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May 7, 2023 | 12:31 am

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SPN Lifer

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Originally Posted by SPN Lifer (Post # 17)

What is to stop someone from buying a bottle or two at the duty free store and then walking to Terminal F for one's flight to Chicago?

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Originally Posted by TomMM (Post # 18)

I thought duty free stores delivered the goods at the gate.

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Originally Posted by char777 (Post # 19)

I once tried to buy a bottle of liquor and a giant bar of Toblerone at a duty free (at LAX TBIT) before a domestic flight. I was firmly told that I couldn't buy the alcohol, but they still happily sold me the comically sized Toblerone (with local sales tax added.) . . . .

Thank you. One can tell that I have never bought anything from a duty free store at SFO (or LAX).

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