DUTY FREE: OPERATION AND ADVANTAGES
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BUY DUTY-FREE?
Buying "Duty-Free" means buying a product without domestic taxes and customs duties. At the airport in Malpensa therefore, you can access the duty-free price if you are departing to an international, non-EU destination. Some stores do not have different duty-free prices: their price list is single, for all passengers, but still more advantageous than stores outside the airport.
There are, however, quantity limits on some items such as alcohol and tobacco: check through your airline for regulations at the airport to which you are traveling. Malpensa duty free products can be reserved at milanomalpensaboutique.com.
WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF DUTY FREE?
Showing your airline ticket will entitle you to purchase with the benefit ofduty-free pricing. In fact, if you are traveling to an international and non-EU destination, you are entitled to buyduty-free based ontax exemption: products such as perfumes, cosmetics, fashion accessories, alcohol and food sold in the airport area following Malpensa Airport security checkpoints are exempt from some (or all) of the taxes and duties normally applied on these products.
Take advantage of duty-free benefits by booking through milanomalpensaboutique.com!
WHAT ARE DUTY FREE PRICES?
If you are traveling to a non-Schengen(non-EU) destination, you are entitled to purchase the products on sale in the boutiques in Milan Malpensa at an advantageous price: in fact, the duty-free price includes the deduction of the VAT tax from the list price. The Duty Free price is therefore what you will pay in the boutique with VAT already excluded. This way, you will not have to apply for a VAT refund from the TAX Refund office. REMEMBER that for purchases under €70 there is no reimbursment, this is in fact the minimum threshold per receipt.
To see what duty free prices are at Malpensa enter your flight details by adding a product to your cart or by clicking on the airplane icon found in the menu.
