Originally Posted by
metallo
AS was always terrible about PDBs unless you were content with a small bottle (now box) of water or were flying to Hawaii and you were lucky enough to get a MaiTai.
I was on an AS flight last year out of LAX when a female F passenger requested a PDB and the (particularly odious) male FA said that the FAA had banned them due to Covid. She challenged him to cite the FAA rule and another passenger behind her, obviously sensing that this would end up badly, intervened to back up the FA. So yeah, not holding out much hope that AS will be taking custom PDB orders on domestic flights anytime soon. It's a real shame because their scheduled service is super convenient otherwise.
Also, I'd rather be given nothing at all pre-departure than be subjected to those "school lunchbox" boxes of water.