United Airlines new A321XLR will feature a snack bar in the rear of the economy class cabin, on its transatlantic routes

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ProfessionalYak4959@reddit

JetBlue does this in the middle of some of their planes and it's great

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rambyprep@reddit

I can feel those horrid thin seats through the photo. I guess that’s normal now…

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sw1ss_dude@reddit

Transatlantic flight on a narrow body airplane with those seats... yikes.

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rambyprep@reddit

Yeah fuck that. At least, as they can fit 2 more rows of seats in, prices will come down for everyone!

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Almaegen@reddit

Thick seats doesn't mean comfortable, the old thick seats were so much less comfortable.

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NiewinterNacht@reddit

I'm sure these thinner seats are super comfortable, that's why the airlines are installing them, always concerned with passenger comfort!!

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PoolRamen@reddit

Yeah I'd imagine they're pretty bad if they're a) worn out and b) if you're fat

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Razzledazzy@reddit

I know I'm never flying transatlantic without buying two seats or higher than economy from now on, even coast to coast was bad recently.

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Everyone who goes on about how there is no difference between a narrow body and a wide body have never basked in the glory that is the interior bathrooms in wide bodies where you can actually stand up. Nothing sucks more than the narrow body bathrooms where your neck is bent sideways to have any chance of not pissing all over everything in there.

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elkab0ng@reddit

Being tall and learning to use the bathroom while bending left and backward at the same time is an underrated skill

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ConsequenceNo2571@reddit

My ass hurts and my ears hurt.

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dubvee16@reddit

It’s normal because they are no longer flotation devices.

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ptico@reddit

Nice try, but I’m not going transatlantic on 320

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CollegeStudentTrades@reddit

Aloha Snackbar

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ywpark@reddit

Those economy seat looks seriously thin, like no padding at all.

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IminPeru@reddit

Lot of the new planes have been like that. If someone puts a water bottle in the seat pocket then it’ll just dig into the back of the person in front

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MAVACAM@reddit

But you get a snack bar that'll 100% be cleaned out before taxiing and refilled probably once by the FAs.

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bonfraier@reddit

This is a for cost bar, why would they refill only once ? They'll sell you as much water as you need

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jmlinden7@reddit

Snack bars are free. You're thinking of United's buy-on-board which is something completely different

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bonfraier@reddit

They will be free until the CEO needs to add another 5% profit YoY

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BAKOBOY24@reddit

JetBlue has been doing a snack bar on their 321s for years and all drinks/snacks there are free still

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P1xelHunter78@reddit

I somehow doubt that, especially with full sized drinks. Maybe if they had smaller 8oz cans, but I’m skeptical how that would work practically. Unless maybe they only open it late in the flight after all food has been served.

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jmlinden7@reddit

>Unless maybe they only open it late in the flight after all food has been served. Yes, that's how snack bars work

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P1xelHunter78@reddit

then that makes a lot more sense

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Confident_Resolution@reddit

FAs are there for your safety, not to feed you crap.

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MAVACAM@reddit

Go apply for an FA position and tell them in the interview that you refuse to serve food and beverages no matter what, let's see if you get hired. Unless you've been helping yourself to the galley your entire life, that's concerning.

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Confident_Resolution@reddit

are you just making up arguments in your head now? Where did i say that FAs dont serve? They are there for your safety. That they are also required to give you your packed lunch is by the by - their main responsibility is to make sure you get off that plane alive. honestly, i dont care if the free snack bar isnt refilled every hour.

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jmlinden7@reddit

So you admit that they are there for both

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Great_Guidance_8448@reddit

They are there to provide the experience that their employer advertises - that includes food, drinks, etc.

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Confident_Resolution@reddit

Lol. Youre desperate for FAs to be waiters in the sky, arent you?

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Savings-Coffee@reddit

Yes? That’s an integral part of their job.

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Great_Guidance_8448@reddit

Me? Desperate? For pointing out the advertised service? Wow, airlines must be really desperate for FAs to be waiters in the sky, aren't they? /s

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Inevitable_Mess_5988@reddit

This is not true.

