flight tips» duty free http://flightips.com how to fly better, quicker, cheaper and others tips Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:05:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 duty free brasil http://flightips.com/duty-free-brasil/ http://flightips.com/duty-free-brasil/#comments Sat, 06 Aug 2011 14:54:00 +0000 admin http://flightips.com/?p=164 Brasil airports presents a large variety of duty free shoping. Here are some links and tips to the best of duty free brasil.

when you say duty free brasil, you actually say – dufry, that manage the diferent duty free shop at Brasil airports:

  • Tom Jobim Galeão International Airport – Rio de Janeiro
  •  Salgado Filho International Airport – Porto Alegre
  •  International Airport Tancredo Neves – Confins
  •  Fortaleza Pinto Martins International Airport – Fortaleza
  •  Brasilia Juscelino Kubistcheck International Airport – Brasilia
  •  Andre Franco Montoro International Airport in São Paulo
  •  Guararapes International Airport – Gilberto Freyre – Recife
  • Salvador International Airport Deputado Luis Eduardo Magalhães – Bahia
  • Florianopolis Hercilio Luz International Airport – Florianopolis

The prices in Brasil duty free can be atractive for some product, but it is always good to check.

Here are some examples from august 2011:

  • Whisky Johnnie Walker Black Label 12yo 100cl – 37 dollars
  • Vodka Absolut Blue 100cl – 20.90 $ (57$ for 3)
  • Ck One Unitario Agua De Toilete Spray 200ml – 54$
  • nikon Coolpix S4100 – 14mp – 279$
  • Montblanc – 104280 – Relogio Masculino Analogico Sport Steel Pulseira Couro Crocodilo Preta Fundo Prata Redondo Caixa Me – 4500$

 

 

 

 

 

 

]]> http://flightips.com/duty-free-brasil/feed/ 1 The limitation of british costumes http://flightips.com/the-limitation-of-british-costumes/ http://flightips.com/the-limitation-of-british-costumes/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:45:22 +0000 admin http://flightips.com/?p=39 Traveling to the United Kingdom? here are the quantity of alcohol and tobacco you are allowed to bring:

When travelling from the EU countries to the UK, you do not have to pay any tax or duty on goods you have bought in another EU country, as long as tax was included in the price when you purchased the items, the items are for your own personal  use, and have been transported to the UK by you.

Still, there are limitation on alcohol and tobacco products:

3200 cigarettes
400 cigarillos
200 cigars
3 kg of smoking tobacco
110 litres of beer
10 litres of spirits
90 litres of wine
20 litres of fortified wine e.g. port or sherry

From Estonia – 200 cigarettes or 250g of smoking tobacco
From Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia – 200 cigarettes

Here are the limitations, when coming to the UK from outside the EU:

200 cigarettes, or 100 cigarillos, or 50 cigars, or 250g of tobacco
4 litres of still table wine
1 litre of spirits or strong liqueurs over 22% volume; or 2 litres of fortified wine, sparkling wine or other liqueurs
16 litres of beer
60cc/ml of perfume
£300 worth of all other goods including gifts and souvenirs

]]> http://flightips.com/the-limitation-of-british-costumes/feed/ 0 the best place to land on the far east http://flightips.com/the-best-place-to-land-on-the-far-east/ http://flightips.com/the-best-place-to-land-on-the-far-east/#comments Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:08:58 +0000 admin http://flightips.com/?p=31 When planing a long back peck, or even a more solid trip, in the far east, one of the most important decision is where to land – where is the most convenient place to get around. Here are some good option:

Bangkok. Thailand: consider by many as the central station of the far east, and also convenient located for the arrivals from Europe, Australia, or Japan. Bangkok is a good place to buy deals for multi stops – like Bangkok-Manila-Tokyo-Bangkok etc. You will get a decent price, and a very big variety of flight, with many companies, to all around the world.

Singapore: Like Bangkok, has good location and connection to many destination. its a good stop’ again like Bangkok, between Australia and Europe, and also – if you need a camera or electronics devices, you will get it cheap down town. another reason to choose Singapore, is the great and cheap Duty free.

Hong Kong: a great gateway to china, and also to Japan and South Korea. also – a good place to shop camera and electronics devices. 

]]> http://flightips.com/the-best-place-to-land-on-the-far-east/feed/ 0 Cigaretes and Alcohol prices at Duty Frees http://flightips.com/cigaretes-prices-at-duty-free/ http://flightips.com/cigaretes-prices-at-duty-free/#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:55:17 +0000 admin http://flightips.com/?p=26 Flightips are collecting information for comparing Cigarettes and popular alcohol prices in airport Duty free and on plane duty free around the world. Below you can find comparison from few selected airports.

We need your help in order to complete the list we need your help. Please add additional information in comments below

The prices are for single item – In some duty frees you can find bundle deals if you buy more than one item

Changi Singapore Singapore:

·     Johnnie Walker Black (Whisky) – 32.3 USD

·     Absolute Blue (Vodka) – 15 USD

·     Chivas Regal 12 YO 1L – 30 USD

Frankfurt Airport Germany

·     Marlboro red king size filter 200p – 43 USD

·     Chivas Regal 12 YO 1L – 48 USD 

·     Johnnie Walker Black (Whisky) - 48 USD  

·     Absolute Blue (Vodka) - 24 USD

Schiphol t Airport

·     Chivas Regal 12 YO 1L - 39 USD

O’hare Airport Chicago 

·     Marlboro red king size filter 200p -30 USD

·     Marlboro Light 200p - 30 USD  

·     Johnnie Walker Black (Whisky) - 31 USD  

·     Chivas Regal 12 YO 1L - 31 USD 

·     Absolute Blue (Vodka) - 18 USD

JFK Airport New York

·     Marlboro red king size filter 200p -30 USD

·     Marlboro Light 200p - 30 USD

·     Johnnie Walker Black (Whisky) - 31 USD

·     Chivas Regal 12 YO 1L - 31 USD

·     Absolute Blue (Vodka) - 18 USD

Ben-Gurion Airport Israel

·     Marlboro red king size filter 200p -36 USD

·     Marlboro Light 200p - 36 USD

·      Johnnie Walker Black (Whisky) - 47 USD

·     Chivas Regal 12 YO 1L - 47 USD

·     Absolute Blue (Vodka) - 16 USD  

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