Originally Posted by
loimu
Also, in general, I presume this may not be the most popular opinion but I fully understand if an airline wants to cut costs by means of not including alcohol in their ticket prices.
OK - I'll bite. I haven't read the linkedin post as it's not quoted in the link posted by OP, however was alcohol discussed somewhere? Remember that AY does not offer any soft drinks either (except for that absolutely undrinkable blueberry water). With both LH and KL you get a choice - whether it's a local beer or an international soft drink. This may be irrelevant for 1h hops within Nordics, but were I to fly to southern Europe, I would completely understand someone chooses LH over AY - a Star Gold gets privileges like comp bag, lounge, seat selection, priority boarding with LH. LH is also almost always cheaper than AY and sells ok-priced shorthaul J. It boils down to whether you can stomach the time lost on the connection or not.