William Black wrote:
> "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?
Isn't that three points?
How much do you fly? I will frequently have to leave home at 2 or 3 in
the afternoon, and not arrive at my destination until 10 or 11. That's
including the time from actually leaving my front door to arriving at my
hotel etc. at the final destination. If I want a hot meal in the
evening, eating at the airport makes perfect sense to me. Last time was
last week, before leaving for Alghero, and I ate at the airport- roast
chicken and rice. Wasn't bad, and cost £6. A plate of spaghetti in
Alghero can cost around the same, but in any case, I didn't want to wait
until 10.30pm to eat, and my partner would have refused to do so.
The flight back didn't leave until 10.10pm, so we were able to have an
early dinner in Alghero itself, once we found somewhere that would
servce before 7.30pm that was! :)
I simply don't mind the extra cost of coffee, food, or a drink at an
airport. I'm more concerned that I can buy something to eat or drink at
the airport, and get a seat to enjoy it in without much difficulty. In
_this_ respect, the airports I use most in the UK (Liverpool and
Manchester, neither BAA of course) do pretty well.
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