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- publiclurker, on 02/24/2009, -0/+28I'm pretty sure that's not why you are looking at them.
- AmyVernon, on 02/23/2009, -1/+27For a minute, I thought they were no longer going to charge for the booze, not the stuff they didn't used to charge for. I was all, "I'm flyin' USAir, man!"
- bixby1, on 02/23/2009, -3/+25Awesome. Whose next? Hooters and your $2.00 charge for ranch on the side, I'm looking at you.
- MatzahMan, on 02/24/2009, -1/+17I still want my free pretzels.
- nomadspartan, on 02/23/2009, -1/+17What about language fees for domestic travel. Will they ever go away?
- morningmatters, on 02/24/2009, -0/+15Most of the big US airlines' qualities have steadily decreased over the years, but USAirways is definitely the worst. I feel bad for travelers out of Philadelphia who are forced to take USAirways.
- inactive, on 02/23/2009, -2/+16As an airline that hubs in Las Vegas they were probably tired of their passengers paying for drinks in slot machine change. I find it hard to believe US Airways actually listened to customers.
- impedance101, on 02/23/2009, -1/+15Don't worry, they'll soon replace that with a charge for restroom usage.
- Tenlow, on 02/24/2009, -3/+15It's about goddamn time. I made the mistake of flying them to London a few months ago and vowed never to fly them again. The level of service they provide for the amount you're paying is just obscene. I shouldn't have to pay for non alcoholic drinks on domestic flights and I shouldn't have to pay for alcoholic drinks on international flights. The only thing that makes long haul flights bearable is being able to have a few drinks while you fly. $7 a beer isn't enough to break my bank, but when I'm already paying nearly a grand for the flight, it's not going to break theirs to just give it to me either.
And another thing, why the hell don't they have smoking sections anymore? Or at least smoking flights. I've quit smoking now, but while I was a smoker I would gladly have paid a premium to be able to smoke during a 10+ hour flight. - zephc, on 02/24/2009, -0/+11I see - I misread your intent. At any rate, I don't think airlines want to dedicate aircraft just to smokers - you would have to have additional planes and boarding gates at every airport just for smokers, and chances are they couldn't reuse smoking planes, seeing as how they would stink of tobacco smoke. There is no benefit to the costs of accommodating a few whiney addicts.
- aigulf, on 02/24/2009, -1/+12When that luggage fee happened, I wrote them an e-mail and told them not to expect any more paid travel from me (I'm cashing in my miles and staying far away).
Customer complaints worked for the drinks, keep it up for the luggage fees (I assumed that's what you meant...not language fees....people who don't speak english still gotta pay). - inactive, on 02/24/2009, -1/+11In other news US airways will now be charging fee's to charge you a fee
- zephc, on 02/24/2009, -2/+11Because a no-smoking section on a plane* is like a no-peeing section in a swimming pool.
*original quote mentions a restaurant instead of a plane - Andrewbot, on 02/24/2009, -0/+7RTFA, they are REMOVING charges on drinks.
- tgc1, on 02/24/2009, -0/+7This might sound dumb, but when I was flying a long time ago, a bit of coke and some pretzels/peanuts made all the difference in my perception of the trip. When I noticed a particular flight didn't have said accoutrements I felt like they skimped and were cheap. This reflected on me that the airline was penny pinching and didn't really appreciate my business as much as the others who did provide the refreshments.
Maybe it's just me though. I mean hell the coke is basically free when you get down to it, and the pretzels and peanuts are what... a buck? Come on air lines, lets not get cheap.
"Don't get cheap on me dodgson." - SnapETom, on 02/24/2009, -0/+6For the past five years-ish, I've had to fly about five times a year. I've flown on U.S. Airways only twice despite flying out of Philly, their East Coast hub. It is by far the worst airline ever.
Crappy, no-frills planes, beverage fees, and they were amongst the first to implement baggage fees. You would think that all this cost-cutting and fees would give U.S. Airways low fares, right? Wrong. I rarely flew with them because they are *rarely* the lowest. United and Continental are always lower. Maybe it's where I fly (CA and the South, mainly) but I've only seen them as the lowest once when I flew to Chicago last year.
