<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by LH738:
Airline crews shouldn't take a tip (incontrast to e.g. staff in a train). Crews are considered to be the host. Many airlines (e.g. LH) forbid their crews to take a tip (the recommendation is to take the tip before a dispute starts and give it to a charity organisation afterwards).
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If I feel a crew was much better than expected or did something really special for me and I want to tip them I always buy some chocolates from the inflight duty free (no matter which airline they were always more than happy and it was eaten immediately
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Or I write a letter to LH about a crew or a specific crew member. FAs told me they really appreciate those kinds of letters.