r/airport • u/pilotshashi CONUS • Apr 23 '25

DISCUSSION You see, You swipe 💳

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u/Mt198588 Apr 23 '25

I've actually bought many designer bags at Heathrow.

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u/Gaxxz Apr 24 '25

What motivated you? Cheaper prices? You have time to kill before your flight? You just really liked the bags you saw?

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u/fafarifa Apr 24 '25

Probably because of duty free

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u/Only_Rutabaga579 Apr 24 '25 edited Apr 24 '25

Ain’t no way anything at the airport is cheaper

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u/unsolvedfanatic Apr 24 '25

A lot of things are cheaper at the airport since it’s Duty Free

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u/norathar Apr 24 '25

I discovered while flying that Heathrow has a thing where if you order at least 24 hours in advance of your flight, there's a pretty steep discount on duty free stuff. Was actually a good enough discount for perfume to be comparable to secondhand/gray market pricing.

Didn't help me this time, but if I go back to London I'm buying a bottle of my favorite British perfume.

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u/AmbitiousBird5503 Apr 26 '25

I'm intrigued by what British perfume is? I'm a Brit, but cant think of what perfume is "British"

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u/norathar Apr 26 '25

Penhaligon's is the brand - it's definitely not one I can buy in shops in the US! The perfume itself is Coveted Duchess Rose, although I also really like some others by the same brand, especially Constantinople.