CP Benefit Alignment ? (drinks/meal when not upgraded)
Nov 5, 2014, 4:00 pm
#31
Join Date: Oct 2011
Programs: AA EP, DL PL, SPG & IHG Plat, HH Diamond, Hertz 5*, EC EE
Posts: 78
Is the selection the usual FC snack basket and one drink? Or is there a menu?
Nov 5, 2014, 4:22 pm
#32
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: San Diego (SAN)
Programs: IHG Platinum
Posts: 940
The snack is your choice of the a la carte snacks being sold on the flight (pringles, pita chips/hummus, M&Ms, etc.) If the flight is too short to sell Marketplace snacks, then they aren't likely to be available for CP/EXP, either. The drink is one standard alcoholic beverage (beer, 187ml wine, liquor mini).
Nov 5, 2014, 4:56 pm
#33
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Virginia
Posts: 1,558
CP Benefit Alignment ? (drinks/meal when not upgraded)
On those real short flights Y is only catered with OJ and Water, they strip the galley of everything else so no snacks or liquor available. Sorry 
Nov 5, 2014, 5:22 pm
#34
Moderator: Avis and Rental Cars
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 8,032
Based upon the F snack basket lately, I would take a pack of M&Ms or Pringles over the F snack basket anyday!
Nov 5, 2014, 11:19 pm
#35
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: PDX
Programs: AA Plat + SPG Plat
Posts: 235
Nov 6, 2014, 8:26 am
#36
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Sun Prairie, WI
Programs: AA Executive Platinum, HH Diamond, National Executive
Posts: 1,786
Yeah...the "First Class" basket looks a lot like that old lady in the neighborhood's Halloween basket which as a kid you would be disappointed by each trick-or-treat season. Year after year, you knew what she had in that goodie basket never changed, but you would still ring the doorbell secretly hoping she'd sold the place to some 'well-to-do' candy magnate...but alas, no dice. Nasty fruit bars, stale biscotti, and $.10 bags of plain potato chips you didn't need since you had ready access to those in your lunchbox every day (courtesy of mom, of course).
Nov 6, 2014, 2:15 pm
#37
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: PHL
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, AA Gold, FB Gold, ITA Volare Executive
Posts: 3,294
Nov 6, 2014, 6:01 pm
#38
Moderator: Avis and Rental Cars
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 8,032
Yeah...the "First Class" basket looks a lot like that old lady in the neighborhood's Halloween basket which as a kid you would be disappointed by each trick-or-treat season. Year after year, you knew what she had in that goodie basket never changed, but you would still ring the doorbell secretly hoping she'd sold the place to some 'well-to-do' candy magnate...but alas, no dice. Nasty fruit bars, stale biscotti, and $.10 bags of plain potato chips you didn't need since you had ready access to those in your lunchbox every day (courtesy of mom, of course).
Nov 6, 2014, 9:19 pm
#39
Join Date: May 2009
Location: DCA
Programs: US CP, SPG Plat
Posts: 310
I know there are some people out there who like to have frequent flyer bag tags and all but I'd prefer it to be much more discrete if there's a way to make that happen.
When I've flown AA they've discretely said my name and asked if there's anything they can get for me to make clear they know that it's a complimentary snack. Shouting "I'm a Chairman's!" across a row is not a good long-term solution.
Nov 7, 2014, 6:18 am
#40
Join Date: May 2010
Location: PHL
Programs: AA EXP, UA *S, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Titanium, Hyatt Exp, IHG Plat, National EE, Sixt Plat
Posts: 648
Once an AA FA, after I paused when she started asking for payment, said something like "Oh, I knew we had one of you back here. Here you go." Which leads me to believe (except for very elite heavy routes) that it's actually quite uncommon for EXP to be in the back of the bus on AA, just as it is for CP on US. The "reciprocal" upgrades have introduced more and more situations where EXP/CP end up in Y, so FA's are probably caught a little off gaurd by it. I think it'll all smooth out in time.
There is some additional recent discussion on this topic over on the Reciprocal Benefits thread in the combined forum, starting around post #1496. One other detail that is confirmed is that this benefit also extends (pending FA awareness) to single cabins RJs.
Nov 11, 2014, 12:51 pm
#42
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Washington, DC
Programs: US Airways Platinum Preferred; Delta Silver Medallion
Posts: 5
Free drink and snack for US Plat
Flying LAS-CLT this morning. I'm US Plat and was offered free drink and snack. First time it's been offered to me and pleasantly surprised because I thought it was just for Chairman's.
