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Offline franksolich

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sparkling husband primitive swims
« on: August 26, 2008, 06:16:36 AM »
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Oh my.  The era of the free lunch appears to be over.

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marmar  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-25-08 08:09 AM
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No "free" transatlantic coach meals on United......   

.....how long before they introduce coin-operated toilettes?

TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) - United Airlines will test the next cost-saving measure for airlines: charging for meals on some international economy-class flights.

In the fourth quarter, the UAL Corp. unit will test a plan to charge for meals in coach on transatlantic flights into and out of its Dulles hub in Washington, the company said in a statement.

The Los Angeles Times reported that the No. 2 U.S. carrier would be the first U.S. airline to stop serving free meals in economy class on some overseas flights.

United plans no changes to its meal provisions for business and first-class passengers on international flights, the Thursday statement said. Nor does it plan to charge for meals on transcontinental flights.

The industry is struggling with enormous increases in jet-fuel prices. "Our industry is changing and we need to tailor products and services to what customers value and provide them with more choice," said United's executive vice president and chief customer officer, Graham Atkinson, in the statement.

United said that it will evaluate the results of the trial at year's end and plan accordingly.

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/united-air-charge...

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Tripper11  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-25-08 08:11 AM
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1. Always economy class getting whacked!
   
And the rich keep getting the free ride...even on 14 hour flights....typical.

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ProdigalJunkMail  (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-25-08 08:18 AM
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6. what a pantload...
   
a coach fare ticket from ATL to LGW (that's London Gatwick in the UK) runs about $800 for the round trip (two week advanced purchase in SEPT)...the SAME times and dates...in business class is $10,059...now just how are the rich getting a FREE ride? Those fares are from Delta's site...

Class envy...it's catching!

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HelenWheels  Donating Member  (159 posts) Mon Aug-25-08 11:24 AM
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22. the coach passengers pay the taxes that support the subsidies that go to the airlines that jack the coach passengers, and that's the flight the republicans built.

When this no food for coach started they offered the usual bogus line that it was the terrorists fault, by not loading food on to the plane they would thwart the terrorist plans to get their weapons on the plane that way. But then they pull the same truck up and load the food for the first class.

It wouldn't bother me one bit if there were savings to be had for not taking the meal, the airlines might get further with public relations by allowing people to pre-pay for their meals when their ticket is purchased. Big business no longer values it's average customer and too many seem to enjoy making their customers miserable.

The last two times I flew they ran out of the kids meal offered before they were a third of the way through the plane. They shouldn't offer what they can't deliver. I always take my own food and have for a long time.

One suspects the Helen of Troy primitive is the type who sneaks a bag of home-made popcorn into the movie theatre too.

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ProdigalJunkMail  (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-25-08 11:32 AM
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23. yeah...those evil 'rich' people don't pay taxes...

do some research before you spout that garbage...

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HelenWheels  Donating Member  (159 posts) Mon Aug-25-08 11:44 AM
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24. not at the same rate we do
   
When a wealthy person pays their taxes it doesn't effect their way of life one bit. They also, often, hire people to find as many loop holes as possible. Many of those loop holes they find were created for them by lobbyists that represent them. The middle class have been paying more and more of the taxes.

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ProdigalJunkMail  (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-25-08 11:53 AM
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25. while they do pay a lower percentage of THEIR income
   
the evil rich pay a VAST percentage of the overall taxes paid at the federal level...the one you seem to think are going to the airlines to stick it to the poor man...who most likely doesn't fly anyway or if they do it is very infrequently. the people getting screwed here are the business travelers who are stuck on planes a couple of days a week...or more.

The taxes issue is discussed at length, but it's boring.

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Lydia Leftcoast  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-25-08 11:07 AM
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17. Yes, they keep upgrading their business class and first class services and shafting the poor average travelers in coach.

You know, United, next time I go to Europe, I think I'll fly with someone else. The hassle of changing planes at O'Hare followed by indifferent service and no food makes me think that I'll either fly on a foreign Star Alliance airline (SAS, British Midland) or just fly right out of Minneapolis on Northwest or Icelandic (with a free stopover in Iceland!).

For flights to Asia, Northwest flies there, and if I'm willing to change planes, I can go on the following Star Alliance airlines: ANA, Singapore, Thai, and Asiana.

It's not as if United has a monopoly.

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usnret88  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-25-08 11:22 AM
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21. Do "poor" people actually fly all that much?

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Lydia Leftcoast  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-25-08 12:50 PM
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32. I'm not poor, but I'm not rich, so I refuse to pay for a business class ticket that costs more than the entire land portion of a three-week trip, including hotels, rail pass, and meals. (United's business class to Europe is about $7,000, and first class is about $12,000.)

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RGBolen  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-25-08 08:11 AM
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2. Does Amtrack or Greyhound give people free food?

After which follows a primitive discussion of the culinary characteristics of land-travel.

