Picture this: You’re at an airport lounge and you see a fridge full of drinks.
You can consume as many drinks as you want inside the lounge, but what if you want to take a few of them for the road? Most recently, I have seen a lot of people shove down bottled beverages and snacks in their luggage without lounge staff around.
I must admit that I have taken a drink, but I open it in the lounge and drink it as I exit because I feel guilty “stealing”. That same FIJI water could well cost $5.00 a bottle in the airport.
This begs the question: Is it okay to stockpile food and drink into your bag for consumption outside the lounge? Have you been guilty of taking a lounge beverage or snack to go?
Heck yes, guilty guilty guilty. United has these shortbread cookies… Guilty lol
Yea I’ve taken some wrapped cookies for later. I’m a sucker for milano cookies.
My general rule of thumb is to take a drink or snack with you that you plan to use while still at the airport. Doing more than that is just greedy and/or lessens the chances that even drinks will be free in a lounge in the future.
Guilty as charged……a pack or 2 of Milano cookies and a bottle of water always seem to sneak into my carry on.
Definitely guilty of grabbing a drink to go.
Take a snack for eating on the way to the plane, perhaps, but not more. That said, I have been known to take a coupe granola bars for the flight from the Presidents Clubs back in the day.
Also, that’s not actually what “begs the question” means.