Originally Posted by
moondog
Tmk, Eastern never did the buy on board thing (they made you pay at the counter).
on my first EA shuttle experience, a DCA-EWR Electra (N5517) in Aug 1974, it was indeed "pay at the counter" ... also flew DCA-LGA on a 72S in Feb 1984 when the OAG showed an actual flight number (EA1481) rather than generically listing "Air-Shuttle"