A CUSTOMER has revealed shocking airport prices after buying just two items for himself.
A passenger passing through New York’s LaGuardia Airport was one of many who was surprised to see how the prices of airport snacks had risen.
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“Something that personally irritated me yesterday at the airport?
$10.38 for a chocolate bar and a bottle of water at La Guardia airport,” the customer told The US Sun.
The traveler took a photo of the two items he purchased for the flight.
This has been a common complaint, as many people have noticed extreme prices at airports for basic snacks.
“I spent $10 on a snack at the airport,” wrote one person on X, (formerly known as Twitter).
Another person took a photo of a bag of chips that cost $5.29, calling the prices “obscene.”
“I understand it’s expensive to eat out, but….. Don’t go to the airport without your own snacks,” they told their followers.
A third person en route to San Francisco documented an aisle full of food at the airport.
“A person can easily spend $100 at the airport before boarding a flight just to grab snacks and lunch,” they added.
AIRPORT PROBLEMS
Experts say that restaurants and vendors know what they are doing when they add these high prices to everyday snacks.
“They realize they have a captive audience,” said Blaise Waguespack, a professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Vox.
“They’re trying to hit that price point so people say, ‘Yeah, this isn’t like downtown,’ but they don’t feel ripped off. They are trying to cross a tight line.”
However, customers are now proving that they may have gone too far.
Many take to social media to reveal that airport self-checkout machines now ask for tips.
“I had a conversation with my brother last week,” one person wrote on Reddit.
“Tip for who? Myself? Am I the employee now?”
“Will you send me a pay stub and a W2? Can I put that on my resume?”
“I for one welcome our new robotic overlords,” joked another person.
Others suggested that self-checkout was a “guilt” for shoppers.
“Would you just like to give us money,” said another.
William Michael Lynn, a professor at Cornell University’s Nolan School of Hotel Administration, told Wall Street Journal that companies “are seizing an opportunity”.
“Who wouldn’t want to make extra money at a very low cost if they could?”
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