Which airports have "street" pricing for food and drink?

[bumbershoot]

Those of us who use Seatac airport are so lucky in that the prices are supposed to be "street". We aren't ripped off when buying waters or snacks or meals, ever since the big renovation and contracts were agreed on.

When we bought snacks at San Diego airport last month we forgot about how lucky we are, and just about fell over when we paid that exorbitant cost.


Are there other airports (in the States and beyond) that require "street" prices, vs inflated prices?

 

[stopher1]

wow - you are lucky Molly... I fly all over the country for business, and have not experienced "street" pricing anywhere. I suppose there are a few others like SeaTac (haven't been there in about 8 yrs) - so I'm anxious to see what anyone posts!

 

[Brian Noble]

PIT did when I lived there, but that was 10 years ago now.

 

[bumbershoot]

Wow!

I was starting to think I had made up the whole thing (except I have the receipts for the seatac vs san diego stuff), so I went searching...

It happened after their gorgeous renovations (have you been there? the huge wall of windows looking out on the tarmac is amazing, and only for ticketed passengers).

"All new restaurants opening at Sea-Tac will have "street pricing" as a requirement of their lease.

"'People don't need to find a place to eat on the way to the airport just to save a few dollars,' Lindsey [managing director of aviation for the Port] said. 'They can come to the airport, go through security, and then relax and have a great meal here.'"

From http://www.portseattle.org/news/press/2003/05_07_2003_52.shtml

Also here...

"all airport stores are required to adhere to 'street prices.' Translation: no markups beyond what can be fetched on the regular open market."


Other airports might want to think about it, according to this article: "With the opening of Concourse A, the airport switched to so-called "street pricing," ceasing to charge a premium to captive airline customers. Customers apparently liked the change, as sales still rose despite the roughly 10 percent price reduction mid-year."

 

[jlewisinsyr]

Only comment would be I hope their rent they are paying for the floor space is also street priced or less, otherwise you're going to see a lot of vacant floor space.

 

[bumbershoot]

Only comment would be I hope their rent they are paying for the floor space is also street priced or less, otherwise you're going to see a lot of vacant floor space.

I think part of the contract is that the rent is lower too. seatac is FULL of stores and restaurants, it's so great!

I wish I flew more often so I could be there more often. (oh man I'm strange, but I loooooove airports)

 

[Lewisc]

PHL
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I guess every airport has "street" pricing if the "street" we're using for comparison is "Main Street USA"

 

[NotUrsula]

Lambert (STL) is supposed to have it, too, but I find that it's a flexible concept.

The trick is that in order to enforce "street pricing" standards, the same chain has to operate outside the airport. So the Burger King and CPK inside the airport charge the same thing for the same items that their counterparts outside the airport charge, but the bookstore/souvenir shop isn't limited by that, because they don't have any off-airport locations. What they charge inside the airport *is* their street-standard price, and it's relatively high (not movie-theatre-high, but more than QuikTrip, let us say.)

Average price at STL for a bottle of water is $1.75, and a 20 oz bottled soft drink is $2.02. A bag of chips is $.99, and the average small candy bar is $.75. The liquids are higher because that is what the market will bear.

 

[Tony NY]

wow good luck on that qustion I been in many airport never seen street prices in them .

 

[Taja]

Phoenix Sky Harbour has street pricing.

On the high end of street pricing, but it's considered street pricing. Fast food would be the equivalent of mall pricing, rather than stand-alone, strip mall pricing.

The only things I've purchased have been a couple of magazines (actual cover price instead of inflated cover price) and bottled water. The bottled water was either $2 or $2.50 for 1 litre. I'm thinking $2.

 

[bumbershoot]

The trick is that in order to enforce "street pricing" standards, the same chain has to operate outside the airport.

That's a really good point!

With seatac the main place we went to was Starbucks, and especially living in this area we're quite familiar with the "street" prices of that.

But we also got a big water and an Odwalla type juice from a little juice place, and they were about the same cost as buying them from a normal store (not a discount store, but not a minimart either).


But even after nearly a week of Disneyland prices and a few days of Chula Vista/San Diego prices, that Starbucks receipt at San Diego airport knocked our socks off.

 

[winterman]

Boston's Logan Int. Airport has street pricing.

 

[RichmondTiggerFan]

I know Reagan National Airport near Washington, DC has a street-pricing policy (maybe Dulles, too, since they're both run by the same outfit.)

 

[CarolA]

PHL
http://www.phl.org/about.html

I guess every airport has "street" pricing if the "street" we're using for comparison is "Main Street USA"

 

[evaready51]

wow good luck on that qustion I been in many airport never seen street prices in them .

I agree w/Tony of NY - many of the airports I have been in are very $$$ when it come to pricing merchandise. LOL!!! even McDonald's gouges you!

 

[ironz]

I love SeaTac! One of the better airports to have to hang out in for layovers, etc. Good choices of food and shopping, all within the same "secure" area.

It is a little pricey, but try the baked ziti at Vino Volo (the wine bar). yum!!