Would You Pay For Inflight Entertainment

[Pegasus928]

I was just reading in the news about Thomas Cook scrapping their inflight entertainment and giving passengers the option of paying to rent a PSP that will come pre-loaded with 8 films, TV shows and games.
Admittidley this is just on short or medium haul flights but ....

.... if your carrier of choice to Florida came up with a similar scheme how many of you would pay the price of £7.50 for the privilege.

Personally I would have to say 'No Thanks'

As a family we have enough iPod Touches, PSPs and DS Lites to see us through the trip - which is why, I suspect, only 1 in 10 passengers use the IFE (as quoted as a reason for the change by Thomas Cooks CEO)

 

[2Tiggies]

I'm with you in the No Thanks Camp. However I don't think it is a terrible idea if there are folk who would like to make use of it. As long as it is not instead of any other form of entertainment. I would seriously have to protest that unless flight prices were significantly reduced.

 

[dpmfloyd]

...all i know is when i'm flying a carrier that has a tv built into the headrest - they need to get rid of the touch screen trivia game. i'm tired of having some jerk sit behind me jabbing at my chair as if his life depended on it.

 

[Dimplenose]

All I'd want is a skymap to see where we are.

But I'd happily pay £7.50 for entertainment for the family - but with 4 of us that's £30 - is that each way? It's amazing how these small things start to add up.

 

[scojos]

id pay, but only once, the kids would have to share
i could guarantee they d want to watch the film, and they wouldnt have already seen it
tbf £1 per hour isnt too much, though we too have i pods/laptops/ds so wouldnt NEED it, but would WANT it.
tracy

 

[Dollyrar]

I also have enough ipods and psp's etc to keep me happy for at least the trip to Florida. I would pay for Wi-fi though! The time would go much quicker doing some Dis'ing in the sky!

 

[Disney owl]

I've voted yes but would only pay on long haul.

 

[janiebubble]

the last three flights I've not even looked at the inflight 'entertainment'

I'd pay for wifi though!!!!!!!

 

[scottishgirl87]

I've voted No as well. Where I think in-flight entertainment is great they already charge for everything as extras so no way, if that's the way it's going to be we have enough iPod's, DS's and PSP's to keep us entertained!

On our recent Continental flight you could pay I think it was $6 (I think) for more entertainment choice but I wouldn't even bother with that!

Can't believe they want to go backwards when it's so much more advanced now than when you had like 3 TV's hanging from the ceilings on planes!

 

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

I would definitely pay. £7.50 isn't much in the total cost of a holiday. Certainly a lot cheaper than having to replace my PSP, ipod, or whatever else I would manage to lose somewhere on the holiday if I took it with me for entertainment. I don't take anything with me when I go apart from my mobile - like to leave the real world behind!

 

[Cyrano]

I voted no as with books, ipods, DS and ipod touch's I think we have it covered

 

[wayneg]

Not a chance I would pay for it, or inflight meals.
We take laptops, MP3 players, books, homework for DS and most times we sleep both ways.
For food if flying Virgin we eat before boarding so could do it for any carrier.

 

[2Tiggies]

Not a chance I would pay for it, or inflight meals.
We take laptops, MP3 players, books, homework for DS and most times we sleep both ways.
For food if flying Virgin we eat before boarding so could do it for any carrier.

Homework? Sorry Wayne, but that doesn't count as entertainment!

Can't believe they want to go backwards when it's so much more advanced now than when you had like 3 TV's hanging from the ceilings on planes!

I remember those - DD never really cared for them. On one flight at 3 months old I had her in a Sky Cot at the bulkhead with the movie projected on the bulkhead wall. My darling baby "decorated" it when I removed her nappy to change her ...... I guess she votes "NO" to paying as well. After enduring a further 10 hours or so with furious remarks from some passengers in the surrounding area, I support her vote!

 

[darthtatty]

Im sure we'd probably pay for a long flight.
Although the amount of times youre cut off the entertainment for announcements-would be ok if the film was paused during this.

 

[torsie24]

I'm a no too.

Before the days of DS/PSP/iPod/Phone I'd have considered it. But we have so much portable entertainment that I really think if there was no IFE I'd be OK.

Especially if I knew that in advance. I could miss a few episodes of Eastenders/Glee downloads a couple of films that I actually wanted to see, and buy some games I definitely wanted to play. So wouldn't bother me at all.

Seeing as by the time our kids are old enough to play DSs/PSPs it'll be like 2016 at th earliest I'm pretty confident we'll have endless portable entertainment options, so I doubt I'd pay for kids either. They will probably have some new fangled 3D hologram game or something....

 

[PoppyAnna]

Interesting question. As I'd be travelling with two young children I'd say if it was guaranteed good quality seat back entertainment I think we would pay. I would not pay for a handheld psp type device pre loaded with films.

 

[stephensmum]

No, we take enough to keep ourselves entertained.

 

[Kath2003]

No, I'd fly with an airline that offered it for free.

That said, during the volcanic ash fiasco, we flew back on seemingly the oldest jet in American Airlines fleet which had central TVs only (daytime flight) and it was fine - we read, played cards and just chilled out.

But then I don't have kids

£7.50 * 2 people * 2 legs = £30...I'd rather spend that on seeing a movie in City Walk

 

[Louisebshp]

