US Airways Dividend Miles (Pre-2005 America West merger) - Coke or Pepsi which one??

I have heard that HP has Pepsi on it's flights and we all know US uses coke. Who will carry over after all and all is complete? I don't like Pepsi products. Sprite is my drink of choice. Will the two beverage companies have a bidding war who gets the contract for the new US Airways?

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. . . Will the two beverage companies have a bidding war who gets the contract for the new US Airways?

Count on it. In a prior life I worked for a key vendor to HP. Even back in the day when they were making money (and there was such a day, once upon a time), they were notorious for hammering every penny out of their vendors. I've heard it is worse now, which isn't hard to imagine. Lowest price will almost certainly prevail.

I was thinking this was a joke thread at first then found myself thinking "I actually DO care"... I don't drink many cokes (sorry, soda or pop for some of you) but when I do a coke is a coke... maybe its a southern thing...
Growing up anything carbonated was a coke (this includes sprite, that orange stuff, etc), its that ingrained.

I personally hope that Coke prevails as I'm a Diet Coke guy. When on HP I drink Diet 7 up or perhaps a Diet Dr. Pepper....

Lance

Coke 95% of the way, with Mountain Dew as my only Pepsi choice.

-JC

maybe its a southern thing...
Growing up anything carbonated was a coke (this includes sprite, that orange stuff, etc), its that ingrained.

Definitely a southern thing. I spent 6 months living in Jackson, MS. I found it very funny when going out to eat with co-workers the conversation would go like this:

co-worker: "I'll have a Coke."
server: "What kind would you like?"
co-worker: "Root beer please."


me: "I'll have a Coke."
server: "What kind would you like?"
me: "uh, Coke."

Definitely a southern thing. I spent 6 months living in Jackson, MS. I found it very funny when going out to eat with co-workers the conversation would go like this:

co-worker: "I'll have a Coke."
server: "What kind would you like?"
co-worker: "Root beer please."


me: "I'll have a Coke."
server: "What kind would you like?"
me: "uh, Coke."

I concur- the other conversation pretty common only in the south is:

Southerner: "I'll have a Coke please"
Server: "Is pepsi OK"
Southerner: "No, water please"

In most of the country, they would just bring you a pepsi and not tell you it wasn't coke. But there is definitely a difference.

From an old SNL skit with John Belushi... "Cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger... Pepsi, no Coke. ;)

It was late 70s... all you CP kiddies weren't born yet. ;)

I prefer Pepsi One, then Diet Pepsi, Diet Dr. Pepper... then Diet Coke if I'm desparate. I have tried the Coke Zero, and it's not bad. Tastes like Pepsi One.

Now, do you prefer your diet plain, with lemon or with lime (assuming the fruit is available, that is)? I'll do the fruit if available, but it's not a requirement.

Definitely a southern thing. I spent 6 months living in Jackson, MS. I found it very funny when going out to eat with co-workers the conversation would go like this:

co-worker: "I'll have a Coke."
server: "What kind would you like?"
co-worker: "Root beer please."


me: "I'll have a Coke."
server: "What kind would you like?"
me: "uh, Coke."

It's worse in Boston. Everything was/is a "tonic" (even listed on the signs over the grocery aisles). Imagine recceiving a tonic water the first time I ventured out of Boston :eek:

P.S. It's Coke, no Pepsi for me now :D

I say Coke all the way, but I hail from the city where Coke was first bottled.

I couldn't agree more with this:

"I'll have a Coke please"
"Is Pepsi okay?"
"I'll just have water."

I actually said that about 2 days ago :)

Coke all the way! Its the original.

If I wanted a Pepsi, I would have put water in my Coke. :D

"Makers Mark and Coke, please"

"We don't have Coke, just Pepsi"

"As long as there's Makers, you can add Krusty Brand Kola, for all I care."

:D

I vote for Coke products. Diet Coke is my preferred drink.

Coke or Pepsi?

Who cares? Bring back Arizona Iced Tea (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=419790&highlight=Tea)

Pepsi is the best. It's not "watered down Coke." It's sweeter than Coke. My husband who "LOVED" Coke refused to drink Pepsi, but we ran out of Coke and he started drinking the Pepsi and liked it. He only prefers Coke with his Maker's Mark...something about the Coke and whiskey flavor that makes his day.

Pepsi is akin to carbonated corn syrup left out in the sun.

Keep the Coke!
Keep the diet coke--and the lemons to go with it.

I already have to bring my own diet coke on UA. The funny thing is that there's always at least one or more other pax who are jealous. The "good" FAs take it from me and pour it for me in the galley.


