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pinniped Jun 8, 2015 1:14 pm
"These are not hard and fast rules, but guidelines that cabin crew can lean on so that if passengers appear to be getting too drunk they can be asked to stop drinking."
This is a total nonstory. All airlines do this. Only mild difference is that SAS gives its FAs the ability to cite the 3-drink policy if they need it. Probably makes their jobs slightly easier. In the U.S. (and presumably elsewhere), the FA has to effectively accuse the passenger of being a potential problem first, and then cut him/her off.

I don't know what the longest possible flight under this policy is...maybe 4 hours? I'm pretty sure that the policy isn't intended to prevent a passenger from having a 4th glass of wine on that flight. It's to cover the guy who wants to eat double whiskies rapid-fire on CPH-LHR.

plinko83 Jun 8, 2015 1:33 pm
Originally Posted by Badenoch (Post 24937538)
It's their plane and the can serve how ever many drinks they want. Passengers can decide to fly them or not. However, anyone who would avoid SAS over a three drink limit on flights within Europe is probably someone the rest of us would be better off not flying with in the first place.
Definitely agree. Drunk and on an airplane are a bad combo.

LETTERBOY Jun 8, 2015 3:32 pm
Originally Posted by plinko83 (Post 24938211)
Definitely agree. Drunk and on an airplane are a bad combo.
Unless you're Dierks Bentley. :D

nrr Jun 10, 2015 4:28 am
In Business Class, on a trans-atlantic (7-8 hrs) on AA (airline)--not the OTHER AA:):
(1)pre-departure drink
(2)drink with pre-dinner snack
(3)with dinner, drink + 1 refill
(4)with desert course, a desert wine
(1)-(4) is the NORMAL = 5 drinks

I once took the Stockholm-Helsinki (overnight) ship [free for Eurailpass holders]. Due to low boat price + duty free liquor pricing, many ride the boat ONLY to consume alcohol.:p

Annalisa12 Jun 10, 2015 4:40 am
Good.

helosc Jun 10, 2015 5:45 am
This subject is also currently being discussed in the SAS Eurobonus Forum :
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/sas-e...ng-drinks.html

And SAS has changed their mind anyway - they have removed the written-down rule again.

Tchiowa Jun 10, 2015 5:57 am
Originally Posted by nrr (Post 24947319)
In Business Class, on a trans-atlantic (7-8 hrs) on AA (airline)--not the OTHER AA:):
(1)pre-departure drink
(2)drink with pre-dinner snack
(3)with dinner, drink + 1 refill
(4)with desert course, a desert wine
(1)-(4) is the NORMAL = 5 drinks

I once took the Stockholm-Helsinki (overnight) ship [free for Eurailpass holders]. Due to low boat price + duty free liquor pricing, many ride the boat ONLY to consume alcohol.:p
That may be normal for you. I wouldn't label everyone that way.

MSPeconomist Jun 10, 2015 8:49 am
Originally Posted by nrr (Post 24947319)
In Business Class, on a trans-atlantic (7-8 hrs) on AA (airline)--not the OTHER AA:):
(1)pre-departure drink
(2)drink with pre-dinner snack
(3)with dinner, drink + 1 refill
(4)with desert course, a desert wine
(1)-(4) is the NORMAL = 5 drinks

I once took the Stockholm-Helsinki (overnight) ship [free for Eurailpass holders]. Due to low boat price + duty free liquor pricing, many ride the boat ONLY to consume alcohol.:p
There are "cruise" ships in Scandinavia that sail three miles out into international waters to open the bar and duty free sales for an evening of drinking with relatively cheap alcohol for folks to take home.

Zeeb Jun 10, 2015 9:40 am
Originally Posted by saneman (Post 24937393)
It will be nice if airlines had premium brand sparkling waters as a substitute for those of us that don't drink.
I hear you on that. I don't drink soda so it would be nice to have something more than a discount brand soda water available when I'm choosing not to have any of the hard stuff.

GateHold Jun 10, 2015 10:14 am
Is this really about "incidents" or is it about cost savings?

I recently flew a couple of intra-Europe legs on SAS and I was frankly startled by how lackluster its service was. I hope SAS hangs on against the likes of Norwegian, et al, but I wasn't very impressed. The average domestic leg on any U.S. carrier was better.


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