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Old Aug 28, 2006 | 8:29 pm
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Originally Posted by WRCSolberg
Maybe because the bans appear to be temporary and airlines are all about keeping costs low these days?
I hope they will be temporary bans, but who knows?! I'll bet Crest or Colgate would jump at the chance to give away free toothpaste samples to a grateful, upscale group of folks.

As for the bottled water, if bottles cost 33 cents each (a guess) and you hand out 300 per flight, you've only spent $100 per plane. Yet, suddenly you become the airline that cares about its pax (even those in coach)...I can hear the background music in the TV commercial right now

Sometimes you have to spend money to make money, and it seems like this is one of those times.
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