nixen
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| What Would *Really* Make It a Complete Service Is...
A) If you could pre-purchase the wi-fi service as part of your ticket/itinerary. Would make things much easier for the business traveler when it came time to fill out expense reports
B) If, like AMTRAK trains, each seat was equipped with an electrical outlet so that you could plug in your laptop to keep it charged/charging for the entire time you were on-board.
I mean, WiFi plus A&B would probably be enough to make me try to fly Delta versus other carriers if there were equivalent routings for a given destination.
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Matt
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| said by nixen  :A) If you could pre-purchase the wi-fi service as part of your ticket/itinerary. Would make things much easier for the business traveler when it came time to fill out expense reports B) If, like AMTRAK trains, each seat was equipped with an electrical outlet so that you could plug in your laptop to keep it charged/charging for the entire time you were on-board. I mean, WiFi plus A&B would probably be enough to make me try to fly Delta versus other carriers if there were equivalent routings for a given destination. I thought I read somewhere that most of these planes would have an outlet when this was added? That was part of the expense bcause they had to account for the additional electrical load. I can't seem to dig it up now though so I could be completely off. |
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flyingjoey
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I remember a few years ago... (like 10) that AA used to have what looked like to me power to the seats. But then again, what do I know.
I think airlines intentionally are delaying "power to the seat" I'm guessing they don't want an idiot typing away for hours on one of those long-haul flights, while everyone around them is trying to sleep. |
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nixen
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| said by flyingjoey :I remember a few years ago... (like 10) that AA used to have what looked like to me power to the seats. But then again, what do I know. I think airlines intentionally are delaying "power to the seat" I'm guessing they don't want an idiot typing away for hours on one of those long-haul flights, while everyone around them is trying to sleep. Like you can hear anything past the grating yowl of the engines (if you're flying on an Airbus).
Besides, I dunno what kind of gorilla-typing you do, but with my laptop, you can't really hear normal typing. We're not talking 1980's vintage dumb-terminals with click/feedback keyboards.
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