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May 26, 2008, 4:41 pm

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Mr. Roboto

Join Date: Feb 2003

Location: Southern California, USA

Posts: 1,393

According to a friend of mine, this used to work in the 1980's with non-U.S. carriers. The only procedural deviation was that the offer was made on-board the aircraft with the chief purser, going rate at the time was US$100 (trans-atlantic).

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