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Salsalito_Turkey@reddit

lol. Lmao, even. They are there to serve drinks and snacks. They literally don’t even get paid as long as the doors of the plane are open.

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halfam@reddit

I agree with you as my spouse is a FA. She constantly says that she isnt required to serve if there are certain circumstances. Getting served is privilege not a right

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SnooFoxes6610@reddit

It’s actually service that you paid for as part of your ticket.

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halfam@reddit

If there is a lot of turbulence and the FAs cant serve are you going to cry that you paid for it? Or are you the ones that think people should risk their lives so you can get your Coke Zero?

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SnooFoxes6610@reddit

Obviously they will defer serving if there’s a safety concern I don’t why you’re assuming I think otherwise. Obviously safety comes first but serving and attending to passengers is a core function of being a FA. I just thought you framing it as a privilege was odd, just like I think it would be odd to tell someone that getting their luggage back in good condition or at all is a privilege.

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Great_Guidance_8448@reddit

Is that why all airlines advertise an experience that includes feeding you "crap"?

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Confident_Resolution@reddit

Is that why youre flying? For the food?

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Great_Guidance_8448@reddit

...and when I am in a car, I am not in it for the A/C, a decent stereo nor comfortable seats. I am in it to get from point A to point B. And yet.... You are very smart. You should advise some airline CEOs (or even become one!) - let them know that their' customers' experience is irrelevant.

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WellTextured@reddit

Not actually the job description.

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VanceIX@reddit

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lizardman49@reddit

I think one of the biggest problems with us flight attendants is most of their training is safety related by most of the actual on the job work is service related, of which they arent held to a real standard like well respected airlines.

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Prior_Worldliness287@reddit

Recaro seating. Remove padding claim larger seat pitch.

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ywpark@reddit

That's what they say, but these guys will probably keep the pitch same as before and insert another row in the extra space. That's what AA did with their 321XLR.

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plantsadnshit@reddit

The most comfortable chairs I've used in my entire life were mesh chairs. So honestly it doesn't have to be an issue.

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Whisky_Colonic@reddit

Aeron?

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plantsadnshit@reddit

Yep

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facw00@reddit

Yeah, you don't need to have 4" of cushion to be supportive and comfortable. My impression is that both old plusher seats and new thinner ones aren't very good, but I'd guess someone could make a better thin seat (but it would probably weigh more or be less durable so airlines wouldn't want it).

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SmugAlpaca@reddit

My $2000 Herman Miller chair has a half inch or less of padding and because of the floating suspension nature of the seat it’s the most comfortable desk chair I’ve ever sat in. Similar thing with the new seats - people forget how uncomfortable it was to sit on the plush cushion on top of a big bulky steel frame, hurts your hips after a while

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Evilbred@reddit

Great for passing farts too!

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BrainiacMainiac142@reddit

Double it and give it to the person behind you

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xqk13@reddit

It’s fine, Americans bring their own paddings /s

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Tachanka-Mayne@reddit

Why does this comment have an ‘/s’ though

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rnoyfb@reddit

Being fat isn’t the same as having decent cushioning on a seat. Being 140 lbs and skin and bones on a hard seat is more comfortable than being 240 lbs and fat on a hard seat even if it’s wide enough

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serrated_edge321@reddit

Yeah my fat friends bring an extra cushion... Now you've got me feeling bad for the seats. 🤭 Not designed for such gluttony...

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rnoyfb@reddit

This is a false dichotomy. Many things are the consequence of a series of choices but that doesn’t mean the consequence itself is chosen or that it’s not a medical issue. Choosing to have sex without a condom is a choice that can result in syphilis but no one chooses syphilis and it’s still a medical issue The downvotes are most likely for saying you feel bad for inanimate objects and not people and for saying that they’re gluttons. Gluttony is the temptation to overeat and not everyone over 240 lbs is gluttonous Also there are people a *lot* heavier than 240 lbs that still fit within airline terms and airlines should accommodate them or change their terms. I’m well over 240 and I can fit in a seat with the armrests down without spilling over but if a seat causes pain after only an hour, they should fix that

