Duty Free Ireland to UK

snowgal · 02-11-2021 4:26pm #1

Hi all, please move if there's a thread somewhere else but I couldn't find it. Does anyone know what the story is with regard to booze and cigarettes in duty free now when travelling from Ireland to UK and back. Im heading to the UK next week and a friend of mine said oh great sure you can get your duty free stuff (Smoker) on the way and the way back now..... Can I??!! thanks

ohnonotgmail · 02-11-2021 4:28pm

you can get Duty Free both ways BUT the duty free you buy on the way out cannot be reimported.

02-11-2021 4:35pm

Same as all non-EU countries, it's actually a bit of a joke:

200 smokes

1 Litre of spirits

16 litres of beer

02-11-2021 4:36pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118107962#Comment_118107962

If you got the ferry and stashed it in your luggage, I presume there's a high chance of getting away with it?

ohnonotgmail · 02-11-2021 4:37pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118108003#Comment_118108003

Im sure there is a chance of getting away with it. entirely up to you if you want to risk it.

Atlantic Dawn · 02-11-2021 4:42pm

Ireland to UK is 4 litres of spirits, 42 litres of beer and 200 cigarettes.

https://www.gov.uk/bringing-goods-into-uk-personal-use/arriving-in-Great-Britain

UK to Ireland is 1 litres of spirits, 16 litres of beer and 200 cigarettes

https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/travel_and_recreation/travel_to_ireland/customs_regulations_for_travellers.html

You can buy as much as you like going out or coming back but if you are over the allowance the goods can be seized and you can be fined.

snowgal · 02-11-2021 4:59pm

thanks all. Just never struck me that now on short journey I could pick up cigarettes. So expensive here that it would make a big saving on a very short day return flight, cheers! and sure a bottle or 2 of spirits too....

markad1 · 02-11-2021 5:16pm

Recent flight from Birmingham to Dublin. 200 cigs in dutyfree was 73 euro. 200 cigs on aerlingus flight was 45 euro

Atlantic Dawn · 02-11-2021 5:25pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118108172#Comment_118108172

Yes Ryanair is €30 for 200 Marlboro Gold, Marlboro Red, John Player Blue, Benson & Hedges Special Filter.

Page 9 of the shopping magazine...http://www.ryanair.com/content/dam/ryanair3/2021/inflight/magazines/10/Winter-21-Retail-Magazine.pdf

Masala · 02-11-2021 5:39pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118108237#Comment_118108237

Heard that and decided to wait til on the flight. When I asked to buy - they had no stock of B&H. Should have bought at Airport and be happy with the saving.

Atlantic Dawn · 02-11-2021 5:42pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118108319#Comment_118108319

Yes you are committed to whatever is on the flight, I don't think you can check beforehand what will be in stock for a particular flight either.

02-11-2021 5:46pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118108026#Comment_118108026

I don’t know about cigarettes or beer/wine, but the allowance for spirits both ways is 4 litres.

Repo101 · 02-11-2021 5:49pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118108319#Comment_118108319

Yeah, I've noticed a lot of people in the past few weeks flying out on cheap tickets to Gatwick/Stanstead and buying cigarettes on the flight back, all in €55.

Spoke to one lady who has been doing it since the restrictions started. She visits her sister in Crawley town for a few hours between flights.

My uncle asks me to get him 200 regularly as I have to fly for work but more often the return flight is out of his brand by the time they get to me. I bought some on the way over the last time as I was going to be tight making the return flight and had no issue with customs on the way back.

GerardKeating · 02-11-2021 5:51pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118107962#Comment_118107962

One used to be allowed to reimport it, also RyanAir had a "handy" service, on your return flight, if you had not gotten duty free on the way out, they would sell you your outward and return duty free on the return flight, of course asking you to confirm that you did not get Duty Free in the Airport terminal, so on a weekend trip to London, one could return with six litres of Whiskey, one in each airport, and two on each flight.

Atlantic Dawn · 02-11-2021 6:05pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118108375#Comment_118108375

It's 1 litre when arriving in to Ireland from a non EU country.

02-11-2021 6:26pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118108496#Comment_118108496

Strange. I would have thought it was the same each way!

