Jones Soda Once Offered Inflight?
Oct 11, 2023, 6:13 am
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Jones Soda Once Offered Inflight?
I was just watching an episode of Modern Marvels - Soda Pop and they highlighted Jones Soda. For some reason I thought they were a Canadian company, not Seattle based. I seem to remember getting Jones Soda on Alaska- anyone remember why/when they got the boot??
Seems like partnering (again) with Jones would fit in with the "local" West Coast drive as of late.
Alaska offers Kona Brewing and a variety of Juneau based Alaskan Brewing beer- so why not let us have a choice of Root Beer or Strawberry-Lime ?!?
Seems like partnering (again) with Jones would fit in with the "local" West Coast drive as of late.
Alaska offers Kona Brewing and a variety of Juneau based Alaskan Brewing beer- so why not let us have a choice of Root Beer or Strawberry-Lime ?!?
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Oct 11, 2023, 7:43 am
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I was just watching an episode of Modern Marvels - Soda Pop and they highlighted Jones Soda. For some reason I thought they were a Canadian company, not Seattle based. I seem to remember getting Jones Soda on Alaska- anyone remember why/when they got the boot??
Seems like partnering (again) with Jones would fit in with the "local" West Coast drive as of late.
Alaska offers Kona Brewing and a variety of Juneau based Alaskan Brewing beer- so why not let us have a choice of Root Beer or Strawberry-Lime ?!?
Seems like partnering (again) with Jones would fit in with the "local" West Coast drive as of late.
Alaska offers Kona Brewing and a variety of Juneau based Alaskan Brewing beer- so why not let us have a choice of Root Beer or Strawberry-Lime ?!?
Oct 11, 2023, 9:21 am
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What StevenSeagalFan said. I would be more impressed if they carried Talking Rain which is also a local brand.
Oct 11, 2023, 10:14 am
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I was a teen when Alaska served Jones Soda. It was awful. Thankfully it did not last too long. I remember when AS switched back to Coke products, one FA was particularly offended by the decision and told me “customers just didn’t understand it”. I understood perfectly well that it tasted awful. Now that I’m an adult and don’t drink soda, I wouldn’t be as affected if they tried to bring it back.
Oct 11, 2023, 10:40 am
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I was just watching an episode of Modern Marvels - Soda Pop and they highlighted Jones Soda. For some reason I thought they were a Canadian company, not Seattle based. I seem to remember getting Jones Soda on Alaska- anyone remember why/when they got the boot??
Seems like partnering (again) with Jones would fit in with the "local" West Coast drive as of late.
Alaska offers Kona Brewing and a variety of Juneau based Alaskan Brewing beer- so why not let us have a choice of Root Beer or Strawberry-Lime ?!?
Seems like partnering (again) with Jones would fit in with the "local" West Coast drive as of late.
Alaska offers Kona Brewing and a variety of Juneau based Alaskan Brewing beer- so why not let us have a choice of Root Beer or Strawberry-Lime ?!?
Alaska also used to serve Talking Rain inflight back in the 90s. I’d like to see it back.
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Oct 11, 2023, 1:16 pm
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Oct 11, 2023, 1:21 pm
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Jones was nice to mix it up a bit.
Its entered the inflight beverage graveyard with the likes of Red Bull and Johnny Love Aloha Vodka.
Its entered the inflight beverage graveyard with the likes of Red Bull and Johnny Love Aloha Vodka.
Oct 11, 2023, 2:28 pm
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Oct 11, 2023, 5:27 pm
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Tho, I am glad I experienced Jones Soda, I know, I'm glad, AS is back to Coke. Jones cola, to me, was too medicine-y. I'm betting, AS is also better off, financially, with Cocacola brands. Not sure how Pepsi would do, but I always prefer coke over pepsi. I believe AA previously had both.
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Oct 11, 2023, 6:34 pm
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AA did cater both Coca-Cola and Pepsi products for a few years. PepsiCo (including Dallas-based FritoLay) was (is?) one of AA's largest US accounts. PepsiCo employees did not like having to choose Coke products when flying AA. My understanding was that as a part of an account renewal negotiation, AA agreed to add Pepsi products. This added to catering costs and led to full flights often running out of Coke. While PepsiCo employees drank Pepsi products, few others did. AA finally faced up to the economic reality and returned to serving Coke products (and Dr Pepper).
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Oct 12, 2023, 3:35 am
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Having diet dr pepper almost makes flying AA tolerable 
Although I have had this as a pdb on AA...hahaha!
Although I have had this as a pdb on AA...hahaha!
Oct 19, 2023, 2:52 pm
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