AA Duty Free - Johnnie Walker Blue Label
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AA Duty Free - Johnnie Walker Blue Label
Does AA still have Johnnie Walker Blue label on their duty free list? What's their price?
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Nope.
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Not sure about AA, but the dutyfree shops in EWR/LGA/JFK tend to have it for $134 per 750ml. Still pretty steep in my book, since they also have liters of Talisker (yum!) for $40 or so.
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Talisker is a great single malt. But for an ultra-smooth blend, I've never had anything better than Blue Label. And $134 is much lower than the average of $175-$200 in most stores, if they even have it. Bars charge $20-$30 a shot for Blue Label, so snap it up @ $134.
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I make it a hobby to compare prices of JW Blue at Duty Free Stores around the world. Cheapest sighting recently (last month) is $115 at the Jakarta Airport. Any chance of this becoming a new AA destination?
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Steep? It ain't going much lower than that. I got it for $120 (which is the lowest I had ever seen at a duty free store) at the Canadian border on an "excursion" to Montreal. Most liquor stores have it over $200, so $134 is still a great deal.
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Havent seen the blue for a while on AA.
About 2 yrs ago I bought a bottle on board and was only charged for a bottle of black! Maybe that mistake was hppening too often (I only realised after the flight).
Here is a link to the current AA duty free list:
http://www.retailtravel.com/aa/index.htm
About 2 yrs ago I bought a bottle on board and was only charged for a bottle of black! Maybe that mistake was hppening too often (I only realised after the flight).
Here is a link to the current AA duty free list:
http://www.retailtravel.com/aa/index.htm
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That's about as good as it gets. If it wasn't such a pain to get to Jakarta...
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Any other instances of duty free actually having something cheaper?
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SJU has it for 120. I've seen it in St Maarten stores for less than a hundred.
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SYD and MEL have it ( last I checked ) at AUD155 ( approx USD120 ) which is a pretty decent price
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I take it above prices are for a 1 litre bottle?
It was $120 on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship for 1 litre. Buy 2 bottles and you got another 0.2L bottle free.
Great whisky!
Earlier this month on an AA transatlantic flight they were selling 5 x 0.2 bottles of whisky which included JW Blue.
It was $120 on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship for 1 litre. Buy 2 bottles and you got another 0.2L bottle free.
Great whisky!
Earlier this month on an AA transatlantic flight they were selling 5 x 0.2 bottles of whisky which included JW Blue.
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I hate to disagree with Gopherblue but I really like Blue Label. I think it's quite smooth.
That said, AA last offered Blue Label in 2004 at a price of $125 a 750 ml. bottle. There were only two carried onboard trans-Atlantic flights.
The price at the JFK duty free shop is $135 a bottle. Of that I am sure. If I recall correctly, the 1 liter bottle is $175, but don't hold me to that.
Just coincidentally, I was at Garnet Liquors, a well-known discount shop in Manhattan yesterday and I saw Blue Label at $242 a bottle. Add to that the sales tax of 8.65% ($20.93) and you get a whopping $262.93 making duty free almost 50% off. Personally, I think that's great.
I bought four bottles in September (need a couple for gifts, etc.), took them to Europe and brought them back. I declared them to U.S. Customs which waived the duty and the tax.
For lovers of Johnnie Walker, take a look at www.johnniewalker.com and look for the personalized labels. The guy who got a bottle of Blue Label from me last year with his name on it was talking about it months later.
Now, what I'd like is to be able to buy a 4.5 liter bottle of Red or Black label which I need for a party at the end of January. Anyone have any ideas or can help me out?
That said, AA last offered Blue Label in 2004 at a price of $125 a 750 ml. bottle. There were only two carried onboard trans-Atlantic flights.
The price at the JFK duty free shop is $135 a bottle. Of that I am sure. If I recall correctly, the 1 liter bottle is $175, but don't hold me to that.
Just coincidentally, I was at Garnet Liquors, a well-known discount shop in Manhattan yesterday and I saw Blue Label at $242 a bottle. Add to that the sales tax of 8.65% ($20.93) and you get a whopping $262.93 making duty free almost 50% off. Personally, I think that's great.
I bought four bottles in September (need a couple for gifts, etc.), took them to Europe and brought them back. I declared them to U.S. Customs which waived the duty and the tax.
For lovers of Johnnie Walker, take a look at www.johnniewalker.com and look for the personalized labels. The guy who got a bottle of Blue Label from me last year with his name on it was talking about it months later.
Now, what I'd like is to be able to buy a 4.5 liter bottle of Red or Black label which I need for a party at the end of January. Anyone have any ideas or can help me out?
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For lovers of Johnnie Walker, take a look at www.johnniewalker.com and look for the personalized labels. The guy who got a bottle of Blue Label from me last year with his name on it was talking about it months later.
Now, what I'd like is to be able to buy a 4.5 liter bottle of Red or Black label which I need for a party at the end of January. Anyone have any ideas or can help me out?