Atlantic Dawn · 02-11-2021 6:45pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118108566#Comment_118108566

Yes the UK have increased their allowance since Brexit, previously they were 1 litre too. If I'm visiting someone over there I will try to bring the max.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/duty-free-extended-to-the-eu-from-january-2021

Caranica · 02-11-2021 7:51pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118108375#Comment_118108375

As Atlantic Dawn has posted above, this is not correct. A reminder to check official sources and not take what you read on boards as gospel.

Jeremy Sproket · 02-11-2021 8:34pm

Could you book a very cheap flight (<€10) to Liverpool (one way), go to the Duty Free, stock up on fags, "panic" and say you're too scared to take the flight and simply leave with your loot?

I might try. I'm not a smoker but a family member is (a very heavy one at that, ie, 3 packs a day).

02-11-2021 8:36pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118109077#Comment_118109077

Strange. My sister was telling me that she’d brought the Christmas drinks back with her last week. 2 litres each vodka and gin. Surely she wouldn’t have been allowed buy that much if it wasn’t ok? Or would she have been charged the full amount for the extra 3?

02-11-2021 8:42pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118109348#Comment_118109348

I don't that's a "runner"........ coming back from Lanzarote just before the pandemic, bought a stash in airport...... long story short...flight was cancelled at last minute.......everyone had to 'refund' their goodies before leaving airport

ted1 · 02-11-2021 8:44pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118108566#Comment_118108566

Why? You have Two different revenue jurisdictions.

Jeremy Sproket · 02-11-2021 8:46pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118109412#Comment_118109412

Legally, do the fags and alcohol have to be consumed outside the EU or can you buy some in DUB and bring them back in for your own use?

I know you can bring 200 fags, 1 L of strong liquor from outside the EU back into Ireland, but can you bring your Irish Duty Free fags to the UK and back again?

What if you buy 200 in DUB then go to the UK, buy 200 more in LPL on return. You then have 400 entering Ireland, which is a breach of your limit. Do the Irish fags you bought originally in DUB count towards that limit?

Jeremy Sproket · 02-11-2021 8:47pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118109412#Comment_118109412

What if you already opened the smokes to have some in the Garden Terrace?

Or opened the alcohol to have a taste?

Darc19 · 02-11-2021 8:56pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118107996#Comment_118107996

Similar going from EU countries into non EU countries. Or most non connected countries to each other.

Caranica · 02-11-2021 9:26pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118109366#Comment_118109366

Buying it isn't the issue, importing it into the country is. Customs are the ones who would have an issue, but they don't stop everyone

02-11-2021 9:34pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118109701#Comment_118109701

She was lucky so!

Masala · 02-11-2021 10:15pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118108375#Comment_118108375

Wrong..... 4 liters into UK. Only 1 litre into Ireland.

03-11-2021 8:30am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118110086#Comment_118110086

Thank you. That has already been established.

whiterebel · 03-11-2021 9:20am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118109436#Comment_118109436

Duty free bought in Ireland and re-imported count towards your allowance. The must not be opened until you are outside the state.

snowgal · 03-11-2021 10:45am

thanks all. I might chance 200 cigs going over and the same coming back, a risk but we'll see.......

blackwhite · 03-11-2021 4:31pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118107962#Comment_118107962

The allowances simply state how much you can bring into the country without paying Duty or VAT on them.

Doesn't matter if they were bought on the way out or if bought whilst outside the EU.

scudzilla · 25-11-2021 12:35am

Went over to Wales on ferry to visit family last week, 10x50g pouches of Lambert & Butler tobacco was £90, about 100euro, on average a 50g pouch here would cost 33-35euro

Bought 40 pouches on boat, lady didnt even argue, just asked if i was aware of duty free limits, stashed in car and never stopped

Booze is also a mad price, so many offers like 4 litre bottle for £40

snowgal · 25-11-2021 11:25am

did you notice any cigarettes? and prices? thanks

ohnonotgmail · 25-11-2021 11:28am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118220157#Comment_118220157

somewhere around €60-65 for a carton when I went through in september.

snowgal · 25-11-2021 11:31am

thanks for that! a decent choice? I dont know why but I always think the ferries wont have any stock!

ohnonotgmail · 25-11-2021 11:32am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118220189#Comment_118220189

not sure about choice on the ferry, this was dublin airport. the prices should be the same.

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