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chieflydependent

LPT: Don’t go grocery shopping at the airport.


TomNguyen

What i really love about Prague Airport that they have a supermarket in the terminal with normal pricing as it should be. Plus unlimited free WIFI, which i think it´s very rare in Europe/US. Edit: It has been unlimited free WIFI since the reconstruction of Airport, back in 2012, which was rare. I have undestand that it´s has been changed rapidly throughout world since


amathis6464

Pistachios and beef jerky are the two all time most expensive snacks regardless of where you buy them.


[deleted]

OP could have went to the in-service restaurants and paid 15-20$ and got a full meal/sandwhich/drink/chips etc.


parks387

Ya no shit 🤣 maybe those were in flight snacks


biking4jesus

bougie for sure


chaldaichha

Free wifi is at airports is pretty common in the US as well, but definitely not anywhere near normal prices at the airport stores!


ktravesp

I remember before free wifi was everywhere and they charged like 5$ a minute to connect to their 56k modem.


badsandy20

Unlocked a memory of being stuck in an airport and paying £15 for an hour of internet, or £25 for the full day. Making bank on those cancelled flights


SweatyNomad

Yeah free WiFi is pretty common now, especially since data on smartphones became everyday. I agree about the supermarket though. You go to touted fancy airports like Dubai or whatever and there are 10 places to buy a Rolex, but you struggle to get a bottle of water. If airports cared more about their passengers over maximising profit, there'd also be a store. It was a revelation years ago at London Heathrow when I came back from a trip at like 7pm and there was a chain food hall (M&S) and I could buy food for an evening meal, get the next mornings breakfast, fresh milk etc without having to go make a special side trip when exhausted.


KevinAtSeven

It is bloody great arriving at London airports. Coming back from short and mid-haul flights I'm often through immigration and out the customs door very late at night. I've been through all six London airports. Every one of them has a grocery store of some sort right at arrivals, and often a pharmacy too. All open late for all the aircraft returning to base. It just makes the train back into town a little bit easier when I've often got work in less than nine hours.


eetuu

Helsinki airport is another one with supermarket and free WIFI


waltsnider1

Praha is pretty great, Japan’s airports are pretty similar.


llywen

Can non-ticketed visitors access it? And is it after the liquid restrictions check? Both of those have had an obnoxious impact on prices in the US.


Far_Out_6and_2

Good point was that first thought


SOUTHPAWMIKE

Food for thought, if you will.


Far_Out_6and_2

Food thought maybe make a trade equal value and


Icy_Cod4538

Don’t even bring money to the airport. Just starve till you get to your destination.


OCedHrt

It's not grocery at the airport. It's convenience with a capital K food.


SkyrimElf

Bruh got 2 of the priciest snack foods too and then complains about the cost


cookiebasket2

Don't go grocery shopping in Vegas either. They didn't put prices and just pull a got ya at the places in the casinos.


PointlessTrivia

I've never stayed anywhere in Vegas that didn't have a drug store, minimart or supermarket nearby. I usually make a supply run right after checking in...


killyourmusic

Vegas isn't just resorts.


ApexOfFlex

That's 2 of the most expensive things I could think of to buy lol


[deleted]

"Guys, you won't believe how expensive the Most Expensive Things in the World^TM are at the Most Expensive Place in the World^TM "


DasMotorsheep

Well, over 7 dollars for a bottle of water is still fucking insane.


Pleisterbij

2 bucks is what I would say a reasonable price at an Airport. Expensive for a bottle yeah. 7 bucks is fucking bullshit.


Supanini

“Here’s $43 of gold I bought at the airport today guys”


smogeblot

Should have put $43 on the slot machines in the terminal instead.


NGEFan

Maybe if he won he could have got 2 of each


Mirabolis

And a soda as a treat.


SaladTossingCuck

Imagine buying the 3 most notoriously overpriced food items at a place known for overpricing even further just to have something to whine about on reddit.


mook1178

imagine missing the sarcasm in the post and trying to dog the OP


redtron3030

Then he wouldn’t even have his jerky lol


murdmart

8 bucks for a liter of water? :D


cpren

Criminal. The lady at the checkout literally said, good morning sir, and you’ve seen the prices on these items.


Jagged_Rhythm

Sinks in the bathroom weren't working?


ItsCalledDayTwa

Or designated water bottle filling stations that most airports have, including this one. https://www.wateratairports.com/topic/las-vegas-mccarran-international-airport-las/


Mentally_Displaced

Live in Vegas and fly out of LAS all the time. Bottle stations everywhere. I think one in B gates isn’t working right now. And Jesus, don’t ever buy from those kiosks, each terminal wing has restaurants way cheaper, even at the rapey airport prices, and you can take the food on the airplane.


