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Old Oct 31, 2006 | 11:27 pm
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Originally Posted by blueskeyes
I recently was on a flight from Honolulu to California. (I made platinum on that flight).

I decided to pay $250 to upgrade at the airport to first class. It was a 5-hour flight.

Due to an unnamed difficulty - there was no IFE on the flight. (If they'd announced it earlier I would have purchased a book...)

I didn't eat the meal, and asked for a can of the Pringles, they asked me for $2.

Is this typical?
If the IFE wasn't working, they should have given you an amenity coupon, at least if you complained. I think you have to eat what they have up there. If you want to get stuff from the back, you've got to buy it.
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