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Old Mar 23, 2014 | 2:47 am
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Originally Posted by NYTA
The duty free may be free of duty but the prices are still often quite bad. I bought a bottle of Jack Daniels that cost $40 in the duty free, was for sale for $35 on the plane (Arkia) and $27 or so in a store in Barcelona.
Agree prices are not great, and in fact have got far more expensive in the past year or so, and the deals are not great anymore.
When comparing however make sure you do compare like to like because in Europe and often on airline Duty Free the bottles are 0.70L rather than a Liter.
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