carrotjuice

Are we still talking chocolates here? If yes, I thought if you pass them at the beginning of the flight, crew can share them during the flight. Else how would they share them at the end of flight? Once all passengers have deplaned, wouldn’t they too want to get out in a jiffy?

SKT-DK

For that honour to be bestowed upon me, I am tempted to pop that Pol Roger 2012 chilling in the fridge! Thank you, your highness

JD1905

The more I read some of the responses, the more i'm in the 'Anti' gift camp. As I said previously, I would possibly give the crew a box of chocolates at the end of a flight, but only f I was travelling with my Girlfriend. As someone in their 20's though I would find me giving the crew a box of chocolates when travelling by myself slightly weird.

Unless I know the crew personally I probably just wouldn't bother at all tbh.

I enjoy tipping for good service - I give the barman at our local £20 at Christmas because he looks after us all year round. What i've noticed though, is more and more places now having a 'Service Charge' on the bill, my favourite restaurant here in Belfast now does it.. (10%) Hate that.

Ancient Observer

Back in the 90s I used to "commute" to Singapore/other parts of Asia. Initially on BA, but later on other airlines.
I stayed where the Co put me - Marina Mandarin, Pan pacific mainly.
All the hotels had an excessive number of flower displays.
For reasons lost in time, (associated with the horrible introduction of 747/400s), I developed a habit of paying about 10 Sing$ to a doorman, and taking a small flower display from the hotel out to my taxi to Changi/whichever airport.
Once at the airport, in the (initially) BA check in line, (F as I was Gold) I would pass over the flowers to the nearest check in operator. (Not to the BA Supervisor, Ishahak as he knew me well).

The check in staff always smiled at this silly Laowai giving out a bunch of flowers.

Some times I was with colleagues. I found it difficult to explain my habit..............except on one occasion when a colleague was wait listed, and not hopeful of getting a seat, but magically got on the plane when with me.

Flexible preferences

It is a bit odd. Like I know you're really busy on boarding but here is some cheap, sickly, fattening food from a complete stranger that you haven't asked for or given any indication you want. It has been said 100 times now, but appreciation and respect can be shown with words and manner. You could even argue giving them chocolates is disrespectful as it assumes so much about them without knowing them.

Waterhorse

Particularly on LongHaul flights most gift chocolates end up in the bin. The last thing most crew want at the end of a flight is some sugary snack, most just want a shower and sleep. The chocolates do the rounds on the crew bus, most just passing them on, and at the end of the journey go into the bin. Please just say thank you and mean it.

PUCCI GALORE

I keep Moët et Chandon in a pretty cabinet. The rest you know.

The whole concept is described in French as Ringard. The nearest word in English is cheesy.

SKT-DK

I never thought I would disagree with the amazing Pucci, but I am not a fan of Moët (please do not rescind my Mucci-ness)

Haagen Daz

I feel a little bit sick (and not from the consumption of chocolate...).

PUCCI GALORE

Me neither - but I happen to have one in the fridge as it was a present.

Genius1

I'm going to start buying Starbucks gift cards and giving them to the baristas (but only if they spell my name correctly).

carrotjuice

This, is bizarre. The flower arrangements belong to the hotel, not the doorman. So you're effectively bribing the doorman to close an eye to a brazen theft?

Also don't the checkin counters (especially J and F) have flower arrangements already back in the day?

Waterhorse

No one ever thinks to tip the pilots for a job well done thank heavens - it would be mortifying.

Jagboi

"Thanks for not crashing the plane - here's a Kit Kat" - words from a passenger no pilot ever wants to hear.

PUCCI GALORE

My husband will say "thanks" when he passes the flight deck on disembarking. Sometimes when the landing is ultrasoft he will ask who was actually flying. That he has done at Air Nostrum as well. I think that their pilots go to a special school for landings so smooth are they as a rule.