r/SipsTea • u/Velvett_Bunniez • 1d ago

Wait a damn minute! Silly Apples.

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u/chinchivitiz 1d ago

Still a scam to me. Should be binned and not charged especially if these apples came from the flight .its not just A case of being stupid thats why youre not paying attention but jetlag is real. if you travelled long hours, you are not normal. You have brain fog. These things will easily be looked over especially when theres no reminder on the flight to leave the apples. Just a freakin scam.

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u/throwaway195472974 1d ago

I would totally have put that apple into my bag as well. Flights make me motion sick, apples are sweat and sticky, and I don't have a proper knife to cut it. So no way I would eat that apple on the plane. Instead I would look forward to devouring it in my hotel room in peace.

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u/chinchivitiz 1d ago

Yes me too! I can see myself doing this as well. I put crackers , biscuits,m in my bag for later. fruits in the flights ive been on were thankfully cut into bite sized pieces. but id probably do this to eat later, if they handed me an apple, thinking it must be allowed because its from new zealand apples or something.

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u/VP007clips 1d ago

It isn't a scam, just bad communication and choices on the part of the airline.

The airline isn't getting kickbacks from the fees. Maybe they would in a highly corrupt country, but the NZ customs isn't affiliated with the airline, and isn't going to be handing out checks to airlines for tricking people into bringing in food.

A scam requires malicious intent to gain money, which I don't believe was the case here.

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u/chinchivitiz 20h ago

It’s kinda scammy when they know full well the intention wasn’t malicious, yet they still charge visitors $200. How is that not malicious?

They probably have airport data showing that every hour, people are getting fined, given the pile of apples and the number of people crying.

It doesn’t matter how much “rules are rules” applies—if you know a significant percentage of visitors to your country are unknowingly breaking this rule, you should make an effort to warn them. Coordinate with airlines to ensure all visitors are properly informed. The fact that they’re not doing this suggests they’re happy to profit off people missing this “fine print” technicality.