making a comparison of a supermarket to air travel, is not a fair comparison because supermarkets have registers at their disposal and the ability to refill their change coffers if the need arises. By your logic we can also say what if you went to an online shop, they have an item you need, but they only take cash rather than credit cards and the place where they are based, is in california and... your in Maine. You'd be angry because they won't take your card. honestly? I wish more airlines have credit card machines on board rather than taking cash, especially on international travel, where they offer duty free on the plane.
But you have to look at things from the airline perspective; why are they stating only credit/debit cards for purchase? Many reasons if you think about it, employee theft is one, money getting misplaced or mishandled is another, what if you give them a 20 for a 12 dollar meal and they only have 4 dollars in change to give back? Now they have to scrounge around asking other passengers for it.
I understand the point you are trying to make, it sucks when you give your patronage to a company and they tell you, your paper money is no good here. But we are entering a paperless generation where plastic is choice amongst form of payments people wish to use. there are even hotels that will only take credit cards and no cash whats so ever. remember the days when you could leave a cash deposit for a room? Not many places do that anymore. No reason why the airlines wouldn't follow suit.
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