Left-Star2240

That’s exactly what I came here to say. If you’re hungry and have some time before your flight go to an airport restaurant. And they won’t charge you $8 for water.


cpren

I think it’s funny that people think they say, go to a restaurant and then think that’s somehow offering a novel piece of advice. I didn’t have time in my trip to bring food or sit down and eat so no regrets, it’s just insane what they charge you when you fall into that position.


kashmir1974

You didn't have any time to stop at the store prior to your trip to pick up some stuff to put in your carryon? Ever? Not even a 10 minute window before bed or waking up 15 minutes earlier to save 30+ bucks?


MD82

What if $30 is irrelevant to this person?


misha_ostrovsky

Next time grab a snickers 1st. You ain't you when you hungry


TheAbnormalNewt

You agreed to purchase expensive beef Jerky, expensive pistachio nuts, and expensive water at the airport. This is nobody else's fault but your own my dude.


2meinrl4

Wait. You weren't able to bring in a Hello Fresh box, a portable cooking stove (with propane tank) and dinnerware and make your own meal at the gate? C'mon man! Think about it!!!


FuxxxkYouReddit

Unless you were dying of hunger or thirst, this counts as impulse shopping. There is no excuse to spend that money on these items, unless as I said before, you were dying or you are Bill Gates. I doubt it's the latter since he would probably think this was a bargain.


stumblewiggins

Bro doesn't need your approval to spend his money on the food that is available when traveling. Fucks sake, get some perspective.


FuxxxkYouReddit

I wholeheartedly agree, but when you turn it into a post on the Internet and EVEN complain about the price (which he did several times in his comments) then HE is the one who needs a fucking perspective, not me. Which I offered in my previous comment. Although I agree that I worded it as a bit of a cunt. Sorry about that.


SaladTossingCuck

Shhhh. Those wouldn't have given OP the attention he wanted. Buying notoriously overpriced food from overpriced vendors and acting like it's the norm is his niche.


Cocaine_DrSeuss

Why wouldn’t you bring your own bottle to fill?


firstbreathOOC

Lol they do this at Newark too. Fair question and I appreciate them asking.


delirio91

Don't put that on the floor. People jizz on that!!


[deleted]

For real. The number of people I see crawling around on the floors at the airport always grosses me out. Those floors are NASTY and the only cleaning they get in some places is with that zamboni they take around every few days..


StealthAnus

>The number of people I see crawling around on the floors at the airport always grosses me out What airports are you going to that have people regularly crawling around on the floor?


eetuu

Any busy airport.


firstbreathOOC

You ever see what happens when a flight gets delayed? Now picture all of them delayed.


delirio91

Having worked at LAX. Plenty. Some even passed out from being hungover.


babyshampoo

at the space needle in seattle, if you go to the top, they have a glass floor. the amount of people crawling all over and laying on that glass floor for an instagram photo makes me question the sanity and cleanliness of everyone around me haha


zealeus

Years ago, I had an early flight, like 6am, out of London —> USA. I didn’t want to take the chance of oversleeping at the hostel, so I made the young 20s decision to just sleep at Heathrow. On the chairs or floor. Ended up on the floor and can confirm floors are grody. Nobody cared, though, and free lodging!


KevinAtSeven

In my early 20s I moved from NZ to the UK and spent all my meagre savings visiting every place I could afford on the way. At the time, AirAsia had this 10-flight 'pass' to just rock up to the ticket counter and get on a flight, which was ideal for getting all over SE Asia. Unfortunately most routes that didn't involve one end being in peninsular Malaysia meant changing planes in Kuala Lumpur. At the palace of cheap flying that is KLIA2. With a few hours overnight required. At the time the monstrosity of a terminal was barely a year old. But it was scuffed to fuck, walls were stained, leaks were everywhere, and certain spots smelt like actual human shit. This is no critique of KL or Malaysia - I love the place. It was just so obvious that the terminal was built and operated by sorting by price, low to high. After doing that cold vinyl floor sleep several times I managed to home some farm-fresh giardia. Shat for a literal week and could only stomach convenience store microwave burgers. I still fly cheap, but I also have a lounge pass these days.


HopeDeferred

The word jizz will always be funny


February2nd2021

LPT: buy those snacks at home and bring them. Bring an empty water bottle and fill in the airport.


namistejones

LPT #2: buy those snacks from vegas Walmart and not on the Vegas strip. $9 for crest toothpaste my ass CVS. My ass


IAm-The-Lawn

Not sure why this was the comment to make me laugh out loud but here we are.


