Originally Posted by
Rossodio
If this ends up being as successful as it ought to be, I would hope it would be a high upside/low downside affair for AA, and a win-win for airline and pax, leading to it popping up in all kinds of locations... it would be something rare across the board. fingers crossed it goes this way and no one ruins it.
I am glad that they are staffing them and not making them self-service. This alone will stop a lot of stupid behavior.
Reminds me of an internship a few years ago in the valley - someone would keep taking tons of sodas from the fridge
(far more than any one person could drink). They changed the machine to now charge $0.05 instead of it being free and put a jar of nickels next to the machine. Still free, but if you want to take 50 cans home, you'd be there a long, long time.
Originally Posted by
LovePrunes
I'd think that opening smaller popup provisions outposts have GOT to be less expensive than opening large full-service clubs...based on limited food/snacks/no alcohol in provisions likely offset the cost of square footage a large permanent club costs to lease. They are limiting consumption to some degree by handing you an individual sandwich or salad, preventing hoarders. But if I have a long enough connection time at CLT, i'd have no issue walking to Provisions to get better food to enjoy in a full service club
In addition to lease costs, the reduction in staff needed is another massive savings. Looks like a win-win for customers and AA.