James Silverton wrote:
> sf wrote on Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:01:58 -0800:
>
>>> Having just flown IAD-ABQ and noticed the in-flight box
>>> lunches they offer, I was wondering what you pack to eat
>>> during the flight. Can't be anything TSA wouldn't allow, so a
>>> bottle of water is out, but sliced tomato with mozzarella and
>>> balsamic vinegar is in, as is a small pack of carrots; a
>>> candelabra is out; crackers, cheese, salami is good; buy wine
>>> on board. a cookie is good.
>>>
>> Why do people want to eat on a flight that is less than 5
>> hours long? Watch a movie instead, eat in the airport before
>> you take off if you want to eat that badly. Airport food is
>> pretty good over all and not very expensive anymore. I had a
>> fabulous burrito at O'Hare the last time I flew through there.
>
> I'd suggest that your notions of expense are delusional. Routine food at
> twice its real value seems to be the norm at airports.
>

Depends, PHL intentionally doesn't kill vendors with extra heavy duty
rents and big cuts of the revenue. That keeps prices down. They even
play an announcement something like "out food vendors don't charge
airport prices". I just flew into there from the left coast on the red
eye last week and had a large coffee and a egg-ham-cheese sandwich for
like $3.50 while waiting for my connecting flight.

On the other hand I got rerouted through LAS with a four hour wait
after equipment trouble going the other way and a simple sandwich there
was $10.