Duty Free Best Finds
Mar 7, 2011, 11:00 pm
#167
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melbourne
Programs: QF KF
Posts: 115
Has anyone come through SGN recently? The boss is departing in a few hours and has offered to pick up something. After a single malt scotch that's not Glenfiddich or Glenfarcas which I already have.
Suggestions? ^
Suggestions? ^
Mar 9, 2011, 4:24 pm
#168
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melbourne
Programs: QF KF
Posts: 115
Picked up the following at SGN
1L The Glenlivet 15yr - French Oak Reserve - $54 USD
1L Talisker 10yr - $56 USD
Is 10am too early to have a nip?
Jun 30, 2011, 2:16 pm
#172
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: LI, NY
Programs: AA PLT, AAdv since Day One
Posts: 2,682
At SIN in T-1 this past Monday: 1.14 litre Chivas 12 year old for S$40.50. But, there was an unadvertised at-the-register discount to bring it down to S$35.80.
A nice every day scotch at a great price.
A nice every day scotch at a great price.
Aug 1, 2011, 4:51 am
#174
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: VIE/KRK/WAW
Programs: Senator, IHG Spire, Marriott Titanium, HH Diamond, Radisson Gold
Posts: 156
Hi,
in March I will be in Singapore and Denpasar. Any recommends to the Duty Free Shop?
Looking also for some electronic things like ipad,...
Thx
in March I will be in Singapore and Denpasar. Any recommends to the Duty Free Shop?
Looking also for some electronic things like ipad,...
Thx
Last edited by cz4444; Aug 1, 2011 at 5:22 am
Aug 1, 2011, 10:46 am
#175
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: BOS
Programs: AC*E
Posts: 133
hey cz, can't comment on the singapore stuff, but i would just offer a warning for buying electronics. the fakes out there are so good these days, it's really hard to tell, and the last thing you want to do is speed a couple hundred bucks and not have a real warranty with it if something happens. unless you're buying from a genuine apple store (not the "apple store"), then i wouldn't buy it. good luck and safe travels!
Aug 15, 2011, 9:34 am
#177
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: BOS
Programs: AC*E
Posts: 133
sorry cz, never been to singapore, so i have no advice for you. truthfully, i wouldn't buy any electronics in asia, especially as a foreigner. it's so hard to tell what is real and fake, and it's most likely a fake. did you hear about all those "apple stores" that popped up in china? they were so realistic that i think the workers there actually thought they were working for apple. the products might have been legit, but i'm sure you'd have a tough time on a warranty claim. for electronics, it's not worth it to me to get a discount on a fake. i'd consider more stuff that i wouldn't care as much if it was real/fake, like textiles stuff (northface jacket, etc). safe travels!
Aug 15, 2011, 2:00 pm
#178
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: United Kingdom
Programs: Skywards Blue :-(, HHonors Gold, SPG Gold, GHA Platinum
Posts: 2,531
Price list from Dubai Duty free. Vodka(smirnoff) is less than half the Uk price.
http://www.dubaidutyfree.com/Listings-10.pdf
http://www.dubaidutyfree.com/Listings-10.pdf
Last edited by ukdoctor; Aug 15, 2011 at 2:11 pm
Aug 28, 2011, 9:04 pm
#179
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: NYC
Programs: AA LT PLT, SPG Gold
Posts: 2,564
How are the duty free prices on liquor (whisky in particular) at JFK?
Also, I'm flying JFK-IST-ADB and am trying to figure out If I buy a bottle of whisky at JFK duty free will security at IST let me take it on the next domestic leg to Izmir? Searched for quite a bit and can't find the answer. I'd hate to drop close to $100 on a bottle only to have it confiscated in Istanbul. Thanks.
Also, I'm flying JFK-IST-ADB and am trying to figure out If I buy a bottle of whisky at JFK duty free will security at IST let me take it on the next domestic leg to Izmir? Searched for quite a bit and can't find the answer. I'd hate to drop close to $100 on a bottle only to have it confiscated in Istanbul. Thanks.
Aug 29, 2011, 12:27 pm
#180
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: SEA
Programs: AS MVP 75K, DL Diamond, LH SEN, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Ambassador
Posts: 2,360
How are the duty free prices on liquor (whisky in particular) at JFK?
Also, I'm flying JFK-IST-ADB and am trying to figure out If I buy a bottle of whisky at JFK duty free will security at IST let me take it on the next domestic leg to Izmir? Searched for quite a bit and can't find the answer. I'd hate to drop close to $100 on a bottle only to have it confiscated in Istanbul. Thanks.
Also, I'm flying JFK-IST-ADB and am trying to figure out If I buy a bottle of whisky at JFK duty free will security at IST let me take it on the next domestic leg to Izmir? Searched for quite a bit and can't find the answer. I'd hate to drop close to $100 on a bottle only to have it confiscated in Istanbul. Thanks.