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Old Jul 11, 2009 | 8:23 pm
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Originally Posted by ESpen36
QF is paying for that Evian at the LAX FL. AA wouldn't pay for Evian domestically. Proof: the premium cabin service ex-USA has downgraded from Dannon to an off-brand personal water service. Evian would be unthinkable--too expensive.

(ex-Europe, or at least ex-FRA, onboard service water is still Evian)
Inasmuch as these are all pretty much the same from a quality standpoint (regardless of whether they are purified or come from magical springs somewhere) I applaud a decision to cut costs in an area such as this. The whole bottled water fad is just another way to generate more waste in any event.

There are certainly differentiated products where it is beneficial to spend money (and AA usually doesn't there eithr) but bottled water is certainly not one of them.

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