AA FAs start peddling credit cards like US
Sep 3, 2014, 12:41 am
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AA FAs start peddling credit cards like US
Also being "served" on your American Airlines flight starting at the end of the month will be flight attendants hawking credit cards.
So nice to see everything that makes US Airways America's worst and trashiest airline (at least Spirit doesn't pretend to be more than they are) come to AA.
So nice to see everything that makes US Airways America's worst and trashiest airline (at least Spirit doesn't pretend to be more than they are) come to AA.
Sep 3, 2014, 6:44 am
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Also being "served" on your American Airlines flight starting at the end of the month will be flight attendants hawking credit cards.
So nice to see everything that makes US Airways America's worst and trashiest airline (at least Spirit doesn't pretend to be more than they are) come to AA.
So nice to see everything that makes US Airways America's worst and trashiest airline (at least Spirit doesn't pretend to be more than they are) come to AA.
Sep 3, 2014, 7:37 am
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UA and DL do it on flights with IFE through the IFE, the f/as do not participate.
Sep 3, 2014, 7:48 am
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New "AA" is beginning to resemble DL far too much for my taste.
Sep 3, 2014, 7:56 am
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Sep 3, 2014, 8:09 am
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You haven't seen (or heard) anything until you fly Frontier. FA's hawk them, first with the announcement, then coming up and down the aisle "would you like an application?" and then after to pick up the completed applications. Has to be some incentive or commission for the FAs to be that persistent.
Sep 3, 2014, 9:27 am
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Sep 3, 2014, 9:29 am
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UA puts a tacky advertisement on the trays of most first class meals.
Sep 3, 2014, 10:50 am
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You haven't seen (or heard) anything until you fly Frontier. FA's hawk them, first with the announcement, then coming up and down the aisle "would you like an application?" and then after to pick up the completed applications. Has to be some incentive or commission for the FAs to be that persistent.
Odd, 18 segments on DL for me this year and I've never heard them mention it.
Sep 3, 2014, 11:57 am
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You haven't seen (or heard) anything until you fly Frontier. FA's hawk them, first with the announcement, then coming up and down the aisle "would you like an application?" and then after to pick up the completed applications. Has to be some incentive or commission for the FAs to be that persistent.
Sep 3, 2014, 12:31 pm
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I love flying the foreign flag carriers... by the time you start to taxi, announcements are mostly done. One from the captain above 10k feet and one on the decent. 10 hours in between... silence. Even for turbulence, the seat belt sign goes on... then off... such sweet silence.
Sep 4, 2014, 2:07 am
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Sep 4, 2014, 7:16 am
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Sep 4, 2014, 7:30 am
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Sep 4, 2014, 8:47 am
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Is this any worse than the duty free sales? Not to me. Yes, I get the unnecessary PA announcement when you're trying to sleep. Annoying. But beyond that, I just don't see this as a major issue. Ignore it, just as one might do with the duty-free cart.