Duty Free Stores for Pipes and Tobacco?

[mso489]

Rarely I have found myself with the time and circumstances to look through duty free

stores at airports -- maybe in London, Dublin, and Toronto, most recently. I don't remember

pipes or pipe tobacco in any of these, though maybe I wasn't looking closely enough. Can

anyone report seeing any pipes or pipe tobacco anywhere recently? (On another post,

someone mentioned Dubai, not a place I have been or am likely to travel, but still interesting.)

It would be great if any Forums members spotting this in the future report in a post, with

a little detail about products available and prices (USD for me, maybe Euros for others, or

whatever currency applies).

 

[redstar]

Dubai -
Stunning cigar selection!
Occasional Peterson pipes and accessories for sales, occasionally pipe cleaners, depending on latest security scares.
Davidoff Rolls and other Davidoff blends between $8 to $13, Erinmore Flake and Ready Rubbed, Condor, Clan $10 and less, MacBaren Seven Seas options, 43g for $2(!), Captain Black options, 50g pouches for around $3, Borkum Riff similar. I wish they'd stock Dunhill!
Beirut -
Early Morning Pipe, The Royal Yacht, Nightcap and My Mixture in packs of three 50G tins. Can't remember the price, but it was excellent and the tins look like they've been there for years, with lots left still!
Istanbul -
Rather eclectic mix of McLelland and other aromatics, good prices.
Lagos -
No pipe tobacco that I've seen.
Accra -
No pipe tobacco that I've seen.
Cape Town -
A bit of Captain Black.
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I'll add more as I travel. Changed jobs so will be roaming a bit more widely again.

 

[plateauguy]

There are duty free stores on the internet also. I ordered from one and received my Amphora Red (5 pkgs - $41.00 w/free shipping) promptly. I'm sure it was just a coincidence (maybe not) but my credit card was compromised 3 days later.

 

[bryanf]

LAX carries all the Clan you'd ever want, for around $5 a pouch.

 

[mso489]

redstar, it sounds like you are in a great position to look at duty free pipes and tobacco. lol on Clan. Someone

brought me a pouch from Europe, but the reviews are so dismal, I haven't opened it. Duty free online -- that's

a development. In person, I think duty free shops at airports are only available to people who are traveling,

usually only in the international concourse, and who have gone through security already, but it may change from

time to time. Don't think you can drop in at the duty free shop just passing through JFK or LAX, etc., can you?

It's always nice to get a price break, and it would be really nice to get a break on pipes, though when traveling,

sometimes I conserve my cash and have some travel expenses on the card already. So it's a decision. But some

nice aged sealed tins sound like a good proposition. They may also reflect not such a hot market in pipe tobacco?

This is worth checking out, and reporting back to Forums members so others will remember to check it out if they

have time.

 

[natibo]

London (LHR & LGW) & Munich (2 places where I go the most) don't seem to offer anything so I stopped checking in most European airports. I wish more airport duty-free shops carried pipe and tobacco.

 

[redstar]

Mso489, my best option is ordering from the US. Internet prices are excellent... But only 50% of orders get through to Dubai. Not sure if this is down to customs confiscating packages or just the postal service being useless - the same statistics apply to 'normal' non registered post as well. This means that whilst I can order my favourites or something new to try, it's a lottery what gets through and the average price per gramme that arrives is increased due to the inevitable missing deliveries. This is why I keep an eye out at Duty Frees!
Fortunately recent trips to Beirut have provided a cellar full of The Royal Yacht. I just need to find somewhere that sells Dunhill Virginia Flake and I'll be happy, as long as friends popping over to the UK can bring back supplies of Samuel Gawith's offerings.
Snus ordered from Sweden online generally turns up after a couple of weeks. There's just no rhyme or reason to the whole situation.

 

[mso489]

redstar, the situation would drive me crazy, but you seem to take it all in stride, make a sport of it. I hope the

U.S. keeps coming through for you. Buy your pipes on home leave.