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serrated_edge321@reddit

The friends I'm talking about are the first to admit they're gluttonous. Tbh I didn't think twice before writing it this way, because this is how we talk in everyday life. Forgot that the Internet likes super-PC-speech... 🙄🤷🏼‍♀️

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rnoyfb@reddit

It’s not about being super-PC. It is about not being an idiot. Nobody cares that you have fat friends and having fat friends doesn’t mean people will like you talking shit about a set of other people that includes but is not exclusively fat people

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Soytaco@reddit

They literally are though

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serrated_edge321@reddit

Yeah I wasn't joking or even trying to be mean. It's literally reality. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Soytaco@reddit

No the literal reality is that the manufacturer designs seats so that can hold people that are not only 240lbs but way, way fatter than that lol. Airlines need the seats to be able to safely hold the fattest passengers who they'll sell a ticket to, and that's a lot fucking fatter than 240lbs.

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nursescaneatme@reddit

And look at that (absence of) legroom.

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whiskeytown79@reddit

I wouldn't mind having a thinner seat if it meant I could have a little more legroom, but airlines are always like "ok enjoy your new 28 inch seat pitch.. watch a movie to take your mind off of the fact that your knee is crammed against the seat in front of you"

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Such-Contribution676@reddit

Just flew an A321neo transatlantic for the first time and holy hell those seats were thin. I felt the woman behind me’s knees in my back at one point

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porkyfly@reddit

thinner = more legroom, more space = better

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k_mermaid@reddit

I don't think they made them thinner for the leg room. Leg room is still garbage, but between trimmed leg room and thin seats they can jam way more of them in there

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Few_Tale2238@reddit

Just as it is on their current A321neo’s. IFE and larger bins are nice but those planes aren’t comfortable at all. Thin seats, 30 inch pitch, and maybe two inches of recline. Plus the FA’s seem to hate them too

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bluenervana@reddit

that was my first thought. fuck a snack, I want comfort.

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Nearby-Medicine9484@reddit

Imagine sitting on that for 8+ hours?

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Almaegen@reddit

Theyre far mor comfortable. The ones with "padding" were so much worse

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Any_Sale2030@reddit

Not to mention they itched like crazy and were hot as hell too. The newer seats are better.

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BadahBingBadahBoom@reddit

I mean sure they might be better than she of the 90s old-style seats that were still going even up to quite recently, but I've flown on a number of airlines with these 'slimline' seats and for more than 4/5h they are simply horrible, some slightly better some slightly worse but all still noticeably uncomfortable for long-haul. What's worse is these don't even look like mid-haul slimline seats airlines like Qatar have that still have fair bit of padding, these look like the absolute minimal slimline seats that Ryanair and other budget airlines use. And even for 2-3h those start to be very uncomfortable.

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Guadalajara3@reddit

This is a rendering, not a live photo of the new cabin

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BadahBingBadahBoom@reddit

Yeah aware, just commenting that the seats in this look identical to latest Ryanair version. Will they go slightly more premium in practice? I dnu. But you'd think if there was going to be a difference they would make the rendering of seats look *more* expensive for marketing and go with the lighter/less padded ones in practice to save money, rather than the other way around.

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Rollingprobablecause@reddit

A single wide plane overseas is already torture enough regardless of what they provide.

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zerbey@reddit

That was my one complaint when I flew United for the first time last week (on a 767), compared to other airlines they are stingy about seat padding. After an 8 hour flight my behind was starting to really get sore. A shame, the rest of the experience was really good.

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meh_whatev@reddit

Don’t matter how padded up the seats are if the shape isn’t good.

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HorsieJuice@reddit

This. I just flew United for the first time in probably 20 years (737’s both ways), and, while most of the experience was pretty decent, I was surprised at how bad the shape of the seat bottom was. It had extra bolstering in the back under my tail bone, which was bizarre and made it hard to sit up straight.

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Prior_Worldliness287@reddit

It's the enshitification of long haul travel.

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maybemagannot@reddit

A decade later, this will be a vending machine.

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hcornea@reddit

Feels like the 321XLR will be great for airlines on these routes, but perhaps not so great for passengers. Hope I’m wrong.

