free beer on select aa intl flights!

[moish]

http://aa.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=3434

[APoshiterYid]

I assume this is a joke?... Wasn't this always the case?...

[SuperFlyer]

I assume this is a joke?... Wasn't this always the case?...

alcoholic beverages you had to pay.

[Yordai Dooma]

I assume this is a joke?... Wasn't this always the case?...

He is referring to passengers flying coach.

[David B]

I assume this is a joke?... Wasn't this always the case?...

Not a chance it is a joke.  Has never been the case.  In fact, years back when my prior company joined the Airpass program with AA, that was one of the much touted benefits -- there was a cocktail glass graphic on the back of the Airpass membership card to indicate you were entitled to free drinks in coach.

If you are in First Class, free drinks of all types.  Coach?  Soda, water, juice ONLY.  Still the case Domestic -- but according the release posted by Moish, free beer and wine on INt;l flights.  Now only if they started carrying Baron Herzog.... 

[SuperFlyer]

He is referring to passengers flying coach.

coach (kch)
n.
1.
a. A motorbus.
b. A railroad passenger car.
c. A closed automobile, usually with two doors.
d. A large, closed, four-wheeled carriage with an elevated exterior seat for the driver; a stagecoach.
2. An economical class of passenger accommodations on a commercial airplane or a train, also known as cattle class.
3. Sports A person who trains or directs athletes or athletic teams.
4.
a. A person who gives instruction, as in singing or acting.
b. A private tutor employed to prepare a student for an examination.
tr. & intr.v. coached, coach·ing, coach·es
1. To train or tutor or to act as a trainer or tutor.
2. To transport by or ride in a coach. or cattle

[David B]

coach (kch)
n.
1.
a. A motorbus.
b. A railroad passenger car.

It would be real hard for them to fit those in the back of the plane!  Maybe that new, really big Airbus one would accommodate....