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Re:Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Incre... by eli_gottlieb on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @11:37AM (#13310337)
When I fly international, it's more like 10-12 hours. Even assuming I had dinner before I boarded, sleep, and then wake up, I'm going to need some breakfast and a decent cup of coffee.
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Re:Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Incre... by DrPhish on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @01:18PM (#13311433)
Then you have an even better incentive to fast, since it has been shown to reduce or eliminate jet lag [0]. I use this protocol on long flights and find it works well, getting me back in action within a day, even after traversing 8 time zones

[0] http://harpers.org/blog/2012/03/the-empty-stomach-fasting-to...

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Re:Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Incre... by eli_gottlieb on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @02:12PM (#13312057)
It's not the airlines job to incentivize what some guy on the internet considers healthy habits. I want breakfast after sleeping through the night. Just a bit of fruit, some cottage cheese or yogurt, and some black coffee. Maybe throw out the dairy and give me an egg.

I already pay for that as part of the ticket price. I do not want them unbundled in a way that makes my very necessary breakfast more expensive.

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Re:Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Incre... by JoeAltmaier on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @07:22PM (#13314579)
Other people could say "Its not the airlens job to incentivize eating breakfast when so many people don't any more". I'm perfectly happy unbundling wasteful unnecessary gimmicks (from my point of view). And guess what? I win this one!
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Re:Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Incre... by eli_gottlieb on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @12:06AM (#13315825)
>Other people could say "Its not the airlens job to incentivize eating breakfast when so many people don't any more".

Except that most people want breakfast after a night's sleep.

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Re:Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Incre... by JoeAltmaier on Sunday January 08, 2017 @10:11AM (#13349954)
Some people. And those people can pay for it thank you.
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