Originally Posted by nrr
The last time (about 6 months ago) that I went through cdg I found that most of the cognac was was priced too high. For example remy xo was much cheaper in the aa duty free shop on the plane. When I made other cdg comparisons with nyc area prices, all you were saving is the local sales tax.
CDG duty free has aways struck me as expensive too (even compared to US duty free) with the result I've never bought anything there save for a 3 Euro bottle of Perrier.
AA security queues at CDG are always quite messy due to the passport control booths right before the security checks.