Show HN: SmokeScanner – Using cigarette price arbitrage to find free flights
SmokeScanner service compares duty-free cigarette prices on Ryanair flights to high street prices, highlighting potential savings of £96 at London Stansted Airport. Travelers can save money for flight tickets through cheaper cigarette purchases.
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The website provides information on SmokeScanner, a service that helps travelers find flights covered by cigarette savings. It compares the cost of buying a duty-free carton of cigarettes (10 packs) on Ryanair for £43 to high street prices of £139. By purchasing cigarettes at a lower price, travelers can potentially save money that could be used towards flight tickets. The service specifically mentions flights from London Stansted Airport (STN) and highlights the potential savings of £96 when buying duty-free. The website emphasizes the opportunity to find free flights by taking advantage of these cigarette savings.
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13 commentsEarlier this year I did “upload tourism”, travelling from Australia (where uploads are painfully slow) to Thailand where they were 50x faster. Got my 2Tb done in 3 days where it would have taken half a year back home. Easily justified the cost of the plane ticket and accommodation.
In fact, it saved money: telstra 7 x 300gb plans ≈ $2100 Vs flight ($350) + accommodation ($500) + incidentals = ~$1000.
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I wonder if there are other goods with similarly high gaps in price.
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