[IP] OR UNITED?? Soon, no free drinks if you fly US Airways

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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Subject: Re: [frisbee2] Soon, no free drinks if you fly US Airways

I was on an "experimental" flight today where United flight attendants
were selling food and drinks and taking credit cards.  Not a bad idea
considering nobody carries cash anymore.

Calvin


Eric Glover
> http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-bz.drinks13jun13,0,2294921.story
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> Water, coffee, juice, sodas due on pay list
>
> By Laura McCandlish | Sun reporter
>      June 13, 2008
>
> Talk about taking the fizz out of air travel.
>
> US Airways will become the first major U.S. airline in August to charge
> domestic coach passengers for soft drinks, juices, coffee and bottled
> water as part of a shift to what it calls a "pay-for-what-you-use"
> business model.
>
> The $2-a-pop beverage charge is the latest in a raft of new charges
> airlines have been imposing to help pay for record fuel costs.
>
> Free nonalcoholic beverages have been one of the last freebies handed
> out by domestic airlines, which already charge for alcoholic beverages
> and - except for Continental - for meals and even snacks on domestic
> flights.
>
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