In the UK, a Sprite/7Up-like product is called lemonade. Imagine my surprise when on a BA flight I see lemonade listed as a beverage and then ask for a lemonade and vodka. YUCK--Sprite and vodka is not good! Great chuckle with the FA.

Coke or Pepsi?

Who cares? Bring back Arizona Iced Tea (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=419790&highlight=Tea)
You don't like teeth-rotting fizz, but you want even more teeth-rotting non-fizz? That stuff's not much healthier than Coke.

From http://my.webmd.com/content/article/88/100020.htm?action=related_link:
"The result: Soft drinks like Sprite, Mountain Dew, and Arizona Iced Tea were especially harmful to tooth enamel, reports von Fraunhofer. Tap water, root beer, brewed black tea, and black coffee all showed minimal enamel damage."

In the UK, a Sprite/7Up-like product is called lemonade. Imagine my surprise when on a BA flight I see lemonade listed as a beverage and then ask for a lemonade and vodka. YUCK--Sprite and vodka is not good! Great chuckle with the FA.

Shandys are good though.

Showing yet again that there is a web site for just about everything - it is mostly a southern thing...

http://www.popvssoda.com/

Why can't they have sweetened icea tea? Lipton or Nestea. I like non-carbonated sweet drinks.

Why can't they have sweetened icea tea? Lipton or Nestea. I like non-carbonated sweet drinks.

Yuck!! Definitely not the best thing the south has given our culture.

Unsweet tea with some lemon, please. Must be the yankee in me... I really hate having to specify UNSWEET tea when eating out here below the Mason-Dixon Line.

And if the choice is Lipton vs Nestea... definitely Lipton!!

coke man here.

I hope that they go with Pepsi. I tolerate Coke.

I must be one of the only people who is completely psyched about this. Not because I like Pepsi all that much.... but because half of the liquid that I consume on a daily basis is Mountain Dew!!! :)

Lets not forget the politics of Pepsi & Coke, and how one company would rather fund terrorist countries and the other company would rather stand up for democracy....

"Coca-Cola was temporarily expelled from the Arab world because of its ties with Israel..." article with quote (http://www.wzo.org.il/en/resources/view.asp?id=26&subject=30)

Pepsi decided not to sell in Israel so it could sell to countries that help the 9/11 hijackers. You decide what you want to drink, and that belch may just come back to haunt you!

I hope that they go with Pepsi. I tolerate Coke.

Just the opposite. I can tolerate Pepsi, Coke is the way to go.

Lets not forget the politics of Pepsi & Coke, and how one company would rather fund terrorist countries and the other company would rather stand up for democracy....

Huh... :confused: Keep it in OMNI, please.

I split the difference - Coke and Diet Pepsi (althogh the various Vanilla/Cherry/etc. Diet Cokes are pulling me in).

I'm with Spacebass - found myself surprised that I care about this. COKE COKE COKE! OK, Sprite really.......

Huh... :confused: Keep it in OMNI, please.

I split the difference - Coke and Diet Pepsi (althogh the various Vanilla/Cherry/etc. Diet Cokes are pulling me in).

My comments do not belong in Omni... I was just pointing out there is more to picking Coke or Pepsi then meets the toungue.... I can see if you want to discuss the politics of it, it goes in Omni, but there is more to the picture and that needs to be noted.

If the moderator wants to move it to Omni that is fine, or perhaps you are the moderator?

How about ginger ale? Canada Dry seems to be the standard, but no one does the diet version. When I was able to do Jack and Ginger (before being diagnosed with my corn intolerance), I would sometimes bring my own diet ginger, a la EnvoyBoy.

WN used to have Diet Dr. Pepper. However, they removed it to make room for more choices of bottled water. To me, water is water and I would rather have Deit Dr. Pepper. Does US or HP have Diet Dr. Pepper?

WN used to have Diet Dr. Pepper. However, they removed it to make room for more choices of bottled water. To me, water is water and I would rather have Deit Dr. Pepper. Does US or HP have Diet Dr. Pepper?

I believe Dr. Pepper is actually unique and that they are owned by neither coke nor pepsi (same goes for 7-up i believe). However, they are typically bottled by the coke or pepsi bottler, depending on area. I am not sure which bottler serves USAir, but it is probably the same as whoever serves Arlington, though you think the bottler could do it cheaper at a hub. Coca Consolidated, the #2 Coke bottler in US(behind Atl Coke Enterprises?) is based in CLT, and they bottle DrP and DDrP, at least there anyway. I do not recall US ever having Dr P or D DrP though. Of course, I drink neither one.

