US Airways sees benefits of charging for drinks

[tea42]

While I understand what you are saying to me it's the principle of the thing so I don't care if the airport vendors charge $5.00 a bottle I will not buy on board. I do not think it's right. These customers pay US good money for the ticket & drinks should be included.

only SOME pay decent money for the ticket...by decent I mean what the airline should be charging. One way walk to BWI from CTY---189. COme on......one way and walk up?

 

[N965VJ]

I’m going to the grocery store this morning to buy some apples and oranges.

 

[BuffaloJoe]

ONLY most? How charitable of you.

The World Factbook
According to The World Factbook published by the CIA, if California were an independent state, it would have had the tenth largest economy in the world in 2007.[8]

10-15 Years ago it used to be 2nd Largest Economy.

 

[Singleflyer]

only SOME pay decent money for the ticket...by decent I mean what the airline should be charging. One way walk to BWI from CTY---189. COme on......one way and walk up?

My company pays Y & B fares. And on top of that US nickles and dimes. And that is why I rarely fly them anymore. If they cut the full fare people some slack it will be another story. I am paying for full service, and getting a la crap, and charged more.

Last THU I had a walk up fare, PVD-CLT-CHS that was priced below cost (about $0.13 per mile) and I was up-graded as a gold. THAT IS THE PROBLEM! The only real competition is DL with RJs. and the ticket was purchased one hour before flight time. How stupid not to at least cover costs.

I had to laugh to myself. Here I am up-graded on a loss leader fare, and on a last minute full fare I don't get up-graded because F is full of people cleared that morning with cheap fares.

As usual Tempe is focusing on the wrong item to solve the profitability issue.

 

[Dont call me Shirley]

OK, I know that a dollar was worth a bit more in the 'eighties but look what it could have gotten when flying from SFO to LAX!:
http://www.psa-history.org/museum/drinks.html

 

[Be Careful What You Wish For.]

OK, I know that a dollar was worth a bit more in the 'eighties but look what it could have gotten when flying from SFO to LAX!:
http://www.psa-history.org/museum/drinks.html

Very nice. When is the reunion?

 

[PSA1979]

Very nice. When is the reunion?

Tomorrow Night.