How much discretion do FAs have giving out free drinks?
Mar 18, 2014, 6:39 am
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Mar 18, 2014, 8:52 am
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An FA recently gave me an unopened full bottle of red wine for being "the only person in F to pay attention to the entire safety video."
Mar 18, 2014, 8:57 am
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Do they really inventory at the cart level? I know I've seen booze traded back and forth all the time. Like when F runs out of Gin (when I'm on board, LOL) and they go get some from the E cart.
Mar 22, 2014, 4:53 am
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I might do this just to increase their morale!
Really they should for business intelligence/analytics purposes but that doesn't mean that they do.
Mar 22, 2014, 5:01 am
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OK, I am apparently doing this all wrong. I use chits a fair bit (Plat->lots of time in E+), but I have NEVER had my chit declined. Worse, I've had an FA come five rows back to me and complain that I gave her an expired chit (I had, but as we know, these are normally accepted) and demand a valid one. I'm midwestern-type polite, approaching middle age, and take my Bose off to talk with them. Am I just not cute enough?
Mar 23, 2014, 10:26 am
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Hilarious! I will have to remember this one.
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Mar 26, 2014, 5:58 am
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On LIS-EWR flight two days ago, the pax behind me got a "buy one, get one free" deal. The FA apologied for something by giving a second drink for free. I doubt that the FA would pay this second drink from her own pocket. Happy travel.
Mar 26, 2014, 6:12 am
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IME they often "trade" something back to the other cart to keep the inventory even in such scenarios.
On my recent TATL the FA offered my wife and I each a glass of wine from BF for a mini "wine tasting" after the lunch service.
Originally Posted by milepig
Do they really inventory at the cart level? I know I've seen booze traded back and forth all the time. Like when F runs out of Gin (when I'm on board, LOL) and they go get some from the E cart.
On my recent TATL the FA offered my wife and I each a glass of wine from BF for a mini "wine tasting" after the lunch service.
Mar 26, 2014, 7:53 am
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IME they often "trade" something back to the other cart to keep the inventory even in such scenarios.
On my recent TATL the FA offered my wife and I each a glass of wine from BF for a mini "wine tasting" after the lunch service.
IME they often "trade" something back to the other cart to keep the inventory even in such scenarios.
On my recent TATL the FA offered my wife and I each a glass of wine from BF for a mini "wine tasting" after the lunch service.
We then retreated to the rear of the plane to drink and stretch our legs while having a conversation. Same FA comes back to us and asks if we enjoy Sauvignon Blanc. We said yes and she left and came back with two glasses from BF of "the better stuff."
Sep 17, 2014, 8:25 pm
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comp alcohol in Y for 1K?
here on a flight back to the west coast...flight attendant comes back to me in Y and offers me a complimentary grown-up drink from 1st class.
i ask her why, and she says "because you're a 1K and depending on service/busy-ness, i try to do it for our 1Ks." proceeds to check in with a few other passengers and brings back the drinks (in glasses).
is this a "thing" now? or did i just get a super awesome (pmUA) flight attendant? (am on an A320)
i ask her why, and she says "because you're a 1K and depending on service/busy-ness, i try to do it for our 1Ks." proceeds to check in with a few other passengers and brings back the drinks (in glasses).
is this a "thing" now? or did i just get a super awesome (pmUA) flight attendant? (am on an A320)
Last edited by expo; Sep 17, 2014 at 8:36 pm Reason: misspelled business - meant busy-ness
Sep 17, 2014, 8:35 pm
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here on a flight back to the west coast...flight attendant comes back to me in Y and offers me a complimentary grown-up drink from 1st class.
i ask her why, and she says "because you're a 1K and depending on service/business, i try to do it for our 1Ks." proceeds to check in with a few other passengers and brings back the drinks (in glasses).
is this a "thing" now? or did i just get a super awesome (pmUA) flight attendant? (am on an A320)
i ask her why, and she says "because you're a 1K and depending on service/business, i try to do it for our 1Ks." proceeds to check in with a few other passengers and brings back the drinks (in glasses).
is this a "thing" now? or did i just get a super awesome (pmUA) flight attendant? (am on an A320)
Sep 17, 2014, 8:35 pm
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PMUA used to do this pretty often. Every now and then you get a FA who does it, but with the CO fear culture that permeates the airline these days, it happens a lot less frequently than it did before.