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L3monGr3nade@reddit

I’ll give this less than 1 minute before some asshole abuses it and ruins it for everyone

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Eltiempo10@reddit

How nice to see they're already including JetBlue features on their new planes.

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swift1883@reddit

You guys have stroopwafels?

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TenderfootGungi@reddit

They are not bad, either.

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wandering_engineer@reddit

United has been handing them out in Economy for years. I'm not a fan of most US snack foods (and most United meals are horrible prepackaged crap), the stroopwafels were always kind of the exception for me.

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SeredW@reddit

Stroopwafels are a Dutch treat, I'm surprised to see them on a US airplane.

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mr_potato_thumbs@reddit

They are extremely popular in the states?

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SeredW@reddit

I knew foreigners love them, I just wasn't aware they were widely sold in the USA!

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fviz@reddit

you can find stroopwafels in a brazil countryside gas station (middle of nowhere). They're more popular than you think

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mr_potato_thumbs@reddit

Yep, ripvan and daelmans are popular brands. They’ve been commercialized here for at least five years. Now traditionally made stroopwaffels, like at a fair or stand, are not as popular.

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wandering_engineer@reddit

I live in Belgium, I'm aware. Probably why I like them, no offense to Americans but most US treats/sweets are terrible.

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swift1883@reddit

That’s why they come to Amsterdam to pay 17 euros for one stroopwafel.

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swift1883@reddit

You should try a fresh one that is not from Big Stroop. You’ll never have to enjoy microwaved frozen waffles with corn syrup again. Because you won’t enjoy it anymore

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percbish@reddit

We have Biscoff (speculoos) on delta too

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swift1883@reddit

I never have that lying around. It’s gone between the aisle and my front door.

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throwawayfromPA1701@reddit

Hopping the Atlantic in an A321 sounds like torture.

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Beautiful-Quiet-5871@reddit

transatlantic on an a320.. they should put in a drug store and sell traquliszers

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Lump001@reddit

This is a reduction in service disguised as a perk. They'll always bring you this stuff if you ask. Theyb allways have. The idea here is to make you used to getting it yourself so that crew can be moved to doing other than things. General rule: If you're in economy, it's never about making travel better for you.

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LuckyFlyer0_0@reddit

What other profitable things would the crew be doing during the cruise phase on a 6 hour flight?

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Salsalito_Turkey@reddit

Up-selling people on alcoholic beverages, premium snacks, and hot food. You can either pay for the flight attendant to bring you the good stuff, or go wait in line with the plebs if you just want a coke and a bag of pretzels.

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RangerSad3081@reddit

I have absolutely no problem with the crew having more time to serve me booze

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LuckyFlyer0_0@reddit

The snack bar is for passengers to help themselves outside of regular meal service. At least that's how most airlines do it. They're not making it a self-service buffet where half the economy class hikes back to get their food on a narrow body airliner. It would literally create a huge bottleneck, the attendants wouldn't even be able to do their job nor would it be safe because of turbulence concerns

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Salsalito_Turkey@reddit

You're right, but I also wouldn't be surprised if they do a single beverage service near the beginning of the flight and then it's self-serve the rest of the time.

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LuckyFlyer0_0@reddit

It really wouldn't make any sense tho. Up selling beverages and foods hardly takes up any time. You can only ask passengers once if they want anything and most say no per meal service. There's really not much else for the crew to do on a 6 hour flight so making it self serve wouldn't be worth it imo.

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Lump001@reddit

Up-selling? Or just flat out reducing staff numbers?

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omalley4n@reddit

The number of flight attendants onboard each aircraft is governed by regulation. They can't just "reduce staff".

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Lump001@reddit

They can reduce staff per cabin and reallocate to more lucrative classes

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bundeywundey@reddit

Multiple rounds of selling credit cards?

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RangerSad3081@reddit

Jet blue already does this in NYC to Vegas/LAX flights

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multidollar@reddit

Qantas I know already do this (free).

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PaulVla@reddit

JetBlue as well!

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buzzard302@reddit

JetBlue planes could change right over to United planes with a new paint job and some interior logo changing. Hmm.

