Originally Posted by
SFO777
LOL. No US airline serves "fine wines" on any route.
LOL, that's exactly what I thought when I saw that post.
Originally Posted by
DCdeacon
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On a further note, you'd be fine with paying $5-10k+ for J or F on SQ, CX, or JL just for the seat? No meal and just some "fine" wine?
Why not get the Asian street vendors to cater for AA? The food would be better and more than likely cheaper than LSG or GG.
Originally Posted by
LSUTigerWes
You shouldn't be worried about the catering anyway, because part of the announcement indicated a reduction of F seats on A319s. No one noticed because people were too busy yelling about the same thing they have been for two months or more! You won't have to worry about what they serve up front if you're jammed in the back of an A319.
There's at least two current threads dedicated to discussing meals. Please focus the discussion there.
I saw there was speculation on the 319 F shrinkage, but is it confirmed?
Originally Posted by
ubernostrum
So, Parker gave a quote about stuff like improving on-time performance and fixing broken on-board equipment. And I've yet to see even the most die-hard AA partisan suggest that those aren't problems AA needs to address; all I've seen is endless "what's the deal with airline food" derails that rage for pages at a time.
And this thread, and other threads, have seen pmUS people pointing out the utter lack of customer-service culture at AA compared to US, which is a pretty big deal. But it either gets ignored or talked over with yet another food derail.
So... anybody want to talk about that? Or about improving the AA fleet by giving an S80 (free to a good home) to those nostalgiphiles who just can't imagine life without 1970s-era aircraft flying them everywhere? Or about anything at all other than another endless thread bickering about the food?
I ask because when the program merge announced last month, there were AA folk telling us to hurry up and get through the stages of grief within a couple days of having the pmUS program gutted. And, um, yeah. About that whole moving-on thing. The food. It is time. To. Get. Over. It. For. The. Love. Of. All. That. Is. Holy.
Seriously, I will stop complaining about the loss of an entire tier of the program, if y'all will either learn to live with the food or keep it in the dedicated thread, so we can talk about other things that are important and need to be addressed.
I'll talk about that and put on my AApologist hat for a minute. I agree the AA fleet is ancient, but what about the US fleet? They're only slightly ahead since they retired the 737-400, which was a pure joy to fly. Aren't there still 767-200s in service as well? Are you excited to go from 2-3 on the MD to 3-3 on the 737? I agree IFE and power are long over due at every seat on AA. What were pmUS plans regarding updating their fleet?
How will the tier elimination affect you? What have you lost? I'm not too familiar with the PM US program. What comes to mind is free upgrade and special dividends. At least you get 100% mileage bonus now.
Are your main concerns the tier elemination and upgrading of aircraft?
I can't speak to your customer service comment, as I have not really interacted with any US CS.