Which airlines charge for cross-country inflight entertainment?
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Which airlines charge for cross-country inflight entertainment?
We recently flew round-trip IAD-LAX on United. On the outbound trip, the B737-800 had on-demand entertainment that cost $7.99 - including, I think, audio entertainment as well as video. On the return, the Airbus had free entertainment, both audio and video. To me, it’s ridiculous that you have to pay for entertainment on a five and half hour flight. How can you tell if you’ll have to pay for entertainment on UAL flights? And do other airlines now charge for inflight entertainment on cross-country flights as well?
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JetBlue has free on-board entertainment on almost all flights. Most other major U.S. airlines treat cross country trips like any other domestic flight--pay for food , pay for entertainment. I suppose your return could have been a flight that continues on to Europe. Transatlantic flights usually have free entertainment of some sort and free meals.
BTW, airlines do not guarantee any specific aircraft for a flight, so even if you think a specific type of plane will be carrying your route (with free entertainment, desired seating arrangement, or whatever perk) they can change it at anytime.
BTW, airlines do not guarantee any specific aircraft for a flight, so even if you think a specific type of plane will be carrying your route (with free entertainment, desired seating arrangement, or whatever perk) they can change it at anytime.
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That TV service on UA was probably DirecTV service. I watched it on a flight and it was great to have "live" TV programming! But it was free in first class. It was the first time I'd had the option of watching DirecTV on a plane.
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Almost all airlines provides free of cost inflight entertainment services which includes on-demand audio-video, TV programs, games, variety of food and beverages, good quality in-flight magazines, touchscreen LCDs, international TV channels etc. You need to check with service charges of particular airline by which you are traveling.
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Actually, entertainment options on US domestic airlines vary wildly, so I can't say that "almost all" have free on-demand anything. So that's just not a true blanket statement. It does apply almost universally to airlines that fly 777 and Airbus planes internationally (though not universally to 747s), but not at all to US domestic flights.
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