If they stick with Coca-Cola, can they at least offer Coca-Cola with lime? Or do I have to bring that myself? :rolleyes: I hope they offer Dr. Pepper. I was on WN this past Sunday (PVD-PHL), and actually drank some Dr. Pepper they offered. Who knew?!?

Pepsi please!

Beverage Digest 2004 Market Share Report (http://www.beverage-digest.com/pdf/top-10_2005.pdf)

Note that Pepsi outsells Coke in grocery stores (where people have a choice) while Coke has more retail and vending outlets than Pepsi.

From an old SNL skit with John Belushi... "Cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger... Pepsi, no Coke. ;)

It was late 70s... all you CP kiddies weren't born yet. ;)

For shame. In fact, the day before my flight home on HP yesterday, I had a burger at the Billy Goat Tavern in Chicago which is the place the skit is based on.

So, "Chips, no fries" to you... ;) from a whippersnapper.

I say Coke all the way, but I hail from the city where Coke was first bottled.

I couldn't agree more with this:

"I'll have a Coke please"
"Is Pepsi okay?"
"I'll just have water."

I actually said that about 2 days ago :)

Amen! Another popular one is,
goheels "I'll have sweet tea"
northern waitperson "What is that?"
goheels "Um, how about water?"

I also echo the pro-(Diet) Dr. Pepper sentiments.

Also, BRING BACK BOURBON!!!! ^ Later, Jim (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=457724)

If you're a true usairways fan, you'l vote coke over pepsi no matter what. Yea im from South Carolina, and down here EVERY carbonated drink is a "coke." Besides, we all know the general flying public likes coke better. But what it really all comes down to is who offers the new US the better deal. The Emancipation of MiMi is in stores now! Yay!

You don't like teeth-rotting fizz, but you want even more teeth-rotting non-fizz? That stuff's not much healthier than Coke.

From http://my.webmd.com/content/article/88/100020.htm?action=related_link:
"The result: Soft drinks like Sprite, Mountain Dew, and Arizona Iced Tea were especially harmful to tooth enamel, reports von Fraunhofer. Tap water, root beer, brewed black tea, and black coffee all showed minimal enamel damage."

Diet coke!

Pepsi please!

Beverage Digest 2004 Market Share Report (http://www.beverage-digest.com/pdf/top-10_2005.pdf)

Note that Pepsi outsells Coke in grocery stores (where people have a choice) while Coke has more retail and vending outlets than Pepsi.


Pepsi also outsells Coke in junior high schools.

Pepsi also outsells Coke in junior high schools.

I am not so sure about that, I hear our inner city schools have plenty of coke, ice, crack, what ever you want to call it..... ;) so sad but true

"Makers Mark and Coke, please"

"As long as there's Makers, ......
ummm. Wrong airline there hero. :D

How about ginger ale? Canada Dry seems to be the standard, but no one does the diet version. .
Next time you are in Virginia try a Northern Neck Genger ale... will blow you away. They were a very small place that got bought by- guess who?- coke, but are still a local product and not seen many other places.

That being said... I miss Tab!

Next time you are in Virginia try a Northern Neck Genger ale... will blow you away. They were a very small place that got bought by- guess who?- coke, but are still a local product and not seen many other places.

That being said... I miss Tab!

I've seen Tab here in WV. The Pepsi One/Coke Zero flavor is on the order of Tab.

Does Northern Neck make a diet?

I've seen Tab here in WV. The Pepsi One/Coke Zero flavor is on the order of Tab.

Does Northern Neck make a diet?

Yeah, but does it come in a pink can?

As for Diet Northern Neck - I think they do make it.
http://www.realgingerale.com/dispatch?flash=y

I've seen Tab here in WV. The Pepsi One/Coke Zero flavor is on the order of Tab.

Does Northern Neck make a diet?

Tab is still alive and mrginally well in Tenn. It's actually all my dad's side of the family drinks.

As for the Dr. Pepper question, I love the stuff, but if it would mean having Pepsi for everything else, then I'll keep my Coke.

Pepsi please!

Beverage Digest 2004 Market Share Report (http://www.beverage-digest.com/pdf/top-10_2005.pdf)

Note that Pepsi outsells Coke in grocery stores (where people have a choice) while Coke has more retail and vending outlets than Pepsi.

People still have a choice. Growing up I never went to Burger King because they were a Pepsi franchise--ditto Pizza Hut. Don't discount the the value of the retail sales, there's a choice there, too. Part of the sales in retail is the choice consumers make about that retailer.

And as others have noted here (including myself), when Pepsi is the choice (either on UA or at a Marriott), we Coke drinkers just bring our own.

