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Starting September 2nd: United Airlines Drops Free Snacks and So Much More...
Consumerist.com ^ | August 2008 | staff writer

Posted on 08/22/2008 6:28:07 AM PDT by yankeedame

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To: TonyM

Airline food has been nasty for several years ago. I have no problem with this. Eat at the terminal before you board the plane.


21 posted on 08/22/2008 7:26:03 AM PDT by WilliamReading
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To: TonyM

Go Greyhound - You’ll come out a head.


22 posted on 08/22/2008 7:28:53 AM PDT by MARTIAL MONK (I'm waiting for the POP! It's gonna be a BIG one.)
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To: yankeedame

I used to do computer field service at a place at Logan Airport that makes and puts together the food trays for the Airlines.

After experiencing that place i will never eat airline food again, Free or not.


23 posted on 08/22/2008 7:37:15 AM PDT by mowowie
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To: yankeedame

You can’t bring water on board and they give you a small cup every few hours after you remind them a few times. The TSA nazis check your grandmother’s underwear and take your laptop. If you say anything you can be arrested.
Why the hell would I want to fly ever again?


24 posted on 08/22/2008 8:29:00 AM PDT by BooksForTheRight.com (Fight liberal lies with knowledge. Read conservative books and articles.)
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To: yankeedame

Lame, but I would say I would be OK with paying out of pocket for a high quality meal.


25 posted on 08/22/2008 8:30:44 AM PDT by Free Descendant (There is no god but Obama, and Michelle, Grandma and Ted Kennedy (PBUT) are His Prophets)
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To: BooksForTheRight.com

It’s an enormous pleasure never to have to fly again. I heartily recommend enjoying a clean, nonpolluting flight-free lifestyle.


26 posted on 08/22/2008 8:38:18 AM PDT by NaughtiusMaximus (Those are Tibetan prayer flags, they're not tear away handkerchiefs.)
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To: Rudder

I see people bringing food on board all the time. Has this changed recently?


27 posted on 08/22/2008 9:02:57 AM PDT by purpleraine
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To: HIDEK6

I take my own miniatures onboard. 95 cents versus 5 bucks.


28 posted on 08/22/2008 9:27:29 AM PDT by 2nd Bn, 11th Mar (The "P" in Democrat stands for patriotism.)
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To: purpleraine
I see people bringing food on board all the time. Has this changed recently?

I don't know. I really do follow my own advice and don't fly commercial. Someone else here commented on this, perhaps they know.

I do know that liquids had been banned, but suspect that might have been changed, recently.

29 posted on 08/22/2008 9:51:15 AM PDT by Rudder
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To: Rudder
We flew LA to Atlanta several times on Delta. No food starting about two years ago. Everyone has those small pizzas or salads, burgers etc. I have seen it on many airlines since. In fact, I can't remember a time when I didn';t see somebody on a flight eating food they brought with them.

Liquids are allowed if they were purchased inside the security zone.

New trend carry an empty plastic bottle and fill it with water by the gate. One story recently about a guy who was stopped bringing water on the plane.

30 posted on 08/22/2008 10:10:33 AM PDT by purpleraine
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I used to fly United a lot on business. Then my company switched to Continental as the preferred carrier. The difference was like night and day. My own experience on domestics from best to worst:

Continental

Southwest

Delta

Northwest

American

US Air

United

31 posted on 08/22/2008 10:22:40 AM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: 2nd Bn, 11th Mar
Oh?

Can you do that?

Will they give you a lowball glass and some ice?

32 posted on 08/22/2008 11:01:14 AM PDT by HIDEK6
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