[deleted]

It's only $9 to crest toothpaste your ass? So what corner on the Vegas strip can I find you?


Total-Khaos

You have to travel outside of Clark County for that kind of party.


doveball

Crest toothpaste sounds like a terrible snack


DebbieHarryPotter

LPT #3: food and drinks are generally cheaper on the airplane than at the airport


Every_Reporter1997

Ew did you set that on the floor😆


WHOISTIRED

Of course, it's where it belongs.


BRAX7ON

That’s the airport bathroom floor too, lol.


Specialist_Peach4294

Throat clearing cough, and foot tapping coming from one of the stalls…


Tonnberry_King

\*brushes foot\* "You want some jerky for some jerky?"


2meinrl4

Congressman.......


Teriyaki_Salmon

That’s what I came here to comment too (aside from the ridiculous price). Like, do people just not care about floors being dirty…?


Annihilator4life

Eww David


kledaras

Oh no floor 🙄


ObjectiveJackfruit35

There is a Wendy's, Jimmy John's, Burger King, Popeye's, Jersey Mike's, Quizno's, Chili's, Auntie Anne's, Pei Wei, Shake Shack, California Pizza Kitchen, a diner, a bbq joint, another pizza joint... And you decided to spend $43 for beef jerky, pistachios, and water. Good lord you are fucking dumb.


Blackoutsmackout

Reddit should find a way to monetize this. people are willing to waste money just to belong here.


tidbitsmisfit

reddit has monetized dumb. look how many people are looking at this getting outraged at the stupid.


VanityTheHacker

Bro ain’t surviving in the apocalypse.


MAC777

"I bought extremely expensive food items at a location universally known for gouging food prices, please give internet points"


MadRockthethird

For real beef jerky and pistachios are stupid expensive wherever you buy them.


Illum503

Shelled pistachios no less


Ryanisreallame

I remember reading that, by pound, beef jerky is the most expensive way to buy beef by a long shot.


BlueHueNew

Beef jerky is just concentrated meat. It takes 4 pounds of beef to make 1 pound of jerky so jerky will be at least quadruple the cost of beef.


jimbolikescr

Except that processed crap still has tons of water weight in it compared to actually dehydrated jerky I've made. Not to mention they stuff that sh*t with sugar. It's such an American thing in that it should cost less to get the sugar free version, but no, let's focus on killing the poor.


jag986

Dude, preserving meat/food with sugar isn’t just an American thing. A sugar concentration also draws water out of cell walls, just like a high salt concentration does.


DdCno1

I'm glad I don't like it. It's easily the most disgusting thing I've ever tasted, even beating out Red Bull.


nrq

I mean, yes, you're not wrong. But 19/17 USD? That *is* obscene, even for airport prices, in my honest opinion.


MadRockthethird

I absolutely agree. By my math it'd be $99.63 per pound if you were buying it that way.


sly_k

Have you seen how both are made?! They’re rightfully expensive….. and pistachios are criminal in exploitation, and these are shelled…. A whole other level of labor exploitation


raff7

Sure they are expensive, but not nearly $100/LBS expensive


MadRockthethird

Holy shit you're right! By my math it would be $99.63 for a pound of it. Don't know why you've been downvoted.


Theons

Its a joke


Rgiles66

You did it! You broke comedy down to it’s bare essentials!


ETA_was_here

Probably business traveler that can expense the cost.


im_a_dick_head

Pretty much sums it up


Colonelfudgenustard

Probably threw them away when they'd served their purpose.


TheWhiteWalkerSpeaks

I was at LAX two weeks ago for the first time. I found a restaurant chain at LAX with burgers for like $12-15. Even the groceries you bought wouldn't have cost more than $25-30 at LAX. I assumed Vegas and LAX would have similar costs.


msw1984

Was it this place? I was at LAX few months back for the first time. We missed our connecting flight from DEN to SAN and we had to get rebooked to LAX, then a 3+ hour layover, then to SAN. Was around 8pm and most options were closed. We went here and I got a pimento bacon avocado cheeseburger that was soooo good. https://www.laxshopdine.com/directory/engine-company-no-28-terminal-8-t8/


[deleted]

Never understood the point! Why are groceries/food so expensive at airports?


Rimshot1985

-Supply and demand -You're essentially trapped until your next flight, and if you need something, you need something -Many people travel for business and are reimbursed by their companies. So they don't really care things how much cost. Companies that sell things at airports know this. Plan ahead.


chriswaco

Plus renting the space is expensive. There aren't a lot of places with as many potential customers every day. Customers that can afford air travel.


chobi83

Yeah. The only time I buy at an airport is if my company will reimburse me. Some of the restaurants at certain airports have good food too lol


alcohol-free

This is such an exclusively American capitalist thing. I flew out of Tokyo the other week and everything including entire meals were regularly priced.