And then the sparkling husband primitive, whose wife makes him use the bathroom in the basement:

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Husb2Sparkly  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-25-08 08:44 AM
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9. "Spit out that ****ing pretzel and do it NOW"
   
The oilmen gouge us. The TSA thugs sniff our crotches. And WE get punished by going to bed without any supper.

****it ..... I'll swim.

There's more, but I'll stop with the sparkling husband primitive, whose wife makes him use the bathroom in the basement.
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Re: sparkling husband primitive swims
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2008, 06:23:00 AM »
What a bunch of blat baby assholes.
Geez,you want to fly to London and then complain about paying for a meal during the flight???

Grow up and stop acting like greedy,selfish little infants.


Whoops...that will never happen will it,they are only happy when wallowing in a sea of self created misery.

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Re: sparkling husband primitive swims
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2008, 08:01:07 AM »
What a bunch of blat baby assholes.
Geez,you want to fly to London and then complain about paying for a meal during the flight???

Grow up and stop acting like greedy,selfish little infants.


Whoops...that will never happen will it,they are only happy when wallowing in a sea of self created misery--and someone else is paying for them.

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Re: sparkling husband primitive swims
« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2008, 09:21:31 AM »
What a bunch of blat baby assholes.
Geez,you want to fly to London and then complain about paying for a meal during the flight???

Grow up and stop acting like greedy,selfish little infants.


Whoops...that will never happen will it,they are only happy when wallowing in a sea of self created misery.


     The stunning thing is this: their argument is that they should receive free frrod and drink on airplanes simply because the airlines are a private enterprise that has the potential to earn a profit. If there is an airline CEO somewhere getting paid a bonus, then passengers are morally entitled to free food.

     Liberals have a fascination with airlines and air travel. They have a particular passion for it being re-regulated for the sole purpose of cutting pay and perks to executives. This, despite the fact that airfares are cheaper now than under regulation, and you can fly to more places than ever.

     I think I get what the real issues are, though: when they do scrape together airfare to go visit their freeper families at Thanksgiving, they (a) can't smoke on the plane, (b) they have to pay for booze while in flight, (c) they can't read or post to DU in flight, and (d) even their Cheetos are starting to cost pocket money.

     You put a DUmmy in a confined space for a couple of hours with no DU, no grass or smokes, and grub that  eats into their tithe to Skinner, and you get one unhappy bastard.
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Re: sparkling husband primitive swims
« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2008, 12:14:41 PM »
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ProdigalJunkMail  (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-25-08 08:18 AM
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6. what a pantload...
   
a coach fare ticket from ATL to LGW (that's London Gatwick in the UK) runs about $800 for the round trip (two week advanced purchase in SEPT)...the SAME times and dates...in business class is $10,059...now just how are the rich getting a FREE ride? Those fares are from Delta's site...

Class envy...it's catching!
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ProdigalJunkMail  (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-25-08 11:32 AM
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23. yeah...those evil 'rich' people don't pay taxes...

do some research before you spout that garbage...

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ProdigalJunkMail  (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-25-08 11:53 AM
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25. while they do pay a lower percentage of THEIR income
   
the evil rich pay a VAST percentage of the overall taxes paid at the federal level...the one you seem to think are going to the airlines to stick it to the poor man...who most likely doesn't fly anyway or if they do it is very infrequently. the people getting screwed here are the business travelers who are stuck on planes a couple of days a week...or more.

Shocking that these attacks on the fundamental basis for the democrat party have been tolerated. A lot of mouse buttons have probably been destroyed by DUmmies pressing, banging, slamming on the "alert" button. I predict ProdigalJunkMail and his posts are destined for the memory hole. Without class envy, what do they have left?

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Re: sparkling husband primitive swims
« Reply #5 on: August 26, 2008, 12:53:28 PM »
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ProdigalJunkMail  (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-25-08 08:18 AM
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6. what a pantload...
   
a coach fare ticket from ATL to LGW (that's London Gatwick in the UK) runs about $800 for the round trip (two week advanced purchase in SEPT)...the SAME times and dates...in business class is $10,059...now just how are the rich getting a FREE ride? Those fares are from Delta's site...

Class envy...it's catching!
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ProdigalJunkMail  (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-25-08 11:32 AM
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23. yeah...those evil 'rich' people don't pay taxes...

do some research before you spout that garbage...

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ProdigalJunkMail  (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-25-08 11:53 AM
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25. while they do pay a lower percentage of THEIR income
   
the evil rich pay a VAST percentage of the overall taxes paid at the federal level...the one you seem to think are going to the airlines to stick it to the poor man...who most likely doesn't fly anyway or if they do it is very infrequently. the people getting screwed here are the business travelers who are stuck on planes a couple of days a week...or more.

Shocking that these attacks on the fundamental basis for the democrat party have been tolerated. A lot of mouse buttons have probably been destroyed by DUmmies pressing, banging, slamming on the "alert" button. I predict ProdigalJunkMail and his posts are destined for the memory hole. Without class envy, what do they have left?


Penis envy?
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