Answers.Body: <p>Duty-Free shops are placed in such a way that travelers must leave the country of origin (sale). Australia is no exception.</p>
  
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    <p>Duty-free shops (or stores) are retail outlets that are exempt from the payment of certain local or national taxes and duties, on the requirement that the goods sold will be sold to travelers who will take them out of the country. Which products can be sold duty-free vary by jurisdiction, as well as how they can be sold, and the process of calculating the duty or refunding the duty component. - <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duty-free_shop" rel="noreferrer">Duty-free shop</a></p>
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  <p><a href="https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/118045/42525">J. Caron</a> makes this statement about the Sydney airport:</p>
  
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    <p>Don’t remember the exact layout in Sydney, but in most airports (if not all), you can’t get to the duty-free shops without going through immigration (where applicable) and security, which you generally won’t be able to do without a boarding pass for a flight.</p>
    
    <p>The shop will also often require to see the boarding pass, and in some places will make a distinction between people travelling domestic or international. In some countries like the US, as there is not necessarily a separation between domestic and international travellers, and you can exit the departures area at will, they will not give you the goods right away, but deliver them during the actual aircraft boarding.</p>
    
    <p>In some airports (especially in the EU), duty-free shops will actually sell duty-free when they can (you are actually leaving the country, or in the case of the EU, leave the EU customs union), and make a discount equivalent to duty-free for other cases.</p>
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  <p>I have seen duty-free sales of liquor and other items sold on in-flight only on some international flights.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I live in Sydney. I was wondering if it would be possible to take a trip to the airport and buy a whole bunch of Johnnie walker duty free? Do you actually have to be boarding a flight, or can you just rock up, splash some money around and go home?</p>
  
  <p>If you absolutely must be flying somewhere in order to buy some booze, would a domestic flight be sufficient? I've been thinking of visiting Melbourne for a while, and if it were possible to pick up some blue label on the way home I wouldn't complain!</p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>
  
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Title: Do you need to actually be flying somewhere in order to buy booze duty free at the airport?
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ThreadText: # Do you need to actually be flying somewhere in order to buy booze duty free at the airport?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-07-07)
  
  I live in Sydney. I was wondering if it would be possible to take a trip to the airport and buy a whole bunch of Johnnie walker duty free? Do you actually have to be boarding a flight, or can you just rock up, splash some money around and go home?
  
  If you absolutely must be flying somewhere in order to buy some booze, would a domestic flight be sufficient? I've been thinking of visiting Melbourne for a while, and if it were possible to pick up some blue label on the way home I wouldn't complain!
  
  Thanks
  
  **Tags:** price, australia
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2018-07-07. Score: 5 | Accepted answer
  
  Duty-Free shops are placed in such a way that travelers must leave the country of origin (sale). Australia is no exception.
  
  > Duty-free shops (or stores) are retail outlets that are exempt from the payment of certain local or national taxes and duties, on the requirement that the goods sold will be sold to travelers who will take them out of the country. Which products can be sold duty-free vary by jurisdiction, as well as how they can be sold, and the process of calculating the duty or refunding the duty component. - [Duty-free shop](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duty-free_shop)
  
  [J. Caron](https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/118045/42525) makes this statement about the Sydney airport:
  
  > Don’t remember the exact layout in Sydney, but in most airports (if not all), you can’t get to the duty-free shops without going through immigration (where applicable) and security, which you generally won’t be able to do without a boarding pass for a flight.
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  > The shop will also often require to see the boarding pass, and in some places will make a distinction between people travelling domestic or international. In some countries like the US, as there is not necessarily a separation between domestic and international travellers, and you can exit the departures area at will, they will not give you the goods right away, but deliver them during the actual aircraft boarding.
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  > In some airports (especially in the EU), duty-free shops will actually sell duty-free when they can (you are actually leaving the country, or in the case of the EU, leave the EU customs union), and make a discount equivalent to duty-free for other cases.
  
  I have seen duty-free sales of liquor and other items sold on in-flight only on some international flights.
  
  
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