Water on the Plane – An Arbitrage Opportunity

An arbitrage opportunity is “the opportunity to buy an asset at a low price then immediately selling it on a different market for a higher price.” Not so simple for the average man/woman in the street to do. But now its easy – at an airport near you.

Value of a small bottle of water at security checkpoint – ZERO. Value on the plane $2. Yes thats right – US Airways is now charging $2 for drinks on board – even water.

Now the challenge I pose to my blogging community is how to salvage water at the checkpoint and transport it to the aircraft at the gate. Solve that and pretty soon your getting around on your own private jet.


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6 Responses

  1. Not sure how this can be put to use but the plumbing on either side of security is probably connected. Inject water as a high pressure into the drinking fountains before security and extract from the faucets on the other side. Requires 3 people:
    One before security, one after security and one to make sure no one uses the toilets during this procedure.

  2. I like your post, usually very informative. But this one was silly. Sorry.

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