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Vendors at RIAT Accepting Cards or Cash.....?
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2023 10:21 am
by Richard E
Planning to go to my first RIAT since 2019.
Do most of the vendors and Food Court stands now accept card payments or is it still sensible to carry enough cash to pay for lunch ?
Many thanks
Re: Vendors at RIAT Accepting Cards or Cash.....?
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2023 10:50 am
by somerset
Take cash as last year loads had trouble due to lack orlf WiFi connections and poor signal
Re: Vendors at RIAT Accepting Cards or Cash.....?
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2023 12:05 pm
by Richard E
Thanks - appreciate the help.
Re: Vendors at RIAT Accepting Cards or Cash.....?
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2023 5:13 pm
by Red-Eye-Knight
Richard E wrote: ↑Sat Jul 08, 2023 10:21 am
Planning to go to my first RIAT since 2019.
Do most of the vendors and Food Court stands now accept card payments or is it still sensible to carry enough cash to pay for lunch ?
Many thanks
Always take cash most vendors use that and the atm machines on base don't always work well, Some do take card but not many.
Re: Vendors at RIAT Accepting Cards or Cash.....?
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2023 6:12 pm
by sneezy24
I didn't use cash on Thursday or Saturday last year, didn't have a problem.
.. apart from trying to eat pie, mash, peas and gravy with a wooden knife!!!
Re: Vendors at RIAT Accepting Cards or Cash.....?
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2023 7:31 pm
by Red-Eye-Knight
Also useful to have cash incase you want to buy merchandise from the pilots/aircrew.
Re: Vendors at RIAT Accepting Cards or Cash.....?
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2023 11:41 pm
by Timmo
sneezy24 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 08, 2023 6:12 pm
I didn't use cash on Thursday or Saturday last year, didn't have a problem.
.. apart from trying to eat pie, mash, peas and gravy with a wooden knife!!!
You were lucky, it took me nearly 20 minutes to buy a T-shirt from a vendor on the Saturday as there was so little network coverage for the card machine.
I would certainly recommend bringing some cash along as well
Re: Vendors at RIAT Accepting Cards or Cash.....?
Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2023 5:41 pm
by iainpeden
From FRIAT forum. They are aware there was a WiFi issue last year and put it down to the supplier not installing a dedicated mast. Hopefully this year the situation will be improved.
I’m taking cash as it helps budget!
Re: Vendors at RIAT Accepting Cards or Cash.....?
Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2023 9:11 am
by mrjolly
sneezy24 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 08, 2023 6:12 pm
I didn't use cash on Thursday or Saturday last year, didn't have a problem.
.. apart from trying to eat pie, mash, peas and gravy with a wooden knife!!!
You are so bourgeois, what’s wrong with you eating pie, mash, peas and gravy with your hands??!?
Re: Vendors at RIAT Accepting Cards or Cash.....?
Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2023 9:50 am
by sneezy24
mrjolly wrote: ↑Tue Jul 11, 2023 9:11 am
sneezy24 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 08, 2023 6:12 pm
I didn't use cash on Thursday or Saturday last year, didn't have a problem.
.. apart from trying to eat pie, mash, peas and gravy with a wooden knife!!!
You are so bourgeois, what’s wrong with you eating pie, mash, peas and gravy with your hands??!?
.. I did think about it!!!!
Re: Vendors at RIAT Accepting Cards or Cash.....?
Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2023 11:33 am
by kevanm
Timmo wrote: ↑Sat Jul 08, 2023 11:41 pm
sneezy24 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 08, 2023 6:12 pm
I didn't use cash on Thursday or Saturday last year, didn't have a problem.
.. apart from trying to eat pie, mash, peas and gravy with a wooden knife!!!
You were lucky, it took me nearly 20 minutes to buy a T-shirt from a vendor on the Saturday as there was so little network coverage for the card machine.
I would certainly recommend bringing some cash along as well
Am hoping the network situation will be improved from last year. I live close to the base and rely on Vodafone of which there was precisely zero download availability last year. There was enough of a dribble to keep feeding 360 Radar
