<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by StSebastian:
A friend I was chatting with told me they flew US recently and this was the case -- they were asked in advance like we've suggested. Unfortunately I can't remember exactly who it was right now, but since I haven't seen anyone else on FT mention that, I'm thinking they were probably confused about something (which airline, the procedure, paying in advance v.s just hearing about it) but they seemed pretty sure about what they were saying.
I haven't flown an IFC flight in a few weeks, so I have no idea. Anyone else have input on this?</font>
Well, I've been lurking here in FT for a long time, but Ive finally decided to take the plunge and make a post!
Last night I flew PHL-LAX, and there did not to seem to be any changes to the In Flight Cafe (i.e. asking in advance). Just the usual "Limited Supply" for sale in cash only.
But it seems that some changes need to be made fast. The choices were caesar salad or turkey sandwich, and they ran out of both before they even made it halfway through the cabin of the A321. In fact, they ran out of salads after the 5th row of coach! Fortunately, I had already eaten and had no desire to purchase dinner, but If I hadn't, then I would have been pissed! Because of the weather in PHL, we ended up sitting on the plane for a total of 6.5 hours, and if I had been hungry enough to want to purchase dinner when I got on, I can only imagine I'd be starving by the time I got off. It seems like this program will end up upsetting more people than will benefit. They need to do something though, because right now the program seems quite flawed. I'm not sure how to go about fixing it (other than just doing away with it completely and just serving pretzels), but it definately needs repair! I'm not sure that paying in advance at a kiosk or the like is the solution, because I would be even more upset if I paid for a meal to get on the plane and find out that they ran out. At least if they run out I can use my cash somewhere else! Where am I going to be able to spend a US Airways Food Coupon?
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No thanks, I'm just lurking. Call me the Lurker!
[This message has been edited by The Lurker (edited 09-04-2003).]