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Apart-Disaster-3085@reddit

If AA can't have an alliance with JetBlue which mostly cover markets AA is 4th/5th place (at best), then why would regulators ever let United merge/buy them?

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slamminalex1@reddit

Becuase United does have an alliance with them?

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Go_Loud762@reddit

Never gonna happen.

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LEAP-er@reddit

Under appreciated comment 😀

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Apart-Disaster-3085@reddit

I can't think of any transatlantic flight on any airline where I couldn't just go to the service car area and get a drink or snack. Flight attendants often (after the first meal service at least) set up water, sodas, and snacks back there proactively. United has become king in finding new ways to market common features and gaslight people into thinking its unique. And at the end of the day, I can't get excited about a 75 cent can of coke or a 50 cent minibag of nuts (or chips) on airlines. I find the whole marking and blogger swooning with airplane food and snacks to be bizarre irrational behavior.

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Assleanx@reddit

I remember on the way back from Japan on BA they had proper instant noodles back there as the snack

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RedditLIONS@reddit

>… where I couldn't just go to the service cart area and get a drink or snack. Flight attendants often (after the first meal service at least) set up water, sodas, and snacks back there proactively Yep, United already does this. I remember seeing it on my United flights, even years ago. This press release is just talking about a permanent standalone snack bar.

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Jackie_Of_All_Trades@reddit

Korean Air too

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RedditLIONS@reddit

Doesn’t United already have this on some routes? There was definitely a snack bar on my trans-Pacific flight. I remember walking to the aft galley to stretch my legs, and there’s a whole tray of snacks nicely displayed. There were also a couple of other passengers just standing around at the back, chatting with each other while snacking.

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BuyerAlive5271@reddit

Delta too

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RedditLIONS@reddit

Doesn’t United already have this on some routes? There was definitely a snack bar on my trans-Pacific flight. I remember walking to the aft galley to stretch my legs, and there’s a whole tray of snacks nicely displayed. There were also a couple of other passengers just standing around at the back, chatting with each other while snacking.

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leggypepsiaddict@reddit

JetBlue does this too. If youre going from NYC to Cali you get a little pantry to self serve. Love it.

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MadBrown@reddit

"Free"

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Great_Guidance_8448@reddit

"Included" is a more accurate term. But sodas/wines are usually included on transatlantic routes anyway

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MadBrown@reddit

Agreed...and they are certainly paid for by the customer in the ticket price.

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esposimi@reddit

And ANA. Unlimited kabosu juice 🤤

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Own_Answer6742@reddit

The A380 snack bar was so great originally

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MrNewking@reddit

Why? Theyre missing out on easy profit there.

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KeyPhilosopher8629@reddit

Prices are already expensive lmfao

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MrNewking@reddit

But this is easy stuff they cam do to increase profit and raise share prices. As a shareholder in Quantas, its discouraging to see stuff like this.

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KirkieSB@reddit

Cheap Willie just outed himself. 👏

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mrafinch@reddit

> As a shareholder in Quantas, it’s discouraging to see stuff like this. Sell up then, customers don’t give a shit about your dividends

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CoppeliusGER@reddit

You are part of the reason why we can't have nice things.

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KeyPhilosopher8629@reddit

Not everything has to be purely profit driven. Customers value stuff like this. I'm guessing that you've never flown in economy first

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B00gie005@reddit

The costs for an airline are limited for such a service, but it does stand out among other airlines. Simple situation of the service benefits outweighing the costs

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NauvooLegionnaire11@reddit

They just need to add a credit card device and we’ve got a Sky Vending Machine.

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neverbadnews@reddit

SkyVending™ is what Delta's in-flight service has become. /s

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Any_Sale2030@reddit

Sadly I think that’ll come soon.

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Fun_Code2@reddit

Reminds me of jetablue

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Some-Two9173@reddit

Pretty much already happening on all European airlines for free. I bet United will charge for this.

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mf104@reddit

It's also cost effective. The cost of the snack bar over its lifetime versus even a monthly salary of a flight attendant is going to be great. Even if you're just eliminating one FA it's a big win for the airlines.

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nsfvvvv@reddit

At least there are stroopwafels.

