AA Inflight - Sparkling Water vs Club Soda
May 8, 2017, 11:12 pm
#62
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Some may balk (and understandably so if you are expecting club soda) but it has been a welcomed surprise over the past few weeks to be able to get actual seltzer water when I request it. International flights always have still, sparkling, and club soda as the three are different. Also on shorter domestic routes, AA has a knack of not supplying limes which means you drink a Tito's + soda sans lime or a Tito's + lime seltzer. I'll take the latter for the less sodium and flavor.
May 11, 2017, 8:25 am
#63
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May 11, 2017, 10:42 am
#64
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2 of the new "Dasani sparkling lime" have been added to the the juice/mixer drawer, replacing two of the club sodas.
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I'd accept less variety if it meant getting a full can opened fresh.
May 16, 2017, 7:57 pm
#65
Join Date: Oct 2007
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And it is on the menu card as well in a special KO ad.
It is also just got more complicated. AA recently moved its bottle water to the Dasani (label) likely as KO tries to solidify its branding strategy. KO bottled the previous Springs water too, so there is no product or content change, but you are going to have ask for the "Dasani Sparkling Water" and not just "Dasani" or "Sparkling Water". I am still getting some FAs who are not familiar, but that should end really soon...
Rasheed
It is also just got more complicated. AA recently moved its bottle water to the Dasani (label) likely as KO tries to solidify its branding strategy. KO bottled the previous Springs water too, so there is no product or content change, but you are going to have ask for the "Dasani Sparkling Water" and not just "Dasani" or "Sparkling Water". I am still getting some FAs who are not familiar, but that should end really soon...
Rasheed
May 21, 2017, 9:16 pm
#66
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And it is on the menu card as well in a special KO ad.
It is also just got more complicated. AA recently moved its bottle water to the Dasani (label) likely as KO tries to solidify its branding strategy. KO bottled the previous Springs water too, so there is no product or content change, but you are going to have ask for the "Dasani Sparkling Water" and not just "Dasani" or "Sparkling Water". I am still getting some FAs who are not familiar, but that should end really soon...
Rasheed
It is also just got more complicated. AA recently moved its bottle water to the Dasani (label) likely as KO tries to solidify its branding strategy. KO bottled the previous Springs water too, so there is no product or content change, but you are going to have ask for the "Dasani Sparkling Water" and not just "Dasani" or "Sparkling Water". I am still getting some FAs who are not familiar, but that should end really soon...
Rasheed
May 22, 2017, 5:38 pm
#67
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Dallas
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I'm three for three since I learned of the Dasani Sparkling Water (DFW-SEA, SEA-DFW, DFW-SFO). I got the whole can each time; it's a great addition
Question though - is this available on Eagle (Mesa) flight as well?
Question though - is this available on Eagle (Mesa) flight as well?
May 22, 2017, 10:04 pm
#68
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UA regional (also Mesa?) has the full beverage kit including this beverage, so it should be on Eagle. It is also month two at this point in terms of catering.
Rasheed
May 25, 2017, 4:57 pm
#69
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Washington DC USA
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Normally I get a club soda with lime, but on this last flight, I tried the Dasani Sparkling Water for the first time. I won't try it again. It had an artificially sweet taste to it, almost like a Sprite. Back to the club soda.
May 25, 2017, 5:48 pm
#70
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Frustrating convo with a FA recently - asked for sparkling water, only to get a puzzled glance. Repeated myself two more times before I was handed a can of club soda. Had to hold up the inflight ad for Dasani, before she said "oh, sparkling water." 
May 26, 2017, 6:45 am
#71
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The FA slipped me a glass of this week when I asked for club soda with lime. At first I though the lime was rancid or the glass has some sort of soap residue. That Dasani stuff is disgusting with a heavy plastic-limey-taste.
Feb 19, 2018, 6:52 am
#72
Join Date: Jan 2014
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I was told the Dasani Sparkling water has been replaced with Sierra Mist by the flight attendant this morning. Obviously the two are not the same, Sierra Mist is a soda.
Is this true or just the case of a lazy flight attendant making things up?
Is this true or just the case of a lazy flight attendant making things up?
Feb 19, 2018, 7:43 am
#73
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I've seen Sierra Mist served when Sprite was requested recently.
Feb 19, 2018, 10:15 am
#74
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I would say the latter... Dasani Sparkling Lime was added as an additional offering last year; it was not meant to substitute Sierra Mist.
Feb 19, 2018, 11:04 am
#75
Join Date: May 2011
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Lazy FA.
On my EZE-DFW last week, I asked for sparkling water and the FA handed me a can of Dasani sparkling. That was a first, and I was happy about it since they usually put WAY too much ice in the glass, leaving only about 4oz of water, and me in constant need of refills.
On my EZE-DFW last week, I asked for sparkling water and the FA handed me a can of Dasani sparkling. That was a first, and I was happy about it since they usually put WAY too much ice in the glass, leaving only about 4oz of water, and me in constant need of refills.