{"id":3796,"date":"2005-10-14T08:41:32","date_gmt":"2005-10-14T08:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/e-commerce\/air-canada-pillows.html"},"modified":"2005-10-14T08:41:32","modified_gmt":"2005-10-14T08:41:32","slug":"air-canada-pillows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/e-commerce\/air-canada-pillows.html","title":{"rendered":"Air Canada Pillows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"2\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: \">You will now have to <a href=\"http:\/\/ca.today.reuters.com\/news\/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&#038;storyID=2005-10-13T203935Z_01_DIT374433_RTRIDST_0_CANADA-CANADA-PILLOWS-COL.XML\">pay for pillows on Air <place w:st=\"on\" \/><country-region w:st=\"on\" \/>Canada<\/country-region \/><\/place \/> flights<\/a>. I think this is a great idea. I have suggested since 2002 that airlines charge for food and now some are. I would rather pay for the privilege of having food or a pillow than not have the option to have it.<\/p>\n<p>The problem is with the payment system. It is cumbersome to reach into a pocket and take out cash while sitting in a cramped airline seat. Worse, there is never correct change meaning you get a flight attendant possibly coming back an hour later to give you back what you are owed.<\/p>\n<p>This problem accelerates when you buy drinks, food, a pillow and other items. This leads me to hope that all airlines begin to accept credit cards for most purchases.<\/p>\n<p>I also think there is an opportunity for a plus pass of some kind that entitles you to a mixed drink, a meal, a pillow a blanket. You can order this when you buy your ticket and not have to worry about individual payments.<\/span> <\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You will now have to pay for pillows on Air Canada flights. I think this is a great idea. I have suggested since 2002 that airlines charge for food and now some are. I would rather pay for the privilege of having food or a pillow than not have the option to have it. The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3796"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3796\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}