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Making buying a bottle of water a lot easier at Dublin Airport

13/08/2023 by Kevincm

Whilst some people are very organised, and have their recycled fillable water bottle with them at all times, others (like your writer), have the organisational skills of a pea some days.

So when I need a bottle of water at an airport, it’s a grumble, more than happiness when given the choice of paying through the nose at newsagents.

Thankfully, Dublin Airport has updated how it offers bottled water.

a person standing in front of a green wall

You can pay with hard cash – but if you’re unorganised like me, you can pay with a contactless payment method.

a green machine with a phone on it

The machine accepts €1 in coinage or a tap-and-pay function. I used Apple Pay via my Monzo account.

And it worked simply and quickly, with the notification coming up.

a screenshot of a phone

There are also hydration stations dotted around the airport, to fill your bottle – both before and after security (both bottle fillers and water fountains.

a hand pushing a water dispenser 

Rescuing friction when buying a bottle of water

Dublin Airport has always had bottles of water on sale, with the trust system being key – i.e., you pop a €1 in a slot and take your water bottle. However, there are a lot of people who have gone cashless, who don’t want to break into a note or haven’t got the hard cash to hand, but have a payment card or other contactless method (eg Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay, etc). 

Reducing the friction to purchase something as simple as a bottle of water – by offering more methods to pay – is a quick win in the passenger experience realm.

One that passengers of any class can take advantage of.


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