I had to stop in at a airport in the US in the mid-1990s....a four-hour delay to catch the last leg.
Meal-time came up and I ended up walking into a grill-shop. The burger-fries plate? At that point in time....it was around $17.90 for the plate and soda. If you did the inflation scale today....it'd be around $32.
Being a E6 at the time....I kinda freaked but realized....there's nothing much on options.
About 10 years would pass, and I was stuck in NY City overnight, and wanted breakfast (Roosevelt Hotel)....which was to be $32 (included coffee). Today, that would be near $47. Yeah, I paid it.
Today, I was reading a piece where a California Senator-to-be is talking of a $50 an hour wage scale for burger-flippers. Doing the math for a BK double-whopper menu dinner (soda included)....I figure it'd cost me around $70 for dinner (figure tax included).
It is to the point where I'd probably only travel with a lunch-box....maybe some cookies and a apple or two....to survive for a trip.
I used to fly a lot of coast to coast. I always packed a sandwich fruit and snacks. The only thing I bought at the airport was water since I could not bring my own. Reasons, one the airplane meals sucked and two like you said the airport meal cost for everything was unreal.
ReplyDeleteMy German wife ONLY brings food on flights...never buying at the lounges or eating what the plane folks serve. On the typical 3-hour flight...it makes no difference to me. If this were a 10-hour flight (Frankfurt to Dallas or Frankfurt to Tokyo)...I'd opt for what they serve or buy a huge deli sandwich at the airport.
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