Duty Free Prices

hearts

dickydonkin wrote: »

Re Alpha Duty Free Website (NCL).

If you want to buy duty free goods but do not want to take them on the plane Alpha Airport Shopping offers Collect on Return and Home Delivery services.

All you have to do is choose the items you want to purchase and when you pay for them ask about the Collect on Return service which will arrange for you to pick your purchases up from a specified point when you arrive back at Newcastle Airport. Or the home delivery service will bring the purchases to your door. Because of customs constraints this services is only offered to EU or domestic passengers.

Obviously the above would be no good for those travelling outside the EU and therefore would not benefit from the additional reductions on the likes of alcohol and tobacco for those passengers.

I have to state though that I rarely buy anything in UK duty free outlets as they are generally poor value (unless there is a particular offer ongoing) and the limited savings hardly justify the hassle of lugging your purchases all over the world.

Thats not Duty Free tho is it, and as you say in your last paragraph there is no point buying "normal goods" as the price is higher than you can get them outside.

dickydonkin

hearts wrote: »

Thats not Duty Free tho is it, and as you say in your last paragraph there is no point buying "normal goods" as the price is higher than you can get them outside.

I did mention in my last post that the Alpha website is misleading, as it did state 'duty free goods' could be left at the airport and collected on return.

They may be tax free however.

Don't shoot the messenger.

lowcostripoff

rosgrech wrote: »

Where can I find out airport duty free prices for cigarettes etc? I have googled and can't find a suitable site and I have searched Gatwick - to no avail. I just want to price things to see if I am really saving anything - Dalaman airport has only got a smallish duty free area so am worried I may not be able to get what I want, by which time I shall be on my way home!

Can I buy now and collect later? e.g when I arrive back.

You are not allowed to "collect and return" duty free cigarettes or liquors, regardless of where you are travelling to. The reason being that real duty free goods must be exported under customs regulations. They have to leave the country.