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SeredW@reddit

As a Dutchie, I'm surprised to see those, in a purely US setting.

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Rumpelforeskinn@reddit

> in a purely US setting Per the title, these will be used on transatlantic routes

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Ok_Literature3138@reddit

It’s all good until some slob spills half a carton of milk all over everything.

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Late-Mathematician55@reddit

I'd hate to be in the last row.

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immunotransplant@reddit

I’d always hate being there.

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vlatkovr@reddit

Not if you wanna sniff ass /s

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tmzm2550@reddit

Oh joy, a snack bar for the pleasure of sitting in a cramped seat on a single wide for 9 hours. People can’t wait!!

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sfeicht@reddit

I thought soda and snacks are included in your ticket price?

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victorinseattle@reddit

On the 787–9s, it’s funny how United/American/Alaska enriched on some form of the [Elevate Ascent](https://www.elevate-seats.com) suite variant. It is interesting at how similar the A3 21 XLR seats look between American and United, though American is using a Collins off the shelf seat, while United has a custom design? I wonder who the vendor is.

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Appropriate_Care7007@reddit

United’s seat is made by Elevate

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Bleakwind@reddit

Is this going to be foc or is 19.99 for a coke the standard? TLDR

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medicalsteve@reddit

For folks who have been on flights with the snack bar, like Jet Blue, how does it work? Is there still a “regular” snack/drink by service and the bar is just a supplement during longer flights? Or everyone just queues up for a snack/drink when the seat belt sign goes off?

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HawkeyeFLA@reddit

For JetBlue at least, regular economy service just after take off like usual. The buy on board, then drink carts, snack carts, trash. Then they open the Pantry. Pantry only on Mint configuration planes. On the 16 Mint seat planes, it's located at the bulkhead area between Mint and economy. It's nice when you're towards the middle / front of the back cabin. No need to trek all the way to the back galley if you want something.

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I_hadno_idea@reddit

Anyone else getting flooded with these types of United posts all over social media? I’ve seen like 5 different posts across Reddit and IG about the new “relax row” alone. Seems like a very coordinated PR push.

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BBQnBright@reddit

This doesn't work in America with Americans. You all know why.

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Critical_Program_247@reddit

I have some ideas why but I’m curious what your rationale is?

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troglodyte@reddit

As long as it's a supplement to regular service, great. It's a nice way to provide drinks on long flights without waking the entire plane. The obvious concern is that they see this as a vehicle to cut drink services, but I'm not sure I see that works on a long haul. I bet they keep two drink services on most transatlantics and for everything else you just walk to the back. These seats are ridiculous though.

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Hyptisx@reddit

I assume they aren’t free?

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LYuen@reddit

I know it is CGI and not the point United is making, but wtf with the seat pitch.

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SquirrelMoney8389@reddit

That's a funny way of saying "cabin crew will no longer provide cabin service"

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Red_Brox@reddit

It’s wild seeing A321 and transatlantic in the same sentence. I know narrow bodies twin jets have been capable of this for a while (not counting Hawaii/AK), but my brain is tuned for it only being a widebody thing. Super cool!

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mattrussell2319@reddit

757 has been doing this since before the Continental merger with United. More recently, Iberia and TAP Portugal have been doing it with A321s for years now.

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facw00@reddit

Yep I've flown Continental/United/Iceland Air 757s across the pond (obviously with a stop in the middle on Iceland Air). Honestly no problem (as long the headwinds flying west aren't so bad that the 757 doesn't have the range). People freak over the comfort level on the narrowbody, but honestly the seats are the same size, so if the plane has the range, I'll happily take the one with fewer middle seats.

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1320Fastback@reddit

One bag of chips and a soda, $47 dollars please.

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HutchOne23@reddit

I will never fly transatlantic on a single aisle airplane. I will actively avoid it.

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WrongRub6533@reddit

The last thing people need on these long flights is more free food . They already fed three times .

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Effective_Theme_5739@reddit

\-Satan

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withurwife@reddit

The snack bar is a temporary distraction from the pain of flying over an ocean in a single aisle shit box.

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Greenmantle22@reddit

Another lavatory could’ve fit in that space.