After that experience, I decided that the cost savings better be damn huge before I fly with them again. Then came a trip out to San Francisco this past January. My United flight got canceled and we were sent to L.A. to take a U.S. Airways flight back to Philly. That's when I found out that about 4 months ago, they got rid of all in-flight entertainment. Blankets and pillows are also long gone. Snack? Ha! A five hour flight with no entertainment, no food, no drinks, no pillows.
Why anyone would pay higher fares for *****, no-frills airline is beyond me. I won't be surprised if they go under nor if more of their planes fall out of the sky. - mickaloha, on 02/24/2009, -1/+7Now they will start a charge for you to recline 3". Each inch is a dollar.
- mediaspree, on 02/24/2009, -1/+6Yeah, lets introduce open flames onto a ***** plane.
- kahoona1, on 02/24/2009, -2/+7Now how about Delta takes off that ***** luggage fee...
- palmer, on 02/24/2009, -0/+5The removal of fees sucks?
- LacY, on 02/24/2009, -0/+5maybe, but it costs about 1000X more than it would cost outside an airport.
- sqrt2, on 02/24/2009, -0/+5I flew United last week Washington DC to San Francisco and it seemed like they would let you have as much non-alcoholic drinks as you wanted for free. A guy across the isle from me drank 4 diet cokes (entire cans) during the flight. There were a lot of empty seats though so maybe they just had extra and didn't care if people asked for more.
Alcoholic beverages were 6 dollars. - crapu, on 02/24/2009, -1/+6Slot machines don't spit out change. They give you a ticket which you redeem at a pay machine. And yes, I am always like this at parties.
- Dimbleby, on 02/24/2009, -0/+5WOOO!! i refused to pay $2 for water. ***** water. I got a form 'policy' response letter back when I sent a complaint.
- inactive, on 02/24/2009, -0/+4This is the first sign the economy is starting to recover. Yippee.
- inactive, on 02/24/2009, -0/+4I'm pretty sure that's not ranch dressing.
- homescrubb, on 02/24/2009, -0/+3we've got southwest too!
god bless them. - eramos, on 02/24/2009, -2/+5That's so they can charge you a urination clean up fee when the plane nosedives into the Hudson
/Too soon? - cawpin, on 02/24/2009, -0/+3You must be one ugly ***** for them to charge you $2. I've never been charged for any dipping sauce at Hooters. Who did you piss off?
- nudedos, on 02/24/2009, -2/+5Will I get my drink in a thimble or will they just use a small dropper? Smaller portions ftl?
- thrashertm, on 02/24/2009, -0/+3I've been avoiding US Airways because of this. When I am forced to fly them, I bring a drink on the plane instead of getting gouged by them.
- LJSeinfeld, on 02/24/2009, -0/+3I used to fly a lot for work / business in the late 90's and early 2000's. Well over 100k miles a year. Airline travel sucked then --but mainly because of the giant population of "bad travelers" (yes, we all are noobs once).
Now it's exponentially worse. Same "bad travelers", but now they are pissed off by dealing with the ever-more incompetent TSA and airline people, the bogus extra charges for *everything*.
I used to fly mainly with Northwest and United. Northwest has taken away everything except the seat. If they were paying more than $5 each for the average airline meal they were "giving away" back then, well, no wonder they're bankrupt.
I was in Cincinnati awhile ago and actually got called to board an EMPTY plane -- like no crew. Got all the way outside and was stepping on to the door of the plane when the airline finally figured out what they had done. Then we went back inside the terminal for few minutes.... then the fire alarm went off. We were all half-ass evacuated, just long enough to get about 2 blocks from our respective gates... then turned around to go back and wait and see what was up.
My new rule is that if it's within 1000 miles (give or take), and I have the extra day to get there, I'm driving. Keep your "free" soda. - KegBol, on 02/24/2009, -0/+32 days ago I flew US Airways Philadelphia-London and it was genuinely the worst trans-Atlantic flight I have taken since the 80's. ***** seats, the most goddawful food I ever tried to eat, 1 movie on VHS and tiny screens in the aisles. Then the plane had to divert to Newfoundland because they had forgotten to empty the toilets. Pathetic. This airline deserves to go bankrupt.
- RadioShack, on 02/25/2009, -0/+2BYOB?!
