Economy Snack Etiquette
Jan 29, 2015, 10:58 am
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I occasionally ask for the whole can of soda -- if I am asking for club soda or ginger ale, I sometimes get "let me get to the back of the plane to be sure I don't run out" but usually it isn't a problem. And when the FA does go to the back, I usually get a return visit with a full can.
Jan 29, 2015, 11:32 am
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Jan 29, 2015, 11:48 am
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I was standing in the back galley to stretch and talking to the FA one time. I mentioned that I liked biscoffs and she handed me as much as she could hold in 2 hands. It was sort of embarrassing to go back to my seat to put them away. But, I enjoyed them with tea every day for a couple of weeks.
Jan 29, 2015, 12:18 pm
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Jan 29, 2015, 12:28 pm
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A couple years ago I did the math and stopped eating any snacks in economy. Figure 100 flights per year, 100 calories in snacks, and I'm saving 10k calories per year, or the equivalent of three pounds of weight per year. So, OP, if anyone bemoans your asking for additional snacks, please tell them you are eating mine. You are hereby given my absolute and legal proxy for economy airline snacks.
Jan 29, 2015, 12:37 pm
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I occasionally ask for the whole can of soda -- if I am asking for club soda or ginger ale, I sometimes get "let me get to the back of the plane to be sure I don't run out" but usually it isn't a problem. And when the FA does go to the back, I usually get a return visit with a full can.
A couple years ago I did the math and stopped eating any snacks in economy. Figure 100 flights per year, 100 calories in snacks, and I'm saving 10k calories per year, or the equivalent of three pounds of weight per year. So, OP, if anyone bemoans your asking for additional snacks, please tell them you are eating mine. You are hereby given my absolute and legal proxy for economy airline snacks.
Jan 29, 2015, 1:02 pm
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Jan 29, 2015, 3:38 pm
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I'm pretty sure they have plenty of snacks, I think they carry enough to do more than one flight on domestics. Last week I was flying BC back from NRT and I turned down some of their pre flight snacks reserved for the BC cabin and I requested for some peanuts. The FA said they didn't have peanuts up front. Few minutes later, she came back with about a dozen packages of nuts, and more in flight.
Jan 29, 2015, 3:57 pm
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I find it a bit gluttonous to ask for all 3 snacks. I feel the same way about snacks in F.
If the question is can you, then obviously you can.
If it's, should/would you? My answer is no.
If the question is can you, then obviously you can.
If it's, should/would you? My answer is no.
Jan 29, 2015, 4:06 pm
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Jan 29, 2015, 4:19 pm
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I totally apologize - OT - but does anyone think like I do in that the dark salty chocolate snack in the F snack basket totally compliments Woodford? They just go great togethr IMHO
Jan 29, 2015, 5:02 pm
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One rarely benefit of KM status is your own basket of snacks usually waiting for you in your seat with a bright green ribbon and the phrase "We love our KMs."
Sometimes though the baskets are so big that when the seat in front of you reclines back at great velocity, the snacks fall out.
That is a real pain for the FA to clean up.
However, I have often had large baskets that required me to recline. A little known exemption to putting your seat in the upright position for takeoff is having one of the KM snack baskets.
Sometimes though the baskets are so big that when the seat in front of you reclines back at great velocity, the snacks fall out.
That is a real pain for the FA to clean up.
However, I have often had large baskets that required me to recline. A little known exemption to putting your seat in the upright position for takeoff is having one of the KM snack baskets.
Jan 29, 2015, 5:02 pm
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