why do you think the €500 note was introduced?
Because the 1.000 German marks note existed prior to introducing Euro 
Germany doesn’t accept it.
My impression has been that it is for avgas pump men who can pocket the money without recording the fuel pumped
And of course for selling houses for cash in a suitcase. In the same countries where we especially struggle with airport behaviour – is that surprising?
Peter wrote:
Prague LKPR is a lot more than 200. I paid 400-500 multiple times, which was a scam because they quoted you one price and then you got a bill from another department.
I went to LKPR a few times, I never paid “400-500 EUR”. I got billed what they quoted, and that’s it. If LKPR were in that range, then Vodochody LKVO would be far cheaper on weekends. Each time I check, Vodochody LKVO is significantly cheaper on weekdays, but a bit more expensive than Ruzyně LKPR on weekends. On weekends, it is something like 250 EUR vs 220 EUR for the whole package (IFR approach, landing, 24h-36h of parking, minimal “handling” without extra frills such as hotel booking or coffee, …)
I paid in the region of £189.51 for a coordinated IFR package for 2 nights in LKPR.
https://airports.euroga.org/record.php?id=1034
lionel wrote:
I went to LKPR a few times, I never paid “400-500 EUR”. I got billed what they quoted, and that’s it. If LKPR were in that range, then Vodochody LKVO would be far cheaper on weekends. Each time I check, Vodochody LKVO is significantly cheaper on weekdays, but a bit more expensive than Ruzyně LKPR on weekends. On weekends, it is something like 250 EUR vs 220 EUR for the whole package (IFR approach, landing, 24h-36h of parking, minimal “handling” without extra frills such as hotel booking or coffee, …)
