Protest the $2 drinks and other fees
Jun 13, 2008, 11:00 am
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Yep best way to go is fly someone else, then take a nickle and dime, tape it on your used BP and mail it to Doug along with a clipped FF card
Jun 13, 2008, 11:53 am
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Yep best way to go is fly someone else
Personally I am not too jazzed by this idea as I am going to be the one on the receiving end of the pennies
Jun 13, 2008, 11:57 am
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When my boyfriend's college has away games they encourage people to go to banks and withdraw $2 bills and stamp them with a tiger paw.
Can someone make up a cockroach stamp so we can get some $2 bills and stamp them with the cockroach?
Can someone make up a cockroach stamp so we can get some $2 bills and stamp them with the cockroach?
Jun 13, 2008, 12:34 pm
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It's not the customer's fault -- or the frontline employee's fault -- that CEOs decided to spin the roulette wheel on fuel, and didn't have much luck in doing so.
Jun 13, 2008, 12:38 pm
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I like my airlines of choice too, but even as an Elite member, I have NEVER forgotten -- not even for a day -- that an airline is supposed to be EARNING my business for trip after trip, and the moment the value proposition turns unacceptable, I behave like a smart customer and choose a competitor that offers what I value.
If US Preferreds continue to take the crappy treatment by giving US their travel dollars, then US will continue to crap on them.
Jun 13, 2008, 12:45 pm
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Personally I am not too jazzed by this idea as I am going to be the one on the receiving end of the pennies. Believe me when I say that the gate agents and flight attendants are just as unhappy as you all are with all of these changes. But please, don't shoot the messenger. This will also tick off your fellow passengers because guess what kind of change we are going to give the guy sitting next to you when they hand us a $20 bill. Your pennies!! 
I think they should just raise all of the fares and stop nickel and diming everything to death, but that is just my opinion and what do I know about management? I am just a stupid little penny counter.
BTW, I really agree with the opinion that walking and voting with your wallet is the best retaliation and will be the best way to get your point across.
I think they should just raise all of the fares and stop nickel and diming everything to death, but that is just my opinion and what do I know about management? I am just a stupid little penny counter.
BTW, I really agree with the opinion that walking and voting with your wallet is the best retaliation and will be the best way to get your point across.
I have a change maker belt left over from my days as a car hop. If you need it, let me know! Roller skates too...
Jun 13, 2008, 1:07 pm
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I wish airlines would just increase their fares and be done with it. I've been paying $250 to fly to Florida for the past 20 years. The legacy carriers are beginning to look inferior to the likes of Southwest (and I never thought I'd say that).
Jun 13, 2008, 1:22 pm
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Charge for water "criminal" Fox News
FYI, Fox news' Dr Manny Alvarez just said a 2.00 charge for water is "criminal." Danger of dehydration on long flights is great!
Jun 13, 2008, 1:39 pm
#24
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Yeah, punish the f/a's!! Pennies will cause you to thirst!
All the threads on the new changes have started my creative juices flowing as to the way to best protest the new fees.
Pay for them with pennies. Stock up on rolls and rolls of pennies.
Before boarding, un-roll the pennies and put them in one of your tidy little TSA baggies. When buying a bottle of water of coffee, slowly count out the 200 pennies. They have to take them, they are legal tender. Repeat when you ask for a refill on your coffee.
Or when checking a bag, repent the above. It will take a while to count out 1,500 hundred pennies.
You could call it "pennies for Doug" or the "bean counter count......"
Whatchathink?
Pay for them with pennies. Stock up on rolls and rolls of pennies.
Before boarding, un-roll the pennies and put them in one of your tidy little TSA baggies. When buying a bottle of water of coffee, slowly count out the 200 pennies. They have to take them, they are legal tender. Repeat when you ask for a refill on your coffee.
Or when checking a bag, repent the above. It will take a while to count out 1,500 hundred pennies.
You could call it "pennies for Doug" or the "bean counter count......"
Whatchathink?
Jun 13, 2008, 1:40 pm
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Jun 13, 2008, 1:42 pm
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The REAL problem is that most US legacy airline managers decide to forego hedges a few years back on a gamble that fuel prices would not skyrocket, and they wound up guessing wrong.
It's not the customer's fault -- or the frontline employee's fault -- that CEOs decided to spin the roulette wheel on fuel, and didn't have much luck in doing so.
It's not the customer's fault -- or the frontline employee's fault -- that CEOs decided to spin the roulette wheel on fuel, and didn't have much luck in doing so.
Jun 13, 2008, 1:56 pm
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The REAL problem is that most US legacy airline managers decide to forego hedges a few years back on a gamble that fuel prices would not skyrocket, and they wound up guessing wrong.
It's not the customer's fault -- or the frontline employee's fault -- that CEOs decided to spin the roulette wheel on fuel, and didn't have much luck in doing so.
It's not the customer's fault -- or the frontline employee's fault -- that CEOs decided to spin the roulette wheel on fuel, and didn't have much luck in doing so.
Jun 13, 2008, 4:23 pm
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Fax in your ticket receipt from the other airline to HQ; that is what will make a difference.
Jun 13, 2008, 9:33 pm
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so.......
1/2 a can of soda = $2.00,
one share of usair common stock = $2.86 ( and that's up $.17!)
For "innovative ways to raise cash", how's about a special edition
can of coke for $5.00 with a share of stock painted on the side?
Stickin with southwest guys....
1/2 a can of soda = $2.00,
one share of usair common stock = $2.86 ( and that's up $.17!)
For "innovative ways to raise cash", how's about a special edition
can of coke for $5.00 with a share of stock painted on the side?
Stickin with southwest guys....
Last edited by rzyzzy; Jun 13, 2008 at 9:38 pm Reason: x
Jun 14, 2008, 7:15 am
#30
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I don't think the F/A's will really give a rats if you pay in change. People already do and all we do is pop it in the envelope and send it to the cashier... Its not even seen by mid level management so the chances of this workingare slim to none...