Strange but true...

On a flight from MCO to LGW last Friday, I bought some perfume for the little lady, which cost a mere £20. I paid for it with a £25 VA voucher and, later on, the purser asked for my name and passport number. Any idea why? Perhaps to send me a voucher for the change?

[Nottingham Nick]

It's a nice thought, but I wouldn't hold my breath [8D].

I think they have to keep passport details on all duty free purchases for accounting / auditing purposes.

Nick

Originally posted by Nottingham Nick
It's a nice thought, but I wouldn't hold my breath [8D].

No, the perfume VS sell would never make you hold your breath[8D]

Shouldn't they have given me some change anyway?

I was actually a bit annoyed with them Ð at the beginning of the flight I asked the FA when I could buy duty free goods. He said "later on," so I waited. About an hour from landing I asked again and a different FA said it had already passed through after dinner.

I said that it hadn't because I had been awake and was looking out for it. They eventually relented and gave me the perfume I wanted (though they couldn't get me the bottle of JD I wanted, natch!)

Oh well, at least I had a nice comfy bulkhead seat (21C) and didn't have to pay extra for it! MCO check-in staff were great!

Hi martinmoore50,

I think it is common with all vouchers ( not only VS) that it probably states that no change is given for purchases less than the voucher.

Regards

TBS

I have one of these £25 vouchers at home and it states that no change will be given. [:#]

On another note, I do think the treatment you got for your "Retail Therapy" was really poor. I personally love the South African Airways duty free where you fill out a card with your items and give to any attendent during the flight. They later bring the items directly to you already bagged, with a credit card machine for payment. No annoying trolley keeping passengers from using the loo. And if you're sleeping on first attempt they try throughout the night to bring the goods.

Yes, I was unimpressed too. The FA made up for it by getting one of the things I as after, which he really didn't have to, I guess. Shame he couldn't get me that bottle of JD, though!

Has anyone tried that Virgin vodka? It seems awfully cheap...
Maybe next time I'll get a bottle of absinthe [:0]

[i]Has anyone tried that Virgin vodka? It seems awfully cheap...
Maybe next time I'll get a bottle of absinthe [:0]

Awefully cheap! Awefully aweful!

[mcmbenjamin]

Originally posted by martinmoore50
Maybe next time I'll get a bottle of absinthe [:0]

Green drinks anybody. Green is a christmas color.

Benjamin

[HighFlyer]

Maybe next time I'll get a bottle of absinthe

Mmm ... Absinthe ...

The picture above is very similar to a dream I once had... [:I]

[preiffer]

Originally posted by martinmoore50
The picture above is very similar to a dream I once had... [:I]

Same here. It scared the c**p out of me... [:p][:0]

The picture of highflyer is like every woman I met after a night on the p*** [^] sadly not the women I woke up with[:$][:I][}:)]

Awefully cheap! Awefully aweful!

Wow Boston! Top job with the spelling [^]

You'll have to excuse my pedantic nature Ð I edit other journalists' writing all day long and it makes me see red (pen).

Martin if you edit journalists work and can spell then you obviously don't work for the Gaurdian [:p]

[preiffer]

Originally posted by martinmoore50

Awefully cheap! Awefully aweful!

Wow Boston! Top job with the spelling [^]

You'll have to excuse my pedantic nature Ð I edit other journalists' writing all day long and it makes me see red (pen).

Maybe bostonbrit meant that it was amazingly cheap, and amazingly fantastic?

I am sorry Paul, but if you think that you have obviously had one too many 'Blue Drinks':D

Martin if you edit journalists work and can spell then you obviously don't work for the Gaurdian

You're right there, Dave Ð they've gone down the pooper since their redesign [V] Still, it could be worse: A colleague of mine was caught reading the Daily Mail the other day [:$]

Maybe bostonbrit meant that it was amazingly cheap, and amazingly fantastic?

I didn't think of that, Preiffer. Apologies to Boston if you did, indeed, make up that wonderful word 'awefully.' Actually, it's growing on me.

Can't... put... red pen... away...

The penny has finally dropped [:I] I see where you were coming from Paul - Awe -ful Doh[:$]

Oh la fee verte! Seeing this picture of HF instantly bought to my mind a memory from my student days - The Merry Widow!

As I recall it goes something along the lines of:
A tot of Gordons, A tot of Vermouth, a dash of bitters and as much absinthe as you dare (the proper stuff with wormwood of course). Serve poured over ice, but not too much ice - you wouldn't want to water it down - with a slice.

Now that has to rival that chavtastic blue lagoon as the signature drink of the v-flyer.

Speaking of absinthe Ð did anyone see the article in Wired about a microbiologist fella who makes the real stuff? He's quoted as saying: "Drink too much, and you suddenly realize why Van Gogh cut off his ear."

On a completely unrelated note (well, not COMPLETELY), some young scally left a deposit of vomit outside my office building. Nice thing to see on a Monday morning [:$]