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EU Duty Free lives!
Kitmaster
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Thinking of flying to the Alsace region this Summer? Would you like to buy genuinely duty free goods as if you were leaving the EU? Try this- Book a flight to EuroAirport - that's Basle Mulhouse to you and me, instead of say Strasbourg or Baden Baden. Your boarding card shows you are going to Switzerland, which is outside the EU. So stock up on all your Duty Free goodies before you fly. On arrival at EuroAirport, Passport Control is AFTER Bag reclaim (very unusual) so you can stuff the Duty Frees in your suitcase. Then you can choose to leave the airside area through one of two doors. The right hand one leads to Switzerland.... The left hand door takes you straight back in to France! So you have all the advantages of the Duty Free system without ever leaving the EU. How does it work? Because the airport is built on French territory, but classified by IATA as Swiss. Neat! Cheap flights with LX from London City start at £66 return, EasyJet from STN £49 one way.
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