Thread: Ancillary revenue

Keep in mind, Continental was by far the longest holdout in giving a meal on a domestic flight. That said, even Southwest gives those tiny little snacks (peanuts/pretzels). I really wish we could do that.

What really bugs me is this (according to the reservations system, I haven't been on either of these flights)... DUB-EWR is a 7.5 hour flight. Being an international flight, you are entitled to a meal. Great! EWR-HNL, on the other hand, is just a little bit shy of being an 11 hour flight. Ooof. And worse, that flight is considered domestic still, so if you want a meal you gotta buy it yourself! What the crap? My stomach and my passport are NOT familiar with each other, so the stomach does not get hungrier because I'm carrying the passport.

I've heard stories of more cards not working that just happen to be from our credit union (wink wink)

our COMPANY'S credit union. You know, (or maybe you don't) the one with a picture of an airplane on front. They're actually pretty nice to work with in my experience, too. Only problem is that the branch next to my office doesn't handle cash directly, only through their ATM. But I make it work - they're in a pretty big network where I can get to my money from a teller if needed.

You'll often see just this sort of boxed/bagged lunches on charter flights. I arranged a service like that as recently as.........Saturday.

You'll also often get the full can, to avoid standing around blocking the aisles pouring drinks. Big majors save massive amounts of money buying less soda. Even if it only drops 10% by pouring, think about how many cokes DL goes through in a day

Originally Posted by spongebue

Keep in mind, Continental was by far the longest holdout in giving a meal on a domestic flight. That said, even Southwest gives those tiny little snacks (peanuts/pretzels). I really wish we could do that.

What really bugs me is this (according to the reservations system, I haven't been on either of these flights)... DUB-EWR is a 7.5 hour flight. Being an international flight, you are entitled to a meal. Great! EWR-HNL, on the other hand, is just a little bit shy of being an 11 hour flight. Ooof. And worse, that flight is considered domestic still, so if you want a meal you gotta buy it yourself! What the crap? My stomach and my passport are NOT familiar with each other, so the stomach does not get hungrier because I'm carrying the passport.

I had a flight a few months ago--EWR to ATL. I was totally shocked that I got first class but then they served us a meal as well! Since there were no CVG nonstops it was my only option.Turned out to be a decent one.

AAers will remember Bistro Service - yes it sounds French - it wasn’t.
Bistro Service- on short flights of 2/2 ½ hours. Pax would pick up breakfast/lunch from a cooler at the boarding gate.
It was an attempt to reduce food costs, which it did, however pax just didn’t like picking up yogurt in a paper sack when they boarded.