Originally Posted by
HeartyMeatballs
You'd have to raise that with the caterers. Its their products the airlines sell. They take the money. It's their POS devices used to process payments. The airlines just take a commission and don't decide where tax is paid or exempt. The prices are obscene in your opinion.
Not in my case. The receipt I was given had the name of the airline printed on it. It did not have a VAT number printed on it though.
When compared to a pint paid at 'airport' prices at the departure airport I found the price of a 33ml tin of Stella to be obscene. My point is the airlines, particularly those that are known for charging high prices for alcohol, are partially to blame for the 'pre-loading' some passengers do at, or before, the airport.
I certainly don't envy the flight crew, but senior executive's bonuses come first, I suppose.