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This seems like a poor slippery slope argument. It’s not as if charging for internet is new, it’s been what? 20 years? And yet they still don’t charge for water

jrms 3y ago
Still
Martinussen 3y ago
Is that an American thing? Absolutely paying for the water here.
- ShadowBanThis01 3y ago
  On planes? Seriously? Where?
  - mvdwoord 3y ago
    Recently on a 3 hour flight with ROM air I had to pay for water... not even a single glass for free. Was quite shocked.
    - dheera 3y ago
      Not only that but at the Beijing airport there were no water refill stations and the bottle of water I bought at the airport POST-security was confiscated upon boarding. Fortunately I was boarding an airline with free water, though.
  - gruturo 3y ago
    Lufthansa, or Luftwaffe as I call them due to the... military kindness they often display. No food and no water. Most recent data point: April 2023, Standard Economy (not Basic Economy). International, 4.5 hours flight (Germany to Tenerife) (and back). The flight had a LH code, although operated by Eurowings which according to Wikipedia is a wholly owned subsidiary of LH (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurowings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurowings).
- Gormo 3y ago
  And public restrooms seem to be paywalled everywhere in continental Europe too -- not sure about the airlines, since I usually fly US carriers, but every restaurant or shopping mall I visited in Italy, Germany, and the Netherlands required a euro or so to enter the toilet. I've never seen a pay toilet anywhere in the US.
  - dheera 3y ago
    On the other hand, my experience has been that a lot of toilets in US are "customers only" for males but free for females
dheera 3y ago
Checked bags, carry-on bags, and meals used to be free, and they are all now not free. There are budget airlines outside the US that are charging for water (which I think is unethical IMO, since people avoiding drinking water could lead to an increase in medical emergencies).

jrms 3y ago

Still

Martinussen 3y ago

Is that an American thing? Absolutely paying for the water here.

ShadowBanThis01 3y ago
On planes? Seriously? Where?
- mvdwoord 3y ago
  Recently on a 3 hour flight with ROM air I had to pay for water... not even a single glass for free. Was quite shocked.
  - dheera 3y ago
    Not only that but at the Beijing airport there were no water refill stations and the bottle of water I bought at the airport POST-security was confiscated upon boarding. Fortunately I was boarding an airline with free water, though.
- gruturo 3y ago
  Lufthansa, or Luftwaffe as I call them due to the... military kindness they often display. No food and no water. Most recent data point: April 2023, Standard Economy (not Basic Economy). International, 4.5 hours flight (Germany to Tenerife) (and back). The flight had a LH code, although operated by Eurowings which according to Wikipedia is a wholly owned subsidiary of LH (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurowings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurowings).
Gormo 3y ago
And public restrooms seem to be paywalled everywhere in continental Europe too -- not sure about the airlines, since I usually fly US carriers, but every restaurant or shopping mall I visited in Italy, Germany, and the Netherlands required a euro or so to enter the toilet. I've never seen a pay toilet anywhere in the US.
- dheera 3y ago
  On the other hand, my experience has been that a lot of toilets in US are "customers only" for males but free for females

dheera 3y ago

Checked bags, carry-on bags, and meals used to be free, and they are all now not free. There are budget airlines outside the US that are charging for water (which I think is unethical IMO, since people avoiding drinking water could lead to an increase in medical emergencies).