Thoughts on selling drinks

[USCREW]

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[whatkindoffreshhell]

Here is the solution: presume you sell 100 cokes per flight @ $2.00 per for a total of $200 additional revenue per flight. That's a lot, but let's go with it.

Why not just sell an additional $200 of cargo revenue per flight? Do you know how much cargo revenue US has squandered? Cargo is a perishable too. Once that plane leaves any unsold product is spoiled.

 

[UPNAWAY]

Why would that be a one or the other why not do both (sell sodas and cargo).
What makes you think they are leaving Cargo rev on the table?

 

[ussnark]

On the call today they said the hand-helds could be up and running as early as the 4th quarter and they are not only CC readers but also scanners. So I imagine you will scan the coke it will price it, take the credit card payment and it will also handle all the inventory issues as well as provide lots of data to load the AC and monitor the program accordingly.

Do they give receipts?

That could be kinda messy, don't you think? Don't most people on business want receipts?

and I hear it is to be based on a "mobile" version of QIK, like that went so well.

 

[ussnark]

Why would that be a one or the other why not do both (sell sodas and cargo).
What makes you think they are leaving Cargo rev on the table?

You apparently have no idea what you just said.

 

[ReadyNow]

Here is the solution: presume you sell 100 cokes per flight @ $2.00 per for a total of $200 additional revenue per flight. That's a lot, but let's go with it.

Why not just sell an additional $200 of cargo revenue per flight? Do you know how much cargo revenue US has squandered? Cargo is a perishable too. Once that plane leaves any unsold product is spoiled.

You will be lucky to sell 20 cokes/flight........Take off the drink carts and save the weight.....

Maybe you could start selling time share vacations. Imagine - a captive audience for a couple of hours....

 

[FlightChic]

You will be lucky to sell 20 cokes/flight........Take off the drink carts and save the weight.....

You're probably right. Lately the beverage service has gone by so quickly because only about a third of the passengers want a drink. Many have asked if we started charging yet and others have tried to hand me money. Most just say no thanks. Before all of this, it seemed like everyone wanted a drink simply because it was free and often times people wanted several drinks. I have also had at least one person on each flight ask for fruit punch, lemonade, and Dr. Pepper. We should cut back some of our choices and offer those things because so many people ask for them. I ought to keep track. They would sell! I have also had a few people ask for hot chocolate. I know they won't make very much money off of the a la carte beverages since most passengers don't want anything since they have to pay extra and since many flight attendants take the money, but if they did offer "premium" beverages then they might make more money (like maybe once we start with the credit card machines if that ever happens). I don't agree with selling drinks at any rate. Some passengers have made the comment that people are going to be very rude and angry (they were nice and it is so true) and one passenger said I should make up some buttons that say "Don't blame me it's not my fault" and wear it on my apron. LOL! I may just do that on August 1st. hehehe

 

[Singleflyer]

If I ever fly US again. I will be bringing my own bottle of water on and it will be a big one as well. I drink a lot of water on the flight, and I have been doing it for years, and its not because its free. I just don't like them saying the change is due to the high price of oil. I also want them to make a fair profit as well. But I totally disagree on how they have approached this change, and it ain't the two bucks either.

I started carrying nuts onboard for snacks years ago because of their switch to the $0.03 pretzels. I just prefer nuts as a snack.

I don't think this change will save any gas. It will just take an expense and convert it to income. SO be honest and state that, and don't blame it on the price of gas.

 

[ITRADE]

If I ever fly US again. I will be bringing my own bottle of water on and it will be a big one as well. I drink a lot of water on the flight, and I have been doing it for years, and its not because its free. I just don't like them saying the change is due to the high price of oil. I also want them to make a fair profit as well. But I totally disagree on how they have approached this change, and it ain't the two bucks either.

I started carrying nuts onboard for snacks years ago because of their switch to the $0.03 pretzels. I just prefer nuts as a snack.

I don't think this change will save any gas. It will just take an expense and convert it to income. SO be honest and state that, and don't blame it on the price of gas.

Actually, it may backfire. I know they want to generate revenue, but then they will have to deal with the expense of passengers bringing their own food/drink on the plane. Not everyone will, but if 100 passengers brought two bottles of water (16 fl oz bottle) on a plane, that will result in an additional 200 pounds of weight for the plane. Not sure how that will translate into fuel burn....

 

[aredeeyou22]

Also, think about how much "stock" they will be saving by not using as many beverages per flight? That has to figure into the numbers, too, not just revenue generated...

 

[LCC_#1]

one passenger said I should make up some buttons that say "Don't blame me it's not my fault" and wear it on my apron. LOL! I may just do that on August 1st. hehehe

Protest Button

 

[Harry Callahan]

Protest Button

I love this. Made by one of our f/a's that posts on another board.

 

[aredeeyou22]

What are we protesting? The high price of fuel, right? The oil companies billion dollar profits on the backs of the working class, right?
:blink:

 

[N965VJ]

The oil companies billion dollar profits on the backs of the working class, right?

This post is double ROT-13 encrypted to abate the snoops in Tempe.

 

[SS255]

My big fear is that if customers "protest" by buying their beverages at airport vendors, management will issue a mandate to provision less beverages on board. Then what happens when they "under-estimate" the demand for on-board beverages in the name of saving fuel?? That is health risk in my opinion, and all it will take is one serious incident due to a lack of beverage provisioning that will cost them far more than they stand to save by this nickel-and-dime directive.