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Rip Off Fecking Airport :mad:

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I dont know about other airports but Belfast City Airport is charging £1.29 for each ITEM like one sausage or one bacon or one has brown!!!!

And also 500ml bottles are £2.25.

Anyone else found really expensive airport cafes etc? This one is Airport owned so rent isnt a issue etc for higher prices

When it costs £20 for two drinks (one a water one a coffee) and for two english breakfasts (badly cooked at that!!) something is wrong!

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By: andrewm - 7th August 2004 at 19:24

Belfast International is £3.00 per hour or £7 for a whole day which I thought was quite good. They do £20 a week in Long Stay.

Belfast City cost £4 for just over one hour and I had to stay there 10 hours one day which cost near £30!!!

Dublin I always found was good value, if you could find the paying machine!!!

Renfrew, – how much did they charge when you were there as its less than €5 (£3.33) for a Large Meal and Supersize being €5.20 (£3.47)

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By: Jeanske_SN - 7th August 2004 at 19:14

Brussels airport parking costs €2.10 per hour, we once paid 36.60 for 55 hours, seems ok to me. Brussels runs perfectly.

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By: Bmused55 - 7th August 2004 at 16:20

Well your a captive market aren’t you, if your hungry in an airport you have no choice, you have to pay their prices!

You hit it right on the nose

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By: Airline owner - 7th August 2004 at 13:39

MAN car park is around £15.00 for 5-6 hours which is a bit of a rip

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By: Jeanske_SN - 7th August 2004 at 13:24

The socalled tax free shops are total ripoff now. Like those perfume shops or so, it’s just the same prices as outside the airport. I only buy things at an airport when I really need them, or when they are cheaper (rarely).
Exactly. When you really need it, prices are astronomical.

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By: LBARULES - 7th August 2004 at 11:51

Well your a captive market aren’t you, if your hungry in an airport you have no choice, you have to pay their prices!

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By: steve rowell - 7th August 2004 at 11:40

It’s exactly the same at Australian airports, obviously it’s a universal problem

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By: Ren Frew - 7th August 2004 at 11:16

The McDonalds in Dublin Airports is priced the same as outside bar their prices are in Euros which will drop it down to UK standard prices. They charge the same as the 8 or so McDonalds ive been to in Ireland over past 2 years.

Well all I can say is they charge a hell of a lot more in Ireland than they do in Scotland, euro conversion accounted for.

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By: andrewm - 7th August 2004 at 11:10

Not sure what High Street you shop on Michael, but I found the prices in Dublin’s McDonalds and in the terminal bar to be quite excessive the times I’ve been there.

The McDonalds in Dublin Airports is priced the same as outside bar their prices are in Euros which will drop it down to UK standard prices. They charge the same as the 8 or so McDonalds ive been to in Ireland over past 2 years.

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By: Ren Frew - 7th August 2004 at 11:06

Airports like London Gatwick and Dublin are good. They have food outlets selling food and drink at the same price as you would find on the high street.

Not sure what High Street you shop on Michael, but I found the prices in Dublin’s McDonalds and in the terminal bar to be quite excessive the times I’ve been there.

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By: andrewm - 7th August 2004 at 10:53

BFS isnt too bad, once got buy 1 get 1 free cokes in there at £1.29 for a 500 ML bottle.

BFS Burger King charges £5.69 for a SuperSize Meal when its £4.49 in my local Burger King!

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By: MontyP - 6th August 2004 at 19:02

At larger airports there’s usually a branch of Boots The Chemist.

Their Meal Deal is always excellent value for money. 😀

They just opened one here at EGAA and thats what ive been living off 😀 £2.85 meal deal and i get discount on it too 😎

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By: Grey Area - 6th August 2004 at 17:50

At larger airports there’s usually a branch of Boots The Chemist.

Their Meal Deal is always excellent value for money. 😀

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By: clearedtoland - 6th August 2004 at 17:46

My god who said Dublin was good there cafe is a rip off!

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By: MontyP - 6th August 2004 at 17:17

Yeah thats a rip off. Internationals not as bad but still pricy but when you get ten twenty or thirty percent off being airport staff it takes the sting out of it a bit 🙂

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By: LBARULES - 6th August 2004 at 16:29

Well I notice in the Burger King in LBA, instead of £3.69 for a Bacon Double Cheeseburger meal, they charge £4.29 not too bad I suppose.

BFS isnt too bad, once got buy 1 get 1 free cokes in there at £1.29 for a 500 ML bottle.

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By: T5 - 6th August 2004 at 15:54

Generally speaking there’s only one thing more expensive than airports: motorway service areas.

At least in airports there’s something interesting to look at, and alcohol aplenty! Motorway service areas on the other hand offer the biggest, most expensive pile of crap on earth…

But yes, airport food and drinks can be ridiculous.

To be honest I find Spanish airports the biggest rip off of them all- the bars and restaurants are expensive their offerings are not very good, but the ‘duty free’ shops in particular… what a rip off!!! Being Spanish I’m fully aware of the cost of things. When I see people paying on average 3 times as much for a chorizo or a piece of manchego cheese at the airport than it would cost on any given shop I truly despair…

Airports like London Gatwick and Dublin are good. They have food outlets selling food and drink at the same price as you would find on the high street.

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By: 4 engines good - 6th August 2004 at 15:37

Generally speaking there’s only one thing more expensive than airports: motorway service areas.

At least in airports there’s something interesting to look at, and alcohol aplenty! Motorway service areas on the other hand offer the biggest, most expensive pile of crap on earth…

But yes, airport food and drinks can be ridiculous.

To be honest I find Spanish airports the biggest rip off of them all- the bars and restaurants are expensive their offerings are not very good, but the ‘duty free’ shops in particular… what a rip off!!! Being Spanish I’m fully aware of the cost of things. When I see people paying on average 3 times as much for a chorizo or a piece of manchego cheese at the airport than it would cost on any given shop I truly despair…

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By: carl727uk - 6th August 2004 at 14:14

I think most UK airports over-charge for food/drink…………maybe you might not be ripped off so much at the very small ones Lydd,Shoreham and the like !!

The best snack I had was at Amstedam, a Crab salad roll, so nice I had two !

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By: starjet - 6th August 2004 at 14:11

$8 for “food” at TLV, along with “tea” (if an Israeli can make good tea, my mattress will jump). What a ripoff.

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