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Quoting caleb1 (Thread starter): Is it really that cost-prohibitive? |
Quoting jcavinato (Reply 5): I think of that every time I'm on a 2-3 hour flight and there isn't even a small hand out snack. |
Quoting jcavinato (Reply 5): It was Voltaire, who wrote (in the 1700s): "Accountants know the cost of everything but the value of nothing |
Quoting caleb1 (Thread starter): I know that Delta, Alaska, and possibly Frontier still offer free snacks to passengers |
Quoting caleb1 (Thread starter): So, why not give us passengers a little something to show that we are still appreciated. |
Quoting brilondon (Reply 6): I would like it if there was a way of bringing my own food on board, I don't like peanuts myself. |
Quoting IslandRob (Reply 10): Maybe the airlines could offer a choice: you either get an inflight magazine, or a bag of peanuts. Those heavy magazines must cost a fortune, both in terms of procurement and fuel (to fly them all over creation). |
Quoting Viscount724 (Reply 14): Quoting IslandRob (Reply 10): Maybe the airlines could offer a choice: you either get an inflight magazine, or a bag of peanuts. Those heavy magazines must cost a fortune, both in terms of procurement and fuel (to fly them all over creation). But inflight magazines generate a lot of revenue from advertising. |
Quoting jcavinato (Reply 15): So, I do not believe that the company saved $25 million by eliminating the peanuts. The only thing that really matters in a cost savings is how much less of all the checks do you write after the decision was carried out. Did you get to actually eliminate something that costs you something on an on-going basis? |
Quoting planeguy727 (Reply 18): It's not like you go into a restaurant in Chicago and complain 2 hours later when you walk out and aren't in NYC. |
Quoting jcavinato (Reply 15): So, I do not believe that the company saved $25 million by eliminating the peanuts. The only thing that really matters in a cost savings is how much less of all the checks do you write after the decision was carried out. Did you get to actually eliminate something that costs you something on an on-going basis? |
Quoting brilondon (Reply 6): I would like it if there was a way of bringing my own food on board |
Quoting BA777-236 (Reply 25): I flew HNL-ORD - an almost NINE HOUR flight and didn't get more than two cans of pop. I was lucky in that I was well prepared and had my own snacks, but I saw people around me paying 5 bucks for a small tin of Pringles chips. And their so-called "snack boxes" are 10 bucks for crap. |
Quoting BA777-236 (Reply 25): I flew United back last fall and will never fly them again. |
Quoting max550 (Reply 3): Toward the end they mention that DL saved $210,000 a year by removing a single strawberry from salads in first class. |
Quoting AirframeAS (Reply 26): You have no right to complain |
Quoting PDX88 (Reply 24): I love watching passengers dump their half full drinks into the garbage cans right before they board a flight because they think the no liquids rule applies to going on the aircraft. If it's past security (solid or liquid), you can take it on the plane. |
Quoting IslandRob (Reply 10): Maybe the airlines could offer a choice: you either get an inflight magazine, or a bag of peanuts. Those heavy magazines must cost a fortune, both in terms of procurement and fuel (to fly them all over creation). -ir |
Quoting BA777-236 (Reply 25): You can laugh all you want about peanuts being worthless but I flew United back last fall and will never fly them again. I flew HNL-ORD - an almost NINE HOUR flight and didn't get more than two cans of pop. I was lucky in that I was well prepared and had my own snacks, but I saw people around me paying 5 bucks for a small tin of Pringles chips. And their so-called "snack boxes" are 10 bucks for crap. I would have happily paid for a meal on the plane, but no.. they don't have any! My next flight to Hawaii will be on Air Canada or Hawaiian. |
Quoting BA777-236 (Reply 25): I flew HNL-ORD - an almost NINE HOUR flight and didn't get more than two cans of pop. I was lucky in that I was well prepared and had my own snacks, but I saw people around me paying 5 bucks for a small tin of Pringles chips. And their so-called "snack boxes" are 10 bucks for crap. |
Quoting EaglePower83 (Reply 32): B.S. I flew OGG to to LAX and in conjunction with the drinks, they had snack boxes AND full sandwiches and salads for sale. A turkey sandwich or asian noodle salad are 7-8 dollars each, and they're quite good. Oftentimes I'll buy United's food because it's around the same price and same quality or better, than the terminal food, depending on the airport. |
Quoting CPHFF (Reply 31): Inflight Magazines are a source of revenue. Free Coke is not. |
Quoting caleb1 (Thread starter): So, why not give us passengers a little something to show that we are still appreciated. |
Quoting caleb1 (Thread starter): Just wondering, how expensive is it for United and other carriers to provide these small snacks to passengers? Is it really that cost-prohibitive? |
Quoting planeguy727 (Reply 18): For give my simple view, but you buy a plane ticket for transportation, not food. It's not like you go into a restaurant in Chicago and complain 2 hours later when you walk out and aren't in NYC. |
Quoting caleb1 (Thread starter): So, why not give us passengers a little something to show that we are still appreciated. |
Quoting AirframeAS (Reply 8): Customers always want something for free. Why not add a couple dollars to the ticket to pay for such snacks? But then again, people are like "Why should I pay for his when I don't want to pay for it?" |
Quoting SouthernDC9 (Reply 35): I can remember when people would complain about the bag of peanuts being all they got on a flight, and what a joke that was. |
Quoting AirframeAS (Reply 26): You have no right to complain as you said yourself: You were prepared and your own snacks. |
Quoting jcavinato (Reply 15): Did you get to actually eliminate something that costs you something on an on-going basis? |
Quoting IslandRob (Reply 19): But I might complain if, during the course of the meal, the staff didn't serve me a free glass of water. -ir |
Quoting usdcaguy (Reply 22): A night at the bar? $30 on cocktails to me is a catastrophe compared to $40 at a nice restaurant. |
Quoting BA777-236 (Reply 25): I would have happily paid for a meal on the plane, but no.. they don't have any! My next flight to Hawaii will be on Air Canada or Hawaiian. |
Quoting anamericanin (Reply 30): That was not the case for me in Istanbul when I was connecting there. |
Quoting B6A322 (Reply 38): For all the bag fees the general flying public pays, its kind of nice to get a bag of peanuts to make you feel like you're not paying to sit in a tube with your knees up in your chest next to someone who on Southwest would have to buy two seats. |
Quoting cmf (Reply 34): There is no free coke. How including it changes revenue depends on multiple factors. Nickel and diming often has a negative effect on long time revenue. Much more complicated than categorically stating it doesn't generate revenue. |
Quoting rdh3e (Reply 40): But probably not complain if you didn't get the free bread right? |
Quoting SouthernDC9 (Reply 42): Honestly, until I started reading this thread I had no idea that peanuts had such enormous power to make people feel better about themselves and their choices as consumers. Amazing! |
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Quoting IslandRob (Reply 10): Those heavy magazines must cost a fortune, both in terms of procurement and fuel (to fly them all over creation). -ir |
Quoting PDX88 (Reply 24): There's no rule that says you can't. I always bring my own food on the plane. |