Found myself in the bizarre position yesterday of being told that there were no soft drinks available in WT for the second service because they were being held back for the return leg - and this is because there is no beverage uplift in MIA.

Choices left were tea, coffee, water or cartoned fruit juices. First service was all 200ml miniatures rather than the 330ml/355ml seen on other carriers to the US too.

Is this common to many routes?