Free snack for oneworld Emerald on AA domestic flight?
Nov 19, 2012, 6:58 am
#1
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Free snack for oneworld Emerald on AA domestic flight?
Do OW Emeralds get free snack while traveling on AA domestic flight? What about free drink?
Thanks.
Thanks.
Nov 19, 2012, 7:45 am
#2
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To my knowledge this is not a stated benefit.
Nov 19, 2012, 7:55 am
#3
Join Date: Feb 2008
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Here's the original link for the stated benefit: http://www.aa.com/i18n/urls/complimentary.jsp
No mention there of anything other than EXP and CK.
No mention there of anything other than EXP and CK.
Nov 19, 2012, 7:58 am
#4
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Cheap .......s! 
Dragonair gave me a free meal on their flight.
Thanks guys.
Dragonair gave me a free meal on their flight. Thanks guys.
Nov 19, 2012, 8:03 am
#5
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Nov 19, 2012, 8:31 am
#6
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Here's the original link for the stated benefit: http://www.aa.com/i18n/urls/complimentary.jsp
No mention there of anything other than EXP and CK.
No mention there of anything other than EXP and CK.
Looks like I got lucky and FAs were just not fully aware of the policy.
Nov 19, 2012, 8:35 am
#7
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It took long enough to get semi-consistent delivery of the benefit to those actually entitled so I wouldn't be at all surprised if enough confusion existed to allow the occasional Emerald to receive the service as well.
Nov 19, 2012, 9:33 am
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Nov 19, 2012, 10:52 am
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Nov 19, 2012, 11:14 am
#10
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Semi-consistent is right! On a flight this weekend, an FA had no idea about the benefit. He even tried to run my EXP AAdvantage card through the credit card machine.
Nov 19, 2012, 3:36 pm
#11
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And a bottle of water too - I think its 2.5 or 3.0 euros. That's what they wanted to charge me when my wife and I flew Granada-MAD in July. We waited for the free food and drink in the MAD Hilton Exec lounge.
Nov 26, 2012, 1:02 pm
#12
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Good news is that AA now gives beer and wine for free on economy transatlantic flights. They even had Newcastle on my recent flight to/from UK. Food is still crap though.
Mar 10, 2013, 5:11 pm
#13
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Free alcoholic drink and snack for OW Emeralds?
I flew on AA today from JFK to YYZ in Y. I am a OW Emerald and in the past have always been offered a free alcoholic drink and a snack (even if I had to ask for it). Today I was denied; I was told that only AA EXP get this benefit.
Is this correct?
Is this correct?
Mar 10, 2013, 5:24 pm
#14
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It is only for AA EXP per policy.
Another thread on this: <redacted recurving link after merge>
Another thread on this: <redacted recurving link after merge>
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Mar 11, 2013, 12:20 pm
#15
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I think they're supposed to do that actually. I've had them just give me free drinks, and tell other FA's that i'm EXP when i asked for stuff. But then on another flight the FA's talked about it, agreed that it was a benefit. One FA knew and one had no idea. But both insisted that i had to run my card and i only got one snack item and one drink. I was traveling with my 4 year old, who's now just gold, but made plt when he was 1. So the snacks were for him since he was hungry.