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Jodie_fosters_beard@reddit

This doesnt make up for the misery of those seats for 6 hours.

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zavierz9@reddit

Question: are those seats really that tight between rows? Looks awfully uncomfy…

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Jodie_fosters_beard@reddit

I’m not sure. I haven’t taken an xlr flight yet but I’m tall enough even on legacy intl cabins my knees still touch. Not sure why I’m getting downvoted. Maybe there’s people who love the rows continually shrinking

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allaboutthosevibes@reddit

Maybe every row will be Relax Row… 🤗😎

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Nobodydog@reddit

I had this on a Jet Blue coast to coast flight once. I've never felt treated more like an adult on any other flight. No pro-forma beverage cart to slam into my knees. Just snacks and drinks for the noshy and thirsty. Twas grand.

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k_plusone@reddit

Agreed. The meal service / beverage cart part of the flight is consistently the most stressful part of it for me. I brought my own water because I'd rather not wait 20 minutes just to beg someone for a 4 ounce plastic cup. And whatever microwaved "meal" is coming, I already know I won't care for it. On a flight, my preference is to be left alone

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40percentCheese@reddit

I'll be gladly trying it if possible. Especially if it's a significant cost saving flying BA/LH/American.

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Can_Not_Double_Dutch@reddit

Jetblue already has this on some of their aircraft

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DisjointedHuntsville@reddit

None of the American Airlines care about aesthetics or quality. It’s like they’re not proud of their work or simply don’t care enough since they get paid either way if you like it or not, if you live or die. Flying the middle eastern airlines gave me such a great perspective on how a little bit of effort goes a loooooong fucking way.

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Yutenji2020@reddit

American plane … the snack bar will be empty even before the doors are closed.

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yycmobiletires@reddit

Yeah.... If you need to feel better about yourself go to a seafood buffet in the states. The gluttony and greed still haunts me like 10 years later. That thing will be cleared out before everyone is even seated.

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swift1883@reddit

They descended from refugees and kept their eating habits alive.

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andrewia@reddit

No, it's been fine on JetBlue planes. Plenty of snacks when I took them from SFO to JFK and back.

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rohepey@reddit

Junk seats, junk food. Junk airline?

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Eclipsed830@reddit

So basically you do the work of the cabin crew?

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disfannj@reddit

jetblue has had this for years.

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Wikadood@reddit

Prolly gonna nickel and dime you

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ImissTBBT@reddit

Suppose that is one way to deal with the payload limitations on longer routes! :P You could give everyone in economy more leg room from taking out the seats needed to make the range work. Nah, stick a snack bar in there, it will distract the passengers from the uncomfortable, thin, seats. /s

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allaboutthosevibes@reddit

Hmmm… Imagine every single seat a United Relax Row and this in the back… Economy is starting to look not so bad! 😎

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laxintx@reddit

Ballpark prices in the sky.

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wurstbowle@reddit

On long haul flights, United includes drinks with the ticket.

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allaboutthosevibes@reddit

On short-haul too, usually, no…? (Except alcohol)

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m71nu@reddit

If you don't like it just go somewhere else. :P

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Salt_Menu_2746@reddit

Phil, is that you? iykyk

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Elektrik_Magnetix@reddit

Oh so yummy. No thanks on your microwaved leftovers.

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lxgrf@reddit

It's one thing to not click through on the link, but it's another level to not actually look at the picture. Here it is again for you. https://preview.redd.it/rn8hrpz2ocrg1.png?width=2084&format=png&auto=webp&s=937c8bbc144b165503bc77b8d5fa4d293134da49

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BigFatModeraterFupa@reddit

oh wow! more peanuts! thanks airline!🥰🥰

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wstsidhome@reddit

Dasani water…that’s definitely a choice. Wonder how much the items are during flights. Plz tell me they have dr peppers somewhere 👌 Looks like a clean setup. 🤙

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TizzyBumblefluff@reddit

Virgin Australia did this like 15+ years ago lol

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emotionengine@reddit

Fond memories of visiting the free snack bar on Lufthansa A340-600 flights...

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mattyGOAT1996@reddit

Singapore Airlines does this

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