Originally Posted by
baccarat_king
ah, the memories, from EWR :
I remember the days when that service and champagne were offered on international flights in first on United.
It was a long time ago.
The seats are better now, however.
Originally Posted by
JeffS
How did you monitor the drink purchases of the entire E cabin so you could give us these seemingly precise data?
Family member is a flight attendant on US Airways and works the flights to Europe out of PHL. She tells me that when they started charging for drinks in economy, consumption dropped over 80%.
The airline no longer loses money giving it away and no longer boards as much so there is the weight savings from not carrying it in the first place.