No CUN duty free for flight crews?

[cesmaf]

As of three months ago, no flight crews are allowed to purchase anything
in CUN's duty free. I can speculate, but anyone know the real
deal?

 

[wscrj]

Same for SJD. PVR still allows it, I think

 

[dalad]

Same for SJD. PVR still allows it, I think

Nope, no duty free in Mexico for crews at all. Rumor is that it was due to something done by an AMR FA.

 

[Ty Webb]

Most airport Duty-free is just a bad joke now, anyway. The big benefit is not paying sales tax, and the 10% discount for crew, so on a $30. bottle, you save six bucks. . . . Whoopee.

On the last leg home, it might be worth it, but otherwise, lugging that crap along for two or three more days, just to save twelve bucks, well, it ain't worth it.

As for cigars . . . I was comparing duty free prices on Dominican cigars in Punta Cana . . . I can get them for 35% less at home.

 

[Critter717]

The duty free in SJU still gives a discount for crews.

 

[Jiminmem]

Mexico City still did duty free as of last week.

 

[XTW]

Add PVR as of last week.

 

[get2flyin]

I just heard the same thing about Guadalajara International Airport (GDL). Hmmmm

 

[180ToTheMarker]

BZE is still crew friendly.

 

[NEDude]

Does this mean you cannot buy anything, or you just have to pay taxes on it?

 

[Dornier 335]

Does this mean you cannot buy anything, or you just have to pay taxes on it?

Can't buy booze or ciggies. In CUN they wouldn't let me walk to the terminal WITHOUT the hi-viz jacket (I was looking for a certain coffee brand). I politely declined ...

 

[SplitBar]

No problems on my last CUN layover WRT Duty Free.

 

[Dornier 335]

No problems on my last CUN layover WRT Duty Free.

That's the catch! On layovers there's no problem, if you do a turn it's "no way, gü[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]ey" for you!
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[scoreboardII]

I never understood the allure of paying for duty free and getting a 10% discount on stuff I can buy for 50% off at Costco or Walmart.

 

[CaptWidgeon]

you can't buy everything at costco that you can get in duty free.
it's not the taxes, it's the stock.

 

[TWA Dude]

Vanilla for baking. Big bottles for $12 at duty-free. Hopefully can still buy on turns.

 

[scoreboardII]

You mean like this http://www.culinarydistrict.com/1692.html

 

[Jetjockey]

Vanilla for baking. Big bottles for $12 at duty-free. Hopefully can still buy on turns.

Nope, cant buy a thing. I tried. The only thing I thought of was throw on a civilian jacket, print a non rev boarding pass and purchase away like every other passenger gets to. Then cancel the reservation and enjoy the duty free.

 

[Dornier 335]

Rumor is that it was due to something done by an AMR FA.

What did (s)he do?

 

[Andy]

I never buy duty free stuff. The last thing I want to do is lug around more crap that I don't need.

Some might find humor in this: I did a Bonaire turn; augmented crew. The other FO was encouraging me to buy a 1kg block of Gouda cheese; he bought one there. I guess they're flown in direct from the Netherlands.
I like cheese but Gouda's not my favorite. And there's no way I would be able to consume and give away 1kg of cheese before it went bad.

 

[Andy]

Vanilla for baking. Big bottles for $12 at duty-free. Hopefully can still buy on turns.

Be careful. Most of that is banned in the US and subject to customs seizure. http://www.fda.gov/forconsumers/consumerupdates/ucm048613.htm

 

[Toecutter]

CBP has been on the warpath lately with flight crews. Three days in a row, they used the beagle on us at BWI. They got one of our FAs and she was taken to "the room". Not sure what happened to her. Maybe this is the plan to balance the budget. Shaking down flight crews for food that originated in the U.S.

 

[cesmaf]

Interesting link on the vanilla. I always wondered why the bottles said they were Coumarin free. Thanks.

 

[LearLove]

Vanilla for baking. Big bottles for $12 at duty-free. Hopefully can still buy on turns.

You how we know you're gay. Just turn in your man card at the same place that fake girlfriend college football kid did.

 

[XTW]

Duty free still available in PVR as of this past weekend. Just sayin'.


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[Rekks Inbound]

PHL CBP has been harassing our crews on returns from YQB (Quebec City, Quebec) for our lunch bags. They re known to confiscate a 4-day's trip worth of food from a crewmember, because they claim they don't know the origin of the items in the bag.

Peace.

Rekks

 

[Andy]

PHL CBP has been harassing our crews on returns from YQB (Quebec City, Quebec) for our lunch bags. They re known to confiscate a 4-day's trip worth of food from a crewmember, because they claim they don't know the origin of the items in the bag.

Peace.

Rekks

I'd be careful of bringing food into the US, even if it originated in the US. The last thing a crewmember wants to do is get their name on a CBP list for bringing an apple back into the US, as the crewmember would find themselves subject to enhanced inspections every time they returned to the US. I've heard of this happening to a pilot who flew to Asia a lot ... it got so bad that he took a downgrade off of his aircraft to something that only flew domestically.