Originally Posted by
WineCountryUA
The rule is *G can receive two drink chots at the interoceanic gateway -- the airport from which you departure from USA to an interoceanic destination.
So on the return assuming it is EWR-SFO-SYD, you will only receive two drink chits at SFO, not EWR.
Or going SYD-SFO-EWR -- only at SYD.
Do they even give drink chits at int'l departures? I've never been to SYD's RCC club but at the ones I have been, the booze is free so there's no need for chits.
Originally Posted by
ozstamps
She says - "Oh sorry, bar is just closing"
I say - "how silly seeing our flight leaves at 10.38pm. Anyway we can happily use them the next time your bar IS open".
What time does the bar close in RCC's like LAX and SFO?
And do FA's more or less accept the RCC drink chits with nary a glance or do some reject them? I've got a bunch of 'em that I want to use on my LAX-SYD-LAX flights.
Originally Posted by
river_rower
I'll take the walk over the bus any day. I mean, you are boarding a 15 hour flight! I seek opportunities to stretch the ol' ligaments before boarding the flying cramp cannister.
As for the vouchers, I find the whole topic amusing; the Matrons are so whack about the issue, they truly must have bonuses tied to how few they hand out, pax are so whack about getting two complimentary drinks, and the booze is pathetic in the end (at least the wines are). I have a travel wallet full of those controversial little chits, I pick them up on the floor of the various RCC's when I am in transit, or they are given to me when requested and I run out of time to enjoy the latest box wine on the shelf.
But the controversy rages on over those little gray slips of paper that mean so little in the end...
Uh, shall I pm you for yours?
Originally Posted by
ozstamps
Well save them for a Mai Tai or a Margarita in the HNL RCC as we had a few of yesterday.
The make both superbly there, the correct time consuming way, and IIRC are about $10 each if paying cash.
If $20 means zippo to you, I am amused/perplexed to read you pick up unused chits from the floors of clubs.
Glen
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(Okay, I know I'm hogging the posts by posting 'em one at a time.)
Speaking of HNL's RCC, the last time I went there on my way to LHR, I asked if I could get some drink chits (not allowable since I should only get 'em in SFO, my domestic gateway) and the agent said, "No need. Just tell the bartender what you want."
Now that the Aloha spirit!