Interesting take on Duty Free

[leadman]

Not a big buyer of duty free on the aircraft but interesting read, amazing amount of money going through it;

Why do airlines still offer inflight duty-free on board?

Mind you, it has got me out of a few lapses e.g. anniversaries, birthdays, et al. Would love to see the KE A380 flying shop.

 

[serfty]

For many (infrequent) travellers it's like a rite of passage.

Sometimes I glance at what's available bur rarely ... generally when on a carrier I travel not that often with ...

 

[snabbu]

I was under the impression it's quite lucrative for the FA's as the commissions can be quite high.

 

[TonyHancock]

My in flight duty free expenditure seems to be directly linked to my alcohol consumption.

Now where is that night vision gadget..........?

 

[drron]

Well I got a 40E voucher from Finnair for inoperative IFE last week so mrsdrron got a couple of duty free items.
Has happened on a couple of other flights in the past.

 

[Denali]

My in flight duty free expenditure seems to be directly linked to my alcohol consumption.

Now where is that night vision gadget..........?

Mine seems to be linked to how bored I am, like watching very late night tv infomercials.

 

[wandering_fred]

My on board duty free purchases are roughly in proportion to the amount of service recovery vouchers the FAs manage to hand out.

After one trip from the states to HKG, Mrs WF lucked out with the perfume sampler. And I had my MP3 player to make up for the lost IFE.


Happy wandering

Fred

 

[Bolthead]

Last year Mrs. Bolt and I received $300SGD inflight vouchers on SQ due to or Y+ seats not being available on a flight from PVG-SIN. Came in very handy...

 

[Limewood]

I have a draw full of duty free watches Mrs Lime purchased over the years while in flight, she's stopped now than heavens

 

[scottz95]

I'm hoping I'm not the only one but does anyone else buy the model planes from inflight duty free? I know their a rip off but their cool trinkets to have around my home office I think.

 

[leadman]

I'm hoping I'm not the only one but does anyone else buy the model planes from inflight duty free? I know their a rip off but their cool trinkets to have around my home office I think.

No not at all, many years ago it was a hobby; still have them displayed in my second "den". Many are collectors items as the main producer Schaback went out of business a while back. they used to make them for many airlines often in multipacks of up to 6.

 

[Foreigner]

Few carriers in the images can be identified,,,QF, SQ, JL, Swiss, Continental (gone), Air Pacific (new name)