Drinks used to be free on domestic flights, too. And in addition to snacks, there were hot meals (also included in the price of the ticket). One cool thing abo

Drinks used to be free on domestic flights, too. And in addition to snacks, there were hot meals (also included in the price of the ticket). One cool thing about coach back in the day were the center seats that folded forward to use as a table for drinks or cards. Planes flew at such lower passenger loads that this made sense. Imagine the likelihood of anyone being able to take advantage of this weird feature today!