Are pre-flight drinks in domestic F a thing of the past?
Apr 5, 2006, 6:35 pm
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Are pre-flight drinks in domestic F a thing of the past?
I usually fly internationally but flew first class BOS-MIA-BOS two weeks ago. On neither flight did the FA's offer water or orange juice or anything prior to takeoff. Is my memory foggy or didn't they use to do this? Has this gone in the wave of cost-cutting or were the FA's just not feeling like it (both were evening flights)? One way, there was an issue of getting everyone boarded but on the other, they seemed to be having a fine time chatting and joking with themselves.
Apr 5, 2006, 6:40 pm
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Apr 5, 2006, 6:45 pm
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It's just dependent on the individual FAs and individual flight.
Apr 5, 2006, 6:51 pm
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well not if you like juice or water.. on the say 30-40% of the F flights I get a pre-departs bevvy, its usually juice or water.. once in a blue moon do I actually get booze
Apr 5, 2006, 7:01 pm
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Originally Posted by DataPlumber
The nexus you seek was a mere 9 lines down from your OP......
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Apr 5, 2006, 9:39 pm
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Originally Posted by shawbridge
Are pre-flight drinks in domestic F a thing of the past?
Apr 5, 2006, 9:41 pm
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all of my first class flights this year with Delta has resulted in FA offering me drinks before take off.
Apr 7, 2006, 5:55 am
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I flew ORD-SFO last frtiday in F and then MCO-MIA in F on tuesday and got pre departures drinks on both flights. I had the choice of anything and took a glass of wine on both. It helps if the cabin is boared fully and seated before dep time and if the FA is busy or not.
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Apr 7, 2006, 5:58 am
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Apr 7, 2006, 9:20 am
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Originally Posted by skchin
all of my first class flights this year with Delta has resulted in FA offering me drinks before take off.
Isn't that special.........
Apr 7, 2006, 1:10 pm
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