- AstroZombie138, on 02/24/2009, -0/+2I used to fly 75k to 125k miles per year on US Airways. The $2 drink part never bothered me, and I don't think it is price gouging since they could have charged $5 / drink. Their frequent flier program sucks though with few rewards for their high end fliers, filthy planes, poor customer service, and no availability for rewards. I switched to United this year and it is much better so far.
- spyd3rweb, on 02/24/2009, -0/+2You can fill up your carry on bag with all the damn pop/food/***** you want in the terminal before your plane takes off. Anything you find on the concourse is 1000x better than airline food.
- Schralpy, on 02/24/2009, -0/+2In other news, water is wet.
- TsuruchiBrian, on 02/24/2009, -2/+4You guys realize that by offering free food and drinks, they are just going to raise ticket prices to cover their costs.
I would really rather airlines stick to concentrating on flying the plane. I am perfectly capable of buying my own food and drinks from establishments that specialize in food. Many of these fine establishments have locations right in the airport often times near your gate.
If the airlines served really good food (and some actually do), I would not really care that I was being "forced" to purchase this food via higher ticket prices. However, most airplane food is not that good, and a soda is just a soda. I'd rather save a couple bucks on my ticket and use that money towards buying good food or drinks of my choosing. This includes choosing occasionally to buy airplane food or drinks because I am too busy to bring my own or buy it elsewhere.
As an analogy:
Imagine a world where everyone received a free car. But it wasn't free, it was actually paid for by tax money (i.e. you ARE paying for it). But to cut costs, the "free" car everyone got was a basic ugly PT cruiser. What if you don't want a PT cruiser? What if you want a different car? Who are you to complain about getting a free car?! Take it or leave it!
That is not the world I want to live in. I like having choices even if they are not "free". - kyravon, on 02/25/2009, -0/+2I hate TSA & all their idiotic rules WAY more than anything the airlines could EVER do!!!
I almost wouldn't care about not having free non-alcoholic drinks... If I was freakn' allowed to carry on a water bottle of my own on the plane then!! Otherwise I get really dehydrated while flying.
Like banning me from bringing water on a 6 hour flight (or letting my TOOTHPASTE ride in my backpack under my seat) is going to be a serious security issue!
But if I'm hating on airline charges, the luggage charges for checking in luggage are what amaze me. They hate when people bring on huge carry-ons & have been trying to discourage that.... but then they charge you to check in luggage?... that makes no sense!! - bty2047, on 02/24/2009, -0/+2I usually fly westjet.
Their service is great, no complaints here. - SEN5241, on 02/24/2009, -1/+3Next, they'll stop charging you for a seat cushion.
...or will they? - jefree, on 02/24/2009, -4/+5You mean people actually payed money for drinking a soda in a cramped seat so that they then will need to use a cramped rest room. Wow.
- JasonMath, on 02/24/2009, -0/+1They won't go under. The U.S. government is always there to subsidize ALL of the airlines, no matter what their level of customer service is. They even give their airlines more money than they give to their own rail program (Amtrak). And you wonder why we don't have high speed rail...
- TsuruchiBrian, on 02/25/2009, -0/+1I am the one who hates United and it was probably a Freudian slip that I said United instead of US Airways when discussing ***** airlines.
United employees lied to me on several occasions, lost my baggage, and were extremely rude to me and my family.
I flew United because it was the cheapest, but I realize that I may have to spend a bit more money next time to get a level of service I find acceptable.
I have never flown US Airways, but I will take your word that they are terrible. Personally though, I would rather deal with $7 beers than what I had to put up with on United. - inactive, on 02/24/2009, -0/+1Meh. If they were free, they probably wouldn't be worth it.
- Tenlow, on 02/24/2009, -0/+1First off I was complaining about USAirways. I flew United to Japan last year and have nothing but good things to say about them. Their level of service (for less money than USAir) is phenomenal.
The only reason I flew USAir was to get on the same flight as my friends. - Gondring, on 02/25/2009, -0/+1Next, they'll charge per pound!
- sqrt2, on 02/24/2009, -0/+1I'm aware. I was just pointing out conditions on other airlines for comparison.
- thefarside420, on 02/24/2009, -1/+2Rodney needed all these things to make his life easier, and life for his family easier
- Tenlow, on 02/24/2009, -0/+1Considering most airplanes in the sky right now used to have smoking sections (haven't you ever wondered why so many planes have ashtrays?) I don't think it's a matter of them being unusable after being smoked in.
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