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Old Jan 19, 2006 | 1:12 pm
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Unless it's some new interpretation of state liquor law, I think the issue may be something more to do with BA cost-cutting.

At least the NW lounge downstairs and the SK/OZ one even further down had self-serve liquor (NW one at 630am, no less). No reports (yet) in the NW forum of any changes to that. Certain U.S. airlines, namely AS, US, AA and most likely others don't have self-serve liquor. NW lounges have self-serve systemwide.

Originally Posted by ewand
Now that I think about, I've used the grim Star Alliance lounge in SEA a couple of years ago (on the floor below the main south satellite terminal) and was surprised then that drinks service was strictly ask-only. In
That seems to be policy of individual airlines. UA, AA and AS seem to have the same policy in SEA and other ports (alcoholic drinks served only at a bar or waits staff) while NW is (was) self-serve.

They seem to have some very strange licensing laws in BC, with all alcohol sales run (I think) by the state government. This means that you have to buy wine in a seperate transaction when in a supermarket, and in a different area of the store. Cold wine and beer was sold in seperate stores from other alcohol. All in all very strange.
Provincial government. All liquor distributed by the provincial government and which handles most retail sales too. Nothing available in supermarkets and non-alcoholic stores except for certain grandfathered oversights (at least that I know of). Beer and wine can be sold in some equivalent of an off-licence scheme.
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