United Airlines Starts Charging for Snacks
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United Airlines will start considering on board snacks as a profit center. There will be charges for any food served:
“…Beginning Sept. 2, United Airlines will no longer hand out complimentary pretzels and cookies to economy class fliers across North America.
The airline is also dropping complimentary meals in domestic business class, effective Oct. 1, except for premium transcontinental flights from San Francisco and Los Angeles to New York. And it’s expanding the BOB, or buy-on-board, food offerings.”
link: United Airlines to drop free snacks
It seems that from water to a pillow, airlines are charging. The constant rationale is that the fuel costs are climbing. Ironically, the fuel costs have been dropping recently but the additional costs continue to squeeze every possible cent from the traveller. The travel experience is becoming continually paying and, at some point, the public will find innovative ways to say “no”.
Catherine Forsythe
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Tim
August 21st, 2008
at 4:26pm
I wonder why they don’t just charge everyone on a per-pound basis?
This would help quiet the morbidly obese from whining about discrimination (and the people who can’t pack efficiently) who impose their excess masses, discomforts, inconveniences and expenses onto the rest of us.
I am sick and tired of having to help pay for the extra fuel to transport these individuals, not to mention having to squeeze into a seat next to them for several hours.
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September 10th, 2008
at 8:57am
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zrie014
October 7th, 2008
at 10:41am
If everybody stated home and did not fly on any of the airlines, then the airlines would not have to worry about the price of fuel and how to nickle and dime everybody to pay for it.