Sweets on take-off – a thing of the past?

RE: Sweets on take-off – a thing of the past?

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 30-05-02 AT 12:36 PM (GMT)]i used to get 1 mint imperial out of a basket on AMM,AIH had Rock sweets,I don’t remember any other sweets unless they go with meal.i got a wee chocolate mint crisp sweet on AIH with the Airtours logo on it.Desserts should be bigger on planes.they are too small.Apple Crumble and Custard.A wee square of apple pastry and tiny drop of custard.Amm serve ice cream though on flights that usually melt

RE: Sweets on take-off – a thing of the past?

I’ve received Godiva chocolates after dinner on United on 2 or 3 occassions, out of several hudred trips with them. This was howwever, pre-9/11.

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RE: Sweets on take-off – a thing of the past?

We also got a cheapo version of an “After Eight” mint with Britannia last year, but this was with a meal and it doesn’t cure ear-poppinhg when you’re already at cruising altitude!

RE: Sweets on take-off – a thing of the past?

Bhoy…You refreshed my memory! On JMC last year I revieved a piece of terry’s chocolate orange….this was with my meal though!

Has anybody noticed their ears tend to pop (or try and pop) more on departure or during descent?

Regards

Ben

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I’ve flown with Air Europa and Spanair twice within the last year and they have always provided sweets for landing – nothing for take off though. Makes a change as I don’t seem to get them from other airlines anymore. I would think that charter airlines don’t give out sweets anymore because they sell sweets and chocolates from the bar at rip off prices e.g Dairy Milk Bar for 90p on Monarch Airlines!

RE: Sweets on take-off – a thing of the past?

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 29-05-02 AT 08:13 AM (GMT)]I can remember getting sweets on British Airways I think in 1991 when I was five. I travelled alot during thoose days so I was on BA a few times that year!

Also, it isn’t the same ut it kind of:

Between 1997-1998 i travlled evey two weekends(during school time not over sumer or christmas) from Belfast City to either Birmingham or Bristol. As I was an “UM” at the time I got all the Cadbury’s Wispa’s they served on British European all the time. All the unwanted ones from passengers came to me who was sitting in First Class 🙂 🙂 I also got the free drinks hat were left over :-). I got to know the cabin crew and pilots as when I left on the Friday it was usually the same crew comming back on the Sunday! Most have clocked up well over 100 hours during thoose two years!

Regards,

Andrew M

RE: Sweets on take-off – a thing of the past?

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 28-05-02 AT 07:53 PM (GMT)]As far as I can remember- the last time I got a boiled sweet on a plane was a BA flight in 1987.

I’ve got Choclates off Crossair, Sabena and Swissair every flight I’ve taken with them, although Crossair latterly offered a choice of Chocolate or those Blackcurrant pastille things, although the trolley didn’t offer them round till descent.

Don’t recall being offered anything on BA flights since the 80’s or any flight I’ve undertaken with US Airways, United, British Midland or Air Frog, sorry, France.

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The worring thing is that I am taking a GCSE in ART!!

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Great pic… very “creative”(!!)

I think it’s tight that charters charge a compulsory £15 supplement per passenger for nothing more than a microwave meal when booking!

But anyway, I think the last time I received a sweet was on an Airtours flight to Heraklion back in May 1997. Relatively pointless idea anyway because most people seem to eat the sweet before the aircraft leaves the stand, thus not solving any ear-popping problems!

I take a packet of Campinos or Werther’s Originals and I’m excited that this year I’ll be able to buy the ultimate chewy toffee which wasn’t available last year! 🙂

RE: Sweets on take-off – a thing of the past?

…interesting

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I remember in something like 1992/3 I got sweets on an Airtours International flight to spain before take-off.

But then I flew with them again this January on a flight to Tenerife and there was none at all.

Especially with the no-frils airine industry “taking off”, passenger luxuarys seem to be sadly fading away. Soon it may become more like sitting on a bus.

THE FUTURE OF AIR TRAVEL!!
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RE: Sweets on take-off – a thing of the past?

1997—AIH out of NCL. From what i can remember it was takeoff and landing both ways. (pieces of blackpool style rock)

None with AIH on 1999 and none in 2001 with JMC….tight buggers!!!

I remeber recieving mints on takeoff with Air 2000 years ago (that was back when they had the old livery though!)

Never got anything with sheduled carriers.

I take my own sweets anyway.

Regards

Ben

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here in India…all airlines give sweets before take off. Except Air Sahara, they hand you a whole box full of them while checking in.

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I’ve got sweets on Aurigny,Manx and Virgin all prior to landing.

RE: Sweets on take-off – a thing of the past?

99 got em with AIH – that was the last time i think – oh yeah and at Xmas on AI i got some Smarties :d

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Flew Virgin earlier in the month and we got them prior to landing on the return flight but none going out and none on take-off at all.

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I got them on Britannia. Although I am going back to 1997.

Shaun