Easyjet on board duty free cigarettes

ldown65

I am travelling from Gibraltar to Manchester and have heard you can buy 600 cigarettes on board the flight. Is this true as I understood that I was only allowed a 200 limit?

la531983

Well yes but you could buy 600 and then split it between three of you....

Suspect airlines are more than happy to sell you but its your responsibility to know what you are actually allowed to bring in.

Wonka_2

ldown65 said:

I am travelling from Gibraltar to Manchester and have heard you can buy 600 cigarettes on board the flight. Is this true as I understood that I was only allowed a 200 limit?

As above there’s a difference between what you can buy and what you can import. 

On top of that bear in mind there’s a very limited stock held on board so no guarantee you can buy what you want 

NoodleDoodleMan

The Duty Free stores at UK airports are likely to have good offers if you pre-order for Reserve & Collect.

https://worlddutyfree.com/en/133/how-does-it-work

Assuming they do tobacco deals - I have no idea.

Mr.Generous

You can bring as many as you want in, just declare them

However ...

Got stopped a few years ago with 400 over, I used to flog em' at work to pay for airport parking or taxi's - yeah I know, terrible.

Anyway the customs guy was so dissapointed we didn't have cases full he just told us to stick to the limit next time and rushed off to stop someone else leaving us to re-pack everything in the customs hall on the benches. We got to keep (and flog) the extra, but I have to say I was a bag of nerves !!

Westin

They carry - 

Marlboro Gold (200/400/600)
Sterling Duel (200/400)
Lambert & Butler (200/400/600)
Benson & Hedges (200/400/600)

Golden Virginia (250g/500g)
Amber Leaf (250g/500g)

LightFlare

IvanOpinion said:

You also take your chances with customs, although the last time I was actually stopped and had my baggage checked was about 20 years ago. Everyone seems to just go down the nothing to declare exit.

Unless the airline contacts customs to say “Passenger in seat H25 bought 600 fags, you might want to stop him”

Not suggesting that will happen, but I guess it could

Mr.Generous

LightFlare said:

IvanOpinion said:

You also take your chances with customs, although the last time I was actually stopped and had my baggage checked was about 20 years ago. Everyone seems to just go down the nothing to declare exit.

Unless the airline contacts customs to say “Passenger in seat H25 bought 600 fags, you might want to stop him”

Not suggesting that will happen, but I guess it could

The cabin crew get commission on sales. Chances of this are very low.

Wonka_2

Mr.Generous said:

LightFlare said:

IvanOpinion said:

You also take your chances with customs, although the last time I was actually stopped and had my baggage checked was about 20 years ago. Everyone seems to just go down the nothing to declare exit.

Unless the airline contacts customs to say “Passenger in seat H25 bought 600 fags, you might want to stop him”

Not suggesting that will happen, but I guess it could

The cabin crew get commission on sales. Chances of this are very low.

Once they’ve sold them they’re not going to
get commission removed if they get confiscated by customs 

Mr.Generous

Wonka_2 said:

Mr.Generous said:

LightFlare said:

IvanOpinion said:

You also take your chances with customs, although the last time I was actually stopped and had my baggage checked was about 20 years ago. Everyone seems to just go down the nothing to declare exit.

Unless the airline contacts customs to say “Passenger in seat H25 bought 600 fags, you might want to stop him”

Not suggesting that will happen, but I guess it could

The cabin crew get commission on sales. Chances of this are very low.

Once they’ve sold them they’re not going to
get commission removed if they get confiscated by customs 

And that would encourage future sales how exactly?

jimi_man

IvanOpinion said:

You also take your chances with customs, although the last time I was actually stopped and had my baggage checked was about 20 years ago. Everyone seems to just go down the nothing to declare exit.

That’s pretty much encouraging smuggling. It’s rather like saying that there aren’t many staff at duty free so you could probably get away with stealing the cigarettes! 

Just because you can do something illegal, doesn’t mean you should.