Coins for Extras
Oct 30, 2008, 6:26 pm
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Coins for Extras
Has anybody actually paid with coins for anything extra? I am a UA1K, and will have to suffer in the back this weekend on a flight out of PHL. Luckily it will be on a flight less than 500 miles. I am wondering what reactions, if any, people have received when using 4 rolls of pennies to buy a soft drink.
Oct 30, 2008, 6:30 pm
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Why would you do something like that to the FA's?
Do you really think Doug Parker gets handed soda/snack receipts?
Do you really think Doug Parker gets handed soda/snack receipts?
Oct 30, 2008, 6:30 pm
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Well, why don't you tear the paper off and give several double handfulls of coins while you are at it.
I am not sure who would find this amusing.
I am not sure who would find this amusing.
Oct 30, 2008, 6:47 pm
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I will consider ripping off the paper.
Oct 30, 2008, 7:10 pm
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While I would never do something like this because it only hurts the FAs consider the fact that you're also hurting other pax. Do you think a FA wants to keep all that change and then recount it at the end of the flight? If I was the FA who received all that change, I would probably give it back as change to someone who paid for a soda with a $5.
Oct 30, 2008, 7:19 pm
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Oct 30, 2008, 7:20 pm
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I've only been on WN since the change, so no first-hand experiences to report.
If I do have to fly US in the future, I would just buy a bottle of something in the terminal (even if it costs a couple of bucks more).
IMHO, the coin idea would have worked and sent a strong message if everyone did it. If I recall correctly when the idea was brought in this fourm, only a few people wanted to do it.
If I do have to fly US in the future, I would just buy a bottle of something in the terminal (even if it costs a couple of bucks more).
IMHO, the coin idea would have worked and sent a strong message if everyone did it. If I recall correctly when the idea was brought in this fourm, only a few people wanted to do it.
Oct 30, 2008, 7:41 pm
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Who cares what the reaction is. Like another poster said, if you are looking for a reaction, unwrap the pennies. I think it would be better to give a mix of change--quarters, pennies, nickels, dimes and sit there and count it while they come through.
Oct 30, 2008, 7:58 pm
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Has anybody actually paid with coins for anything extra? I am a UA1K, and will have to suffer in the back this weekend on a flight out of PHL. Luckily it will be on a flight less than 500 miles. I am wondering what reactions, if any, people have received when using 4 rolls of pennies to buy a soft drink.
Please don't shoot the messenger, it wasn't their idea to charge in the first place.
Oct 30, 2008, 8:07 pm
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Have you seen or are even aware what the job market is like at the moment? How dare you flippantly tell FAs to find another job. Outrageous post, you should be banned for that comment.
Oct 30, 2008, 8:45 pm
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Has anybody actually paid with coins for anything extra? I am a UA1K, and will have to suffer in the back this weekend on a flight out of PHL. Luckily it will be on a flight less than 500 miles. I am wondering what reactions, if any, people have received when using 4 rolls of pennies to buy a soft drink.
Oct 30, 2008, 8:51 pm
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Oct 30, 2008, 9:11 pm
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Oct 31, 2008, 6:38 am
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Something that I have been working hard to teach my children is that when you insult another person you actually make yourself look worse than the person you are insulting. I think that handing a flight attendant rolls of pennies to pay for a drink falls under this category.
Oct 31, 2008, 7:50 am
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Much as I dislike what US has become, I see this as completely ineffective, childish, and impacting those with no power to control the decisions we disagree with.