US Airways Drops Charges for Drinks in Coach

[mgrahm]

> The free drinks in coach return March 1

I guess I had head that were charging for drinks, but did not much
about it until I heard announcement today at LGB about the return of
free drink service on US. I think an airline could find a niche by
doing away with all fees like luggage fees.

Michael

[James Robinson]

"mgrahm@trib.com" <mgrahm@trib.com> wrote:

> Jim Davis wrote:
>
>> The free drinks in coach return March 1
>
> I guess I had heard that were charging for drinks, but did not much
> about it until I heard announcement today at LGB about the return of
> free drink service on US. I think an airline could find a niche by
> doing away with all fees like luggage fees.

It wouldn't be a niche then, since Southwest already fills that role.

[SMS]

> "mgrahm@trib.com" <mgrahm@trib.com> wrote:
>
>> Jim Davis wrote:
>>
>>> The free drinks in coach return March 1
>> I guess I had heard that were charging for drinks, but did not much
>> about it until I heard announcement today at LGB about the return of
>> free drink service on US. I think an airline could find a niche by
>> doing away with all fees like luggage fees.
>
> It wouldn't be a niche then, since Southwest already fills that role.

While it's nice of Southwest to do that, it's really immaterial for many
routes where Southwest is so much more expensive than other carriers
even when you pay $15 to check a bag.

[Brian]

On Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:50:12 -0800, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
wrote:


>While it's nice of Southwest to do that, it's really immaterial for many
>routes where Southwest is so much more expensive than other carriers
>even when you pay $15 to check a bag.

We had a very nice RT trip from BWI to FLL last month.But it doesn't
help when we want to go from BWI to ATL and we are then going to the
east of Atlanta so Birmingham isn't an option.