Originally Posted by
Jagboi
One time I looked at the duty free at IAD and a bottle of champagne there was $90 USD; I could get the same thing at Costco in YYC for $46 CAD. Never looked at duty free again after that, why go to the bother of lugging it around when I could buy it easier and cheaper locally?
Pretty typical, perhaps just a bit more so than other places. But comparing prices, say at duty free shops at FRA, and prices here at my local liquor store, local is almost always cheaper.