There are several common mistakes that millions of tourists make at airports every year and lose money because of these mistakes. Yahoo News flight attendant Arina Bloom spoke in detail about the most popular of them.
According to her, she often saw travelers spend big money on expensive bottles of water. Such a purchase is easy to succumb to: exhausted passengers trying to get through the airport security service simply threw away their water bottles after being caught trying to carry a bottle of liquid over 100 ml. But there are many fountains of water to fill bottles after passing the control.
The first advice of an aviation expert is as follows: “Traveling by plane is expensive. You have already paid for the ticket, taxi and luggage, so do not spend your money on water at the airport at an inflated price. You can’t carry a bottle of water through the security system, but no one says you can’t take an empty bottle. Most airports have fountains with drinking water, and many have a special pump for quickly filling bottles. To keep your bottle full during the flight, just ask the flight attendant to refill it. If you’re lucky, they can even put ice in it. ”
However, water is not the only product that can not be bought at the airport. According to Lindsay Sacraida, director of content marketing for the shopping comparison site, the purchase of electronics at departure points should be included in the stop list.
“Our research has shown that electronics at the airport are on average 34 percent more expensive than in online stores,” she warned, adding that when it comes to buying an expensive device, the difference can be estimated at several thousand hryvnias.
In addition, it is worth noting that the largest markup at the airport is made on chargers. On average, their value is 50% higher than the market.
Food at airport outlets is also often much more expensive than prices in the city. According to one of the comparative sites, the biggest markup was recorded on a Cadbury’s Oreo chocolate bar worth over 170 hryvnias in duty-free and only 60 hryvnias in a supermarket. Another example: a 250-gram package of M & M’s was sold in a duty-free shop for 150 hryvnias, while in a regular trade pavilion it costs 60 hryvnias.
In this regard, the second advice of the stewardess is that such snacks are better to buy in advance. They can be carried through the security frame.