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Subject: Re: BAA and Rip Off Britain - airport prices higher than High Street Posted on: Sun, 2 Sep 2007 12:43:01 +0100

"William Black" wrote in message
news:fbe5su$78m$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>
> "CJB" wrote in message
> news:1188726220.278312.179950@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...
>>I have been complaining for years about BAAs advertising prices being
>> the same as in the High Street. Which High Street? Certainly not the
>> ones I shopin. The prices at BAA shops are way ABOVE High Street
>> prices. Even their Duty Free / Tax Free are above the normal High
>> Street prices. Its about time BAA was taken to court for misleading
>> the public. The wholly owned Spanish BAA is one of the worst of 'Rip
>> Off Britain.'
>
> Two points.
>
> 1. The Costa Coffee places at Heathrow charge exactly the same as they do
> anywhere else in the UK.
>
> 2. £16 for two litres of premium brand booze isn't a bad price.
>
> 3. What idiot eats meals or drinks pints of beer at airport restaurants?
>


I have had to eat several times at LHR, Airside, when my connecting flight
has been significantly delayed.

And, btw, your sig is becoming incredibly tedious!
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JohnT