Emirates
Inflight Duty Free

Currency rip-off! Do not buy duty free products on Emirates as they make a HUGE margin on their exchange rates.

Buying some perfume on board the plane thought get something special. Anyway the prices are in USD and I was paying with Aussi dollars and the rate that day was on par just slightly below.

The perfume was $72 USD which on that particular day the cross rate was was at .99 USD for $1 Aussi dollar. So why do Emirates sell the $72 USD bottle of perfume for $86 AUD at their calculations??? A rip off I say... Apparently the rate is not calculated daily but surely the ballpark rate needs to be structured so that its not such a rip off. perhaps a dollar margin would be acceptable but this is extortion

But then after getting fleeced on the rate your change is paid in a currency which is absolutely useless anywhere in the world except for UAE the Dirham.

So I stupidly paid over the $86 Aussi dollars and received 40 Dirhams equivalent to $14 Aussi.

Cashed these Dirhams in at the Travelex at the airport and got back $5.50 Aussi dollars as the minimum transaction charge is $5 Aussi at Travelex.

The duty free shopping on Emirates on board well.. think twice is all I can say

Company: Emirates
Country: Australia
State: New South Wales
City: Sydney

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