? If you look at the Flightchecker you can get to Reus (Salou) in March for about £15 return flying out on a Friday and returning Saturday. April flights are a lot more expensive.

The limit on cigarettes from the Canaries is 200 as I found out when stopped at Customs in September !! The limit from mainland Spain is 3,200 per person.