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United Decides Not to Charge for Airplane Food

September 3, 2008 at 8:45 AM | 0 Comments

Turns out United doesn't have the heart to charge passengers for food on transatlantic flights. The carrier, which was planning to start asking for $9 a sandwich next month on a limited number of flights, recanted on its plan in an "open letter" sent to customers:

Thank you for your direct, candid feedback on the test we had planned to launch in the fourth quarter for food choices on some of our flights. We heard you and have decided not to move forward with the test of offering customers buy-on-board options in United Economy on certain trans-Atlantic flights. We will continue to offer complimentary hot meals on those flights.

So score one for the pro-consumer crowd--and the aviation blogs that made a racket when United first announced the new charges. Now we can look forward to more free pasta like this!

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