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MissB

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18. I'm sorry you got Covid!

Reply to cilla4progress (Reply #17)

Mon Jun 19, 2023, 10:50 AM

Jun 2023

Yeah, it’s the only way I’ll fly now. We don’t fly often so we just deal with the cost when it comes up. If we flew frequently then we wouldn’t fly first class.

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Two things on my first flight since the pandemic. [View all] brush Jun 2023 OP

I've seen service like that before the pandemic. hippywife Jun 2023 #1

There was no cart at all, just hand-held trays. brush Jun 2023 #3

I did say "usually'. hippywife Jun 2023 #6

Maybe it's a Southwest thing hauckeye Jun 2023 #2

I've flown often on Delta the last two years, and there's always a cart. Croney Jun 2023 #4

Same here, even late 2020. Would not fly SWA for free. we can do it Jun 2023 #8

As far back as I remember and way before pandemic, SW has always done drinks this way. MLAA Jun 2023 #5

Really? This was the first time I noticed beverage service without a cart. brush Jun 2023 #7

I can't remember if America West is the same, but last I was on American and Delta they used carts . MLAA Jun 2023 #10

Southwest never used beverage carts dalton99a Jun 2023 #9

We flew Alaska recently gratuitous Jun 2023 #11

It is a tough job and many of them must've been fired. brush Jun 2023 #13

I flew United in October cross country and again in March for a 1 hour flight. kimbutgar Jun 2023 #12

It makes sense that houskeepers were let go during the pandemic downturn. brush Jun 2023 #15

That apparatus on the door frame VMA131Marine Jun 2023 #14

Why let me thing about it? Say what's on your mind. I'm not into trying to read other's minds. brush Jun 2023 #16

Real time experience cilla4progress Jun 2023 #17

I'm sorry you got Covid! MissB Jun 2023 #18

Did you wear a mask on the first plane ride that you got Covid on? If so, what kind? My nephew liberal_mama Jun 2023 #22

No. cilla4progress Jun 2023 #24

I fly Southwest all the time, and have since before COVID. Initech Jun 2023 #19

Southwest is no frills Johnny2X2X Jun 2023 #20

Delta & Southwest NowISeetheLight Jun 2023 #21

SW ditched the carts a long time ago. BannonsLiver Jun 2023 #23