SOUTHAMPTON AIRPORT GUIDE (SOU)
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QUICK FACTS
Name: Southampton Airport
IATA Code: SOU
ICAO Code: EGHI
Opened: 1932
Terminals: 1
Runways: 1
Destinations served: 50+
Passengers: 1.8m (2009) |
DUTY FREE
Major duty free outlets
Because Southampton Airport is enrolled in the World Price Promise and Refund Guarantee programme, arriving and departing passengers have the opportunity to enjoy shopping without additional charges.
Shopping can be found in both arrivals and departures although duty free is only available in the departures lounge. The World Duty Free shop stocks all manner of tax free items including fragrances, skin care, cosmetics, wines and alcoholic beverages, sunglasses, fashion accessories, travel needs and a range of electronic goods. Phoning in advance and reserving your goods is also an option here. Southampton Airport passengers can spend some time at the World Duty Free shop and enjoy the savings and benefits of duty free and tax free shopping.
Duty free limits
It is easy for shopaholics to lose control and buy everything on the rack at World Duty Free. With savings of as much as 40-50%, that cannot be surprising. World Duty Free has actually no restrictions when it comes to how much you can buy. Southampton Airport parking customers can take advantage of this great offer, buying as many items as they can carry, so long as the amount does not exceed the amount allowed by Customs of the destination country. When planning to buy items at World Duty Free, passengers bound to international destinations should check with their respective destination countries to ensure that they would not go beyond the limit.
Hot items
Scents for Him Her sell like hotcakes at Southampton World Duty Free. Imagine getting as much as 40% discount for highly desired items like CK One, CK Be, Estee Lauder Beautiful, YSL Rive Gauche Man, YSL Baby Doll, Aramis Classic, DKNY Red Delicious, Hugo XY and many others. Airport passengers looking for great offers for confectionery products are sure to find what they need at Southampton World Duty Free, too. Get four Milka Bars for the price of three, two Nestle Share Bags for only eight pounds, three boxes of Toffee for only 12 pounds, three Bassets or Maynards for only five pounds. With such great deals, you’ll be able to have lots to bring to your friends.
Carry on luggage
Duty-free items such as laptops, electronic gadgets or jewelry pieces should be hand-carried or kept in a carry-on luggage, not in checked in baggage. Southampton Airport passengers on direct flights to the United States are allowed to carry duty-free perfumes in liquid form since these have been purchased after the security checkpoint (World Duty Free being located after security control). However, if you have to take a connecting flight to the US, it would be necessary to check-in duty-free liquid items as well.
To avoid any hassle when traveling abroad with no direct flights, it is wise to make sure you purchase duty-free items in liquid form after the security checkpoint. Then when using tamper-evident bags to contain your liquid purchases, don’t try to open the bags before security control.