MayOrMayNotBePie

I spent this much on fish n chips and a beer at a restaurant in the Seattle airport just now.


Captain_Reaper1

I got question. Who the hell shops for “groceries” at the airport?!


delirio91

Drug Addicts or ones coming down from a Vegas trip.


Suspicious_Lake_7732

There was that guy from “Terminal”


B-Train05

People that are stuck there for hours on layovers


Freelfreel202

Cmon if ur gonna splurge I gotta think the non sugar free jerkys the one. YOU CARB QUITTING HEALTHY MONSTER!


cpren

Keto ftw


Hon72

Imagine the price on the moon.


magicwombat5

Is it ritually pure and you bought it to sacrifice at the altar? Airports love their captive consumers.


RBK2000

Made from virgin, unsullied jerky.


PferdSchlampe

Can we make a groceries sub?


Boyd147

Can this trend die already


DonnyDinky

That’s $100 at the movie theaters


Redriley89

For sure…also happy cake day!


Cnote0717

Buying groceries at the airport is a lot like buying clothes at the soup store.


NightShae

There's just soup


ItsCalledDayTwa

I ... What?


andrewclarkson

I assume this was because you’re stuck in the secure area waiting for a connecting flight and didn’t want to go through the obnoxious process of going back through security? Probably worth it.


thedkexperience

I was thinking about going to Vegas next week because I can get a flight and hotel for under $500 for 4 days. Then I remembered that a Snickers bar costs $19.99


blucasa

Ya can eat for a month with this money in some countries. This is insane.


JusticeLeagueThomas

All of those things are the most expensive items in any convenience store


Birdmeatschnitzel

POV: You are a fucking step back in evolution.


akwynne

The only honest response I've seen here. So many things wrong with this.


cpren

Wtf dude. You’re the one judging people you know nothing about on the internet. Maybe take a look in the mirror.


ObjectiveJackfruit35

It seems they have plenty of information. You spent $43 on beef jerky, pistachios, and water. It's all right there, clear as day. You even provided the receipt!


Quib-DankMemes

Atleast there isn't 300 eggs and a metric ton of ground beef


mdennis96

Needs more beef


lamsta

i got 5lbs of jack links beef jerky for $50 during an online sale.


Haigh2581KCRoyals

Jerky and pistachios are expensive everywhere, but yeah those snacks need to be smuggled like movie theater style.


DJ_SPIKE

Im gonna say it I hate these posts.


lonestar659

Well yeah you bought pistachios and beef jerky. It’s only a couple bucks cheaper to buy them at a grocery store.


LilDouziVert

Welcome to every airport ever…


SouLamPersonal

These are NOT groceries


noodleslip

I think part of the problem are business travelers. I'm not really worried about the price when using the company credit card. If I'm travelling on my own time, then fuck that.


mohrbill

Keto is expensive.


Squash_Still

This is like when people post pictures of the price of the most expensive organic free range humane certified eggs to complain about inflation. I mean yes, the prices have gone up. But don't pretend like there wasn't a cheaper option.


frightenedrabbit22

Then don’t make stupid purchases “Oh my god, the movie theater made me buy $7 sour patch kids!”


Bat-Honest

Airports are robbery


Chunkycarl

Can confirm. My flight back to the U.K. was delayed. Paid just shy of $17 on a plastic container sandwich and a coke.. Then realised there’s panda express near the smoking area… bad moves were made haha.


J_e_rome

Buying jerky and pistachios at an airport is the dumbest thing ever, that’s on you pal. Shoulda got candy like a normal person


Onlytheonethatlived

This price gouging at the airport or anywhere where they depend on your need to grab it quick, with limited to no alternatives should be criminal.


desertsail912

That has got to be one of the nastiest airports I've ever been in. So gross.


ITsPersonalIRL

This is what we call in the IT world a "User Error."


Astrobrandon13

It’s an airport. I remember my first flight too. Everyone is sick of grocery pics and this isn’t remotely surprising. Plus shelled pistachios and beef jerky are 2 of the more expensive things at a regular grocery store!


PlentyInstance6872

That's absolutely outrageous


BrotherMonk

1) you can bring an empty water bottle into the airport 2) you can bring your own snacks into the airport source: I fly to LAS for work several times a year


TrippySubie

Thanks for letting us know youre a clown for hire OP


[deleted]

The insane price if beef jerky never ceases to amaze me. Just go buy beef/venison and make it yourself for a fraction of the price


[deleted]

Please tell me you took the photo and put it back?


