6 cans of beer - Lounge theft? (maybe)
Sep 18, 2017, 4:03 am
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Many thanks.
So, if someone was to take items out of the lounge at MAN, would it be considered theft (because there are warnings advising against consumption outside the lounges)?
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Sep 18, 2017, 4:10 am
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There are no signs about not removing food in LHR, but there are in LGW and MAN. There was one in NCL but it mysteriously vanished a few months back.
BOB is irrelevant here. This customer lives his life in public and online (why on earth do people do this?), so we know he was on a longhaul flight, and that if BA FT Neighbourhood Watch™ was in full operation, we would have sent HIDDY yesterday evening to the 4th floor of the Ciudad Cultural Konex in Buenos Aires to recover the ill-gotten gains and return them to Galleries First. I suspect he may have had better things to do.
BOB is irrelevant here. This customer lives his life in public and online (why on earth do people do this?), so we know he was on a longhaul flight, and that if BA FT Neighbourhood Watch™ was in full operation, we would have sent HIDDY yesterday evening to the 4th floor of the Ciudad Cultural Konex in Buenos Aires to recover the ill-gotten gains and return them to Galleries First. I suspect he may have had better things to do.
Sep 18, 2017, 4:14 am
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I've taken a beer (Tribute or London Pride, so a while back) out of the lounge on a rare occasion. A couple of times I've been in the lounge when there's been a delay, boarding is announced and I've not opened the can yet.
One time I took a can with me just in case the BoB trolley didn't reach me, or it took ages. Thanks to Flyertalk I felt guilty about that and never done it again
Shame T5 doesn't have a nice shop like Centrale that opened recently at Newcastle Central rail station. A massive range of beers there, but there's nowhere in most airports where you can get any sort of beer to take away, never mind a decent beer.
I guess the reason for this is most airlines don't allow consumption of your own alcohol, so airports tend not to sell take away beer.
One time I took a can with me just in case the BoB trolley didn't reach me, or it took ages. Thanks to Flyertalk I felt guilty about that and never done it again
Shame T5 doesn't have a nice shop like Centrale that opened recently at Newcastle Central rail station. A massive range of beers there, but there's nowhere in most airports where you can get any sort of beer to take away, never mind a decent beer.
I guess the reason for this is most airlines don't allow consumption of your own alcohol, so airports tend not to sell take away beer.
Sep 18, 2017, 4:32 am
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Lots of people predicting how BA might deal with this, from the 'tokens and a service bar' to 'vending machine style operation'. Ridiculous
1) The cost to implement ANY new serving method would far far outweigh the value of items consumed outside the lounge.
2) It would cheapen the lounge experience, which has an intrinsic value in itself
Why can't people on the thread accept that a small % of people will take stuff from the lounge to consume elsewhere. As long as this % is a small number (maybe slightly increased since BoB but still marginal), who really cares? Posting pictures on a thread and accusing people of theft (which, in the absence of a sign, it isn't) is really pathetic IMO.
Don't people have better things to do than worry about BA's profit margin?
1) The cost to implement ANY new serving method would far far outweigh the value of items consumed outside the lounge.
2) It would cheapen the lounge experience, which has an intrinsic value in itself
Why can't people on the thread accept that a small % of people will take stuff from the lounge to consume elsewhere. As long as this % is a small number (maybe slightly increased since BoB but still marginal), who really cares? Posting pictures on a thread and accusing people of theft (which, in the absence of a sign, it isn't) is really pathetic IMO.
Don't people have better things to do than worry about BA's profit margin?
Sep 18, 2017, 4:45 am
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Sep 18, 2017, 4:47 am
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Lots of people predicting how BA might deal with this, from the 'tokens and a service bar' to 'vending machine style operation'. Ridiculous
1) The cost to implement ANY new serving method would far far outweigh the value of items consumed outside the lounge.
2) It would cheapen the lounge experience, which has an intrinsic value in itself
Why can't people on the thread accept that a small % of people will take stuff from the lounge to consume elsewhere. As long as this % is a small number (maybe slightly increased since BoB but still marginal), who really cares? Posting pictures on a thread and accusing people of theft (which, in the absence of a sign, it isn't) is really pathetic IMO.
