Walmart locks up kids in an UAM room overnight and sends them packing in the morning with an empty stomach? Doesn’t sound like Walmart service; sounds more like AA level of “service” at AA prices.

Airlines’ UAM service would let kids spend money (brought with them at say check-in) to buy things airside at times. And it wasn’t just vending machines. But airlines also are no longer what they used to be. For quite some time now, airline customer service is a corporate afterthought, all while the airlines’ driving thought is more about how to shake more money out of customers’ wallets/purses. Customers paying more but getting less for the money, that’s AA’s realized dream.