Originally Posted by
lensman
Because shrill hyperbole aside, very few people will actually make carrier decisions based on whether there is free alcohol served in Y.
I authorize trips for a few of my direct reportees who do not have C-class entitlement, fly once a year and are not interested too much in FF programs (yes - they do not exist - not the whole world is on FT
). Quite a few of them requested to fly TATL on AB (Air Berlin - oneWorld carrier, but also partially owned by Etihad) only because booze (including hard booze) is for free.