Live Inflight TV outage? (Discontinued summer 2020)
Aug 9, 2020, 3:09 pm
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Live Inflight TV outage? (Discontinued summer 2020)
On all three trips I took on AA this weekend all said "currently not available" on AA inflight. Is this a service possibly AA yanked due to cost cutting? Streaming movies were still available.
Aug 10, 2020, 6:59 am
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Aug 10, 2020, 10:19 am
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Let’s face it — 2 years from now when things hopefully get back to “normal” this will never be back and the sparse F&B offerings are here to stay for good.
No more ramekins, glasses, silverware, etc.
“temporarily unavailable” my you know what.
No more ramekins, glasses, silverware, etc.
“temporarily unavailable” my you know what.
Aug 10, 2020, 10:21 am
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It all really just depends on what peoples' expectations become. If the consumer makes it acceptable for this to become the norm, then it will be.
Aug 10, 2020, 10:55 am
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Possibly if AA (and other airlines) want to monetize the domestic F cabin than they might need to bring back some amenities. OTH, Y will become such a wretched experience jammed into an Oasis a/c with no beverage service other than a few transcons, no BOB, no complimentary alcohol for MCE paxs and no complimentary snack and alcoholic drink for EXPs. Even a water downed F service may look appealing, particularly with some of the more recent upfare price points. I count myself in as someone that when the price is decent I will upfare once elite traffic rebounds. I was doing it for awhile in June and July until demand in and out MIA began to crater again.
Aug 10, 2020, 11:12 am
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Possibly if AA (and other airlines) want to monetize the domestic F cabin than they might need to bring back some amenities. OTH, Y will become such a wretched experience jammed into an Oasis a/c with no beverage service other than a few transcons, no BOB, no complimentary alcohol for MCE paxs and no complimentary snack and alcoholic drink for EXPs. Even a water downed F service may look appealing, particularly with some of the more recent upfare price points. I count myself in as someone that when the price is decent I will upfare once elite traffic rebounds. I was doing it for awhile in June and July until demand in and out MIA began to crater again.
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Aug 10, 2020, 11:19 am
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Aug 10, 2020, 11:23 am
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Aug 10, 2020, 12:11 pm
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Aug 10, 2020, 2:07 pm
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