Tipping F lounge drivers?
May 22, 2018, 2:52 am
#16
Join Date: Feb 2013
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OTP, but I still feel very uneasy about recent experience in on of the Vienna's "top" coffee houses... The service was dreadful and the coffee and Wiener Apfelstrudel mit Sahne even worse, so I decided to pay exactly what was on the bill... Very rude waiter (in his 50-60) told me loudly across the whole establishment that "It is customary to tip in Austria"... Never felt as bad as at that time, but still left without tipping...
May 22, 2018, 6:54 am
#18
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Oh, we've got that covered: Can I give a tip or gift to a flight attendant?
May 22, 2018, 7:34 am
#19
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May 30, 2018, 8:16 am
#21
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"Ugly Americans" still exist ... I've seen them in NZ, on river cruises, everywhere. I hope that, eventually, these travelers will "wake up" and realize there are reasons not everyone is an American (or would want to be).
May 30, 2018, 9:45 am
#23
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On a UAL flight, picked up plane side off the devil's chariot in IAH and driven to lounge. I asked the gentleman escorting me if tipping was customary, and he declined (as I thought he might). I asked if I could tip the young driver (it looked like his first day), and he smiled and said he might appreciate that. So I did.
May 30, 2018, 2:15 pm
#24
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May 30, 2018, 3:21 pm
#25
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On a UAL flight, picked up plane side off the devil's chariot in IAH and driven to lounge. I asked the gentleman escorting me if tipping was customary, and he declined (as I thought he might). I asked if I could tip the young driver (it looked like his first day), and he smiled and said he might appreciate that. So I did.
But the topic is LH FCL limo drivers.
May 30, 2018, 4:50 pm
#26
Join Date: Aug 2005
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And while we're at it: don't forget to tip the shower attendants at least 20€ because of the great job they do. 
There was actually a thread recently where someone reminded everyone to do so. By the time I'm off the ground I will probably have spent more in tips than in airfare.
HTB.
There was actually a thread recently where someone reminded everyone to do so. By the time I'm off the ground I will probably have spent more in tips than in airfare.
HTB.