<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by UnitedSkies:
Unless AA got those Bose headsets and the champagne for free, makes you wonder what good all that gift-giving did for them, especially since you are now flying on United! 
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Bose did provide the headsets on that occassion... Because they were a gift from Bose, and not a gift from American, they were also provided to non-revs on the inagural flights.