There's always a choice.

People still have a choice. Growing up I never went to Burger King because they were a Pepsi franchise--ditto Pizza Hut.Burger King had Pepsi for just a number of years. I don't remember how many. I do remember when they switched from Coke to Pepsi, and back again.

Pizza Hut, KFC, and Taco Bell were owned by Pepsico (now owned by Yum! brands), that gives you an answer as to why they serve Pepsi products. They may have switched to Coke. I don't know since I don't patronize these establishments.

As a stand alone, I'll drink the Pepsi products. For mixed drinks, it's Coke all the way !!! :)
Ever try a Cuba Libre with Pepsi instead of Coke as the mixer?
Yuck !!!

As a stand alone, I'll drink the Pepsi products.
I'm with you. However I do keep a bottle of Coke in the garage to clean off battery terminals with in an emergency. I also use it to scare the neighbor kids off if they are making too much noise. :D

Well, I just returned PBI-PHL today and in the new US Airways Magazine it lists Coke, Pepsi, Sprite, Seven-Up, and Dr. Pepper. I asked the FAs and they said they were going to cater both.....

As for Beer -- it lists Miller Genuine Draft, Budweiser and Heineken.

Finally! Dr. Pepper! Yes. Now I can die in peace. ;)

Does anyone actually know whether the new management is keeping HP's choice of Pepsi or US' choice of Coke? Your preference over the two products is not important here, unless you guys are organizing a "Choose Coke or We Jump Ship" Campaign, which I will gladly join. lol

If you read up a little, it says they're catering both!

Hey, at least there's one thing they can't screw up ;)

If you read up a little, it says they're catering both!

Hey, at least there's one thing they can't screw up ;)


So? This isn't exactly good news. Look at AA, it caters both Coke and Pepsi, but now all flights get 1 can of Coke for every 4 cans of Pepsi. Trust me, I asked several AA cabin crews.

I was thinking this was a joke thread at first then found myself thinking "I actually DO care"... I don't drink many cokes (sorry, soda or pop for some of you) but when I do a coke is a coke... maybe its a southern thing...
Growing up anything carbonated was a coke (this includes sprite, that orange stuff, etc), its that ingrained.

Growing up in the midwest, it was 'pop' for me.
Before my senior year of high school, my mom took me on a cruise...among the other people at our table was an older couple from Maine (where I guess it's 'soda')...I mentioned 'pop', and they asked 'is that some kind of candy?'

Growing up in the midwest, it was 'pop' for me.
Before my senior year of high school, my mom took me on a cruise...among the other people at our table was an older couple from Maine (where I guess it's 'soda')...I mentioned 'pop', and they asked 'is that some kind of candy?'

LOL, I grew up in Michigan and it was POP for me too. Now in AZ, so call it soda. Here's a website dedicated to what Americans call the "fizzy drink" (http://www.popvssoda.com/)

BTW, Beverage Digest reports sales of these drinks. Last time I looked, Pepsi outsold Coke in grocery stores (where people have a choice) but Coke had higher revenues due to Pepsi losing a lot of restaurant business when they owned Pizza Hut, KFC, Taco Bell etc. which they later spun off as Yum! Brands. Pepsi is slowly picking restaturants back up. Pepsi's market value is $6.93B to Coke's $399.65M (PBG & COKE tickers) Coke is getting slammed by the market for execution concerns. (http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?t=1y&s=COKE&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=PBG)

Happy drinking! ;)

Pepsi's market value is $6.93B to Coke's $399.65M (PBG & COKE tickers) Coke is getting slammed by the market for execution concerns. (http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?t=1y&s=COKE&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=PBG)

Happy drinking! ;)

KO is the sticker symbol for Coca-Cola Co. and has a market cap of $97 billion. The one you mentinoned is a bottling company headquartered in Charlotte.
PEP is the stock symbol for Pepsico with a market value of $ 99 billion.

Pepsi vs. Coke (http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?t=1y&s=PEP&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=ko)

By the way, I love the Dew. ^

KO is the sticker symbol for Coca-Cola Co. and has a market cap of $97 billion. The one you mentinoned is a bottling company headquartered in Charlotte.
PEP is the stock symbol for Pepsico with a market value of $ 99 billion.

Pepsi vs. Coke (http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?t=1y&s=PEP&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=ko)

By the way, I love the Dew. ^

You're absolutely right, good catch! I knew that Pepsi's market cap had passed Cokes, but couldn't believe the difference in the $ I pulled.

I agree with you, I don't drink soda (pop whatever) much, but I do love the Dew!