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Is this the most expensive McDonalds in the world?

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Sleepdeprived42long · 17/04/2024 22:32

Travelling home from holiday last week and these were the prices at the airport McDonalds!

22 Euros for a double Big Mac meal!

Anyone want to guess which airport? And is there a more expensive McDonald’s out there?

Is this the most expensive McDonalds in the world?
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SlothMama · 18/04/2024 10:34

Back in 2015 I paid £40 for two adult meals in Geneva!

SagittariusDwarf · 18/04/2024 10:32

Contraversialcate · 18/04/2024 10:17

Do we know the answer yet!?

I take it you haven't read the OP's update

ScrambledSmegs · 18/04/2024 10:32

Refilling water bottles after security is a pain too. Was at Geneva recently and I had to go upstairs, find a random nail bar and then go down a corridor that looked like it went nowhere to find a water fountain. It had such a pitiful dribble that I could barely get any of our bottles a quarter full, and they're perfectly normal sizes.

No cafe was willing to fill us our bottles (fair enough, not their job) but wasn't impressed by this especially because of all of the guff about being environmentally friendly everywhere Hmm

Pedallleur · 18/04/2024 10:29

If you are stupid/rich enought to pay those prices they will charge it

Contraversialcate · 18/04/2024 10:17

Do we know the answer yet!?

Burpie · 18/04/2024 10:11

Comedycook · 17/04/2024 22:35

I was going to guess Switzerland but they don't use euros do they?

They don't use euros and I'm pretty sure they're more expensive than this! I paid about €40 in a Zurich burger king for one veggie burger meal + an added portion of veggie nuggets!

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 18/04/2024 09:57

Except that it’s Euros, I’d have guessed Geneva, where we once paid a ripoff €6 each for titchy bottles of water.

Notjustabrunette · 18/04/2024 09:49

I got a McD’s from Dalaman airport 2 years ago, I’m sure (I hope) I didn’t pay these prices.

babyhiding · 18/04/2024 09:28

FrenchandSaunders · 18/04/2024 09:10

Blimey we're going to Dalaman later in the year, must remember to eat before we set off to the airport.

Have a hearty breakfast in the hotel before flight and if you're around the shops where you're staying stock up on snacks the night before and take on flight with you. With drinks though, be prepared to pay 4-5 euros as you can't take that on board unfortunately but they were changing liquid limitations hopefully you are able to take that as well.

Paranoidprepper · 18/04/2024 09:25

I hate feeling ripped off. I don't mind paying for a nice meal, etc, but holding you to ransom just because they know you've no other choice is wrong and goes against my principles, so I'm not going to support it by buying stuff. A pound or 2 dearer to account for the higher rents in different places, etc, I'd understand, but this is simply greed.

Paranoidprepper · 18/04/2024 09:18

I'd rather go hungry (and have done) than pay those kind of prices, especially for fast food. The problem is, because lots of you obviously would pay it, they get away with it and have no reason to lower their prices.

Ifulikepinacoladas · 18/04/2024 09:15

FrenchandSaunders · 18/04/2024 09:10

Blimey we're going to Dalaman later in the year, must remember to eat before we set off to the airport.

Definitely, or take your own food. The people 'in the know' had loads of food, clearly home cooked, on the plane...torture for us😂

Ifulikepinacoladas · 18/04/2024 09:13

EvangelicalAboutButteredToast · 18/04/2024 09:07

I’d rather go hungry than pay that!

We did when we flew from there!
Starving on flight home and then straight to Burger King on drive back.

FrenchandSaunders · 18/04/2024 09:10

Blimey we're going to Dalaman later in the year, must remember to eat before we set off to the airport.

EvangelicalAboutButteredToast · 18/04/2024 09:07

I’d rather go hungry than pay that!

BananaNutPancakes · 18/04/2024 08:54

NobbyNobbs · 18/04/2024 06:29

Am I the only daft one that assumes that McDonalds prices were fairly similar, no matter where you travelled?!🙈

Nope. They are all over the place and generally more expensive in airports.

There are some airports in the US where the airport prices have to be the same as city prices. SLC and PDX are two of them. I'm not sure if there are more. It is really refreshing to pay reasonable prices!

Misthios · 18/04/2024 08:33

Eye wateringly expensive! Not sure how they get away with it???

Because people are clearly prepared to pay it.

BistoBear · 18/04/2024 08:28

We flew from Dalaman in 2010 and it was extortionate then 👎🏻👎🏻

Harassedmum123 · 18/04/2024 08:27

Antalya is the most expensive I have ever seen.

Roselilly36 · 18/04/2024 08:20

Food is always over the top at airports generally, there seems to be a tendency to get customers to order on the electronic boards, we noticed at Corfu BK there were no offers we could see on the boards, and you couldn’t see the counter from where the boards were placed, we ordered at the counter and it was much cheaper as there were some offers, we warned a couple of families, one went to the counter and ordered, the other paid over €100 for 4 meals! The staff in there didn’t like us telling people but I didn’t care, if I stopped a couple of families being ripped off it was worth their glares!

Wishingwinteraway · 18/04/2024 08:13

Dalaman??? If not then it’s probably not the most expensive that place is ridiculous
ETA sorry hadn’t read reply when I posted…..

Hermitlife · 18/04/2024 08:12

I instantly thought dalaman, I got charged £8 for a mid size pack of haribo in that airport it’s sickening!

PrincessHoneysuckle · 18/04/2024 08:02

Dalaman is a joke unsure why coz Antalya was fine

Ace56 · 18/04/2024 08:00

Cailin66 · 18/04/2024 06:28

Places like Switzerland that are visited by many EU visitors will price in Euros, this would particularly be the case for airports. The price for food in Zurich is very high, so it could be Switzerland.

Also Switzerland has 3 languages but the language used is English. Perfectly standard for airports, so that gives us no clue.

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I go to Geneva at least twice a year. They don’t price in Euros at the airport, and would definitely have French as their main language for menus.

The Swiss are not the type to bend over backwards catering for tourists like some other countries tend to do!

userxx · 18/04/2024 07:58

Knew it was Dalaman, I remember a bloke having a massive rant about the prices and that was almost 10 years ago.

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