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Jan 11, 2011, 3:28 am

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Originally Posted by marissav

I successfully used a 12/31/10 expired drink chit on a Jan. 2 flight -- at least for the first beverage service. For the second beverage service I tried to use another (non-expired) drink chit and the FA told me that the machine was broken and they couldn't process any payments for food or drinks so they wouldn't accept my chit

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Originally Posted by 6rugrats

I used four drink chits that expired June 2010 on a couple of flights last month (December 2010). No one even looked at the dates.

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Originally Posted by demosthenes1

I recently ran across some that I had gotten about five years ago. As far as I can tell there is no expiration date. I figure once I use up my current ones I'll give these a try.

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Originally Posted by dhammer53

It's been discussed before that you can use RCC drink certs onboard.

I was aboard a p.s. flight on 12/26/10 going out west and then out of the country until Jan 8 and I realized that I still had nearly all my drink chits for 2010. Fearing that they would expire and not realizing that everyone gets free drinks on p.s., I approached an FA and asked her if I could go to the back of the plane (I was in XF) to see if someone could use expiring drink chits. She told me that everyone got free drinks so that was no good, but then she said: "Few of us ever look at expiration dates, so please keep them for future use." Thus, unless you have a chit that looks obviously different (as from 1991!), your chits are good regardless of the expiration date...

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Originally Posted by chavada

I think I have around 50 of the ones they used to give out in the RCC. Are they still good on the plane ? Tnx

RCC chits are not accepted aboard airplanes and it says so on the chits...but, if you still have any, they are no longer worth the paper they are printed on since use of chits in RCC has been discontinued in favor of free drinks for all!

Jan 11, 2011, 5:42 am

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RCC chits are not accepted aboard airplanes
and it says so on the chits

The point of several earlier posts is that they are frequently
accepted on board no matter what the fine print says.

Jan 11, 2011, 7:09 am

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Originally Posted by violist

The point of several earlier posts is that they are frequently
accepted on board no matter what the fine print says.

I should have read more of the thread but it is a moot point now, unless they'll continue to have success with RCC chits that are no longer accepted in the RCC...

Jan 11, 2011, 2:00 pm

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Originally Posted by dhammer53

It's been discussed before that you can use RCC drink certs onboard.

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Originally Posted by UA1K4EVER

I should have read more of the thread but it is a moot point now, unless they'll continue to have success with RCC chits that are no longer accepted in the RCC...

Let's just say YMMV.

Jan 29, 2011, 3:03 pm

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Originally Posted by UA1K4EVER

she said: "Few of us ever look at expiration dates, so please keep them for future use." Thus, unless you have a chit that looks obviously different (as from 1991!), your chits are good regardless of the expiration date...

This has been my experience in general, although at least once in the past year I had an FA on UA refuse to honor an expired chit vs. about 3 other trips where the FAs took expired chits without objecting (or even checking, so far as I could tell).

Jan 30, 2011, 7:37 am

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Originally Posted by UA1K4EVER

Thus, unless you have a chit that looks obviously different (as from 1991!), your chits are good regardless of the expiration date...

1991 drink chits don't expire.

I have drink chits so old, they are also good for headphones!

Jul 5, 2011, 1:41 am

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Originally Posted by dhammer53

Let's just say YMMV.

I've never tried to use a RCC drink chit onboard but I suspect that it's no longer accepted.

Are CO chits accepted on UA and vice-versa?

Feb 10, 2012, 11:04 am

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Maybe I will try using a CO chit on my UA flight tonight

The dilemma is my UA chits expire June 30; CO chits have no expiration date, but CO is going to go away sooner or later!

Feb 10, 2012, 12:38 pm

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Originally Posted by Miles Ahead

1991 drink chits don't expire.

I have drink chits so old, they are also good for headphones!

Me too!

I even have them from United Connection.

Feb 10, 2012, 1:12 pm

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Ahhh the old days when you had to pay for the club membership in addition to paying for drinks. Now you just have to do it in coach thank god.

Nov 13, 2012, 1:03 pm

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Are non expired drink chits still good for food/meals?

Tried a search and can't find anything current.
Are the FA's accepting beverage vouchers for meals in the back of the plane?
Gave a friend who doesn't drink alcahol a couple and was refused by FA.......only for drinks. Guess it depends on the individual FA.
Any comments appreciated.

Nov 14, 2012, 7:35 am

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Originally Posted by rerunree1

I haven't heard of anyone successfully using an onboard drink chit for a BOB meal instead. Have you? I'd be surprised, given how loose they are with drink chits generally. The elimination of cash as a payment option onboard suggests an emphasis on auditability (among other things), so taking drink chits would be counterproductive in that respect, at least...