Don't people have better things to do than worry about BA's profit margin?
1) The cost to implement ANY new serving method would far far outweigh the value of items consumed outside the lounge.
2) It would cheapen the lounge experience, which has an intrinsic value in itself
Why can't people on the thread accept that a small % of people will take stuff from the lounge to consume elsewhere. As long as this % is a small number (maybe slightly increased since BoB but still marginal), who really cares? Posting pictures on a thread and accusing people of theft (which, in the absence of a sign, it isn't) is really pathetic IMO.
Don't people have better things to do than worry about BA's profit margin?
I wouldn't be so quick at dismissing the consequences you mention in (1) and (2) above, the lounge at DUB recently changed its catering so that nothing can be removed from the lounge, and there is now no self-pour alcohol. Many contract lounges are adopting the same, it is not as ridiculous as you suggest.
Sep 18, 2017, 4:47 am
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Lots of people predicting how BA might deal with this, from the 'tokens and a service bar' to 'vending machine style operation'. Ridiculous
1) The cost to implement ANY new serving method would far far outweigh the value of items consumed outside the lounge.
2) It would cheapen the lounge experience, which has an intrinsic value in itself
Why can't people on the thread accept that a small % of people will take stuff from the lounge to consume elsewhere. As long as this % is a small number (maybe slightly increased since BoB but still marginal), who really cares? Posting pictures on a thread and accusing people of theft (which, in the absence of a sign, it isn't) is really pathetic IMO.
Don't people have better things to do than worry about BA's profit margin?
1) The cost to implement ANY new serving method would far far outweigh the value of items consumed outside the lounge.
2) It would cheapen the lounge experience, which has an intrinsic value in itself
Why can't people on the thread accept that a small % of people will take stuff from the lounge to consume elsewhere. As long as this % is a small number (maybe slightly increased since BoB but still marginal), who really cares? Posting pictures on a thread and accusing people of theft (which, in the absence of a sign, it isn't) is really pathetic IMO.
Don't people have better things to do than worry about BA's profit margin?
Sep 18, 2017, 4:48 am
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Sep 18, 2017, 4:48 am
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if alcohol is suitable for the lounge i dont quite see why same alcohol is not permitted on the flight which is a continuation of the lounge service.
if it is about what an airline should profit from BOB vs what a pax can do to deprive of said airline's profit on BOB, i stand by the latter.
this is where i draw the line (i know its a fuzzy line and ymmv anyways) - as long as you consume it within the service of the airline i dont see why not can one take from the lounge. this is different with the blokes who loaded 40 cans a few weeks ago.
if it is about what an airline should profit from BOB vs what a pax can do to deprive of said airline's profit on BOB, i stand by the latter.
this is where i draw the line (i know its a fuzzy line and ymmv anyways) - as long as you consume it within the service of the airline i dont see why not can one take from the lounge. this is different with the blokes who loaded 40 cans a few weeks ago.
wasn't stealing.
ADDED: I can sympathize with someone who has just taken some F&B in a lounge only to discover that one must unexpectedly go immediately to the gate. In such cases, it seems better to take the stuff as it cannot be recycled to another passenger and it's better to avoid wasting food.
OTOH in some jurisdictions, alcohol cannot legally be removed from the venue/licensing unit, so taking it jeopardizes the lounge's ability to continue offering adult beverages.
Last edited by MSPeconomist; Sep 18, 2017 at 4:55 am
Sep 18, 2017, 4:53 am
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Do you really think the prosecution will have enough of a case to win against someone taking a few cans of 'free' lounge drinks?
Sep 18, 2017, 5:04 am
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Please, no more protracted on-thread arguments.
We've had enough already!
We've had enough already!
Sep 18, 2017, 5:11 am
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Sep 18, 2017, 5:14 am
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Only 6 cans? I'm disappointed. Surely there's room in that bag for a bottom layer of 6, and three more under those three on the left. That's 15 cans, which is probably a reasonable supply for the flight.
Sep 18, 2017, 5:18 am
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