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DevilsPGD wrote:
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> wrote:
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> >Cash is a big hassle to flight attendants. If they don't have sufficient
> >change then they give the passenger the beverage and tell them that
> >they'll come back later to collect the money when they have change, but
> >they often forget or never get enough change.
> >
> >So few passengers lack a credit or debit card that it shouldn't be a
> >problem for alcoholic beverages. For airlines that sell food it may be
> >more of a problem because older kids traveling alone often have no
> >credit or debit card.
> >
> >You see more and more businesses in general moving cashless. A few
> >retro-grouch customers are lost, but there are sufficient advantages to
> >not taking cash to still make it a net positive.
>
> For the cash-only society, we'll probably see airport vending machines
> start selling Visa-logoed prepaid cards right in the airport, allowing
> planes to remain cashless, while allowing the cash-only crowd to
> effectively buy a voucher for plane food.
That makes sense. In fact, in NJ, there's a plan to do fully automated
toll collection on the Atlantic City Expressway. Anyone who doesn't
already have an EZ-Pass transponder can pull into a rest stop and buy a
temporary one in order to pay the toll. |