Meals are important !

[JF Mezei]

A short while back, United Airlines announced it was going to start
charging for meals in coach on trans-atlantic flights to/from Washington.

Yesterday, they announced that they dropped those plans due to "candid
feedback" from the customer base.

So it does look like passengers do value meals after all.

I have to wonder if UA saw a significant drop in bookings due to that
original announcement ?
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[Robin Johnson]

On Sep 3, 4:21 pm, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spam...@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> A short while back, United Airlines announced it was going to start
> charging for meals in coach on trans-atlantic flights to/from Washington.
>
> Yesterday, they announced that they dropped those plans due to "candid
> feedback" from the customer base.
>
> So it does look like passengers do value meals after all.
>
> I have to wonder if UA saw a significant drop in bookings due to that
> original announcement ?
> .

Much more likely feedback from other Star Alliance members, given the
time scale.

[Jeff Hacker]

"JF Mezei" <jfmezei...@vaxination.ca> wrote in message
news:64374$48be1ecc$cef8887a$4...@TEKSAVVY.COM...

JF, it seems to me that most business travelers have choices. And since the
non U.S. carriers offer a better level of service for the same money, why
would anybody put up with this?