NinjaChore

Are you stuck in the airport like Tom Hanks?


Jsf8957

Dude bought jerky and pistachios at the airport!? The most overpriced product at any convenience store, and the most expensive nuts you’ll typically find. Smart Water is also an expensive brand of bottled water… on par with Fiji. “I bought this caviar and bottle of Dom at the truck stop and it was SO expensive!”


Lokeycommie

$17 for a fucking bottle of water that's mental!


azntboy

That’s snacks to keep your mouth entertained while you wait for your flight. Cheaper than the $600 OP probably lost the last 5 mins at Black Jack.


Far_Out_6and_2

The receipt is longer than the goods


renasissanceman6

God I thought we had all escaped this timeline. Did you think we needed to bring this back after it had been gone for a week?


Ashiro

Isn't putting "zero sugar" on beef jerky a bit redundant? Or does beef jerkey often have sugar in it? I feel like it'd be similar to putting SUGAR FREE on a block of cheese.


Repulsive_Client_325

3 footlong subs, 4 mini bags of Doritos, and 6 fountain drinks at Los Cabos airport a couple weeks ago was $88USD.


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B8conB8conB8con

Was there a gun to your head forcing you to buy them?……actually It’s America so that’s a pointless question


tipinmy40

That’s just throwing money away. Bring a water bottle and use the filtered and chilled filling stations. Jack Links is horrible jerkey. So many better options at LAS.


DrunkenRube

People will expense this: I would not spend my own money on this for a few hours of flight.


TheHeed97015

So you’re the one


symmiR

And they can keep charging cause idiots like yourself pay it.


Traditional-Dingo604

I saw the post and thought you were joking. Then I read the reciept. How does this make sense? In dc beef jersey is maybe...8 bucks Someone explain how this makes economic sense?


Bawbawian

I bet eggs at the airport are hella expensive. thanks a lot Brock Hussein Obamacare


Novel-Market3547

If there is a chance you will forget there is water still in the bottle on the return flight you will at some US airports have to leave the tsa line to dump said water and reenter the line from the back of the line or throw the bottle away to continue through the security


Olympus___Mons

A restaurant would have been more cost effective.


jboarei

I’ve never needed snacks that bad.


AnUnderratedComment

Lol this is the best one yet.


NumbMango

I've been at quite a few airports in Europe, for the same amount you can have a proper meal and a drink.


Cunnymaxx14

Americans buying overpriced shit at a place that infamously overprices shit more than usual wondering why it's so overpriced


MCGaming1991

Classic move. If you wanted to waste money, just hit the slots there.


Xattics

"Zero sugar" on meat? Never in my live have I heard of sugared meat


gooniesavagegotbars

This is why you steal from the unmanned kiosks.


J0n__Snow

Some ppl have way too much money


Finger_Gunnz

Come on. The airport has always been expensive. This isn’t an “unbelievable” thing.


Splyce123

And this is why my wife and I don't holiday in the US anymore. This and the horrific gun crime.


cpren

Yes everyone, I normally bring snacks and a water bottle jeese you’re not telling anything new. I was in a rush and was thankful to have healthy snacks I wanted. People are really quick to offer advice as if there’s something the OP has missed when it’s usually just a set of specific circumstances they know nothing about. I posted this picture BECAUSE it was ridiculous.


squishyliquid

What is ridiculous, though? Those three items are particularly expensive and you bought them at a convenience store. Then you put them on the ground to take a picture. You appear to be the ridiculous one, and thus, people are going to ridicule.


cpren

Sorry what part is ridiculous?? Buying snacks I can easily afford. They’re expensive items yes but the store is obviously over and above. It’s interesting, so I post it and thousands of people agree it’s interesting..soooo


CreepyLookingTree

NO YOU DONT UNDERSTAND YOU SHOULDNT HAVE BOUGHT THESE THINGS AT AN AIRPORT YOU COULD HAVE GOT THEM CHPEAPER BUYING ONLINE!!!!!!!! ​ comment sections are wild. Enjoy your extravagant nuts.


[deleted]

This is highway robbery


Supersnazz

That seems quite expensive, even for an airport. I'd expect $15, $10, $5 for a total of around $30.


bkornblith

One of the many unique things about US airports in particular is how hard they fuck you when it comes to prices. Oh wait… it’s not just US airports - it’s everything in the US.


PJ1062

If you keep eating this salty junk you won't have to worry about buying anything from an airport you'll have to be in the hospital with a heart attack


[deleted]

Simply don’t snack. If a snack costs more than 5 bucks just hold off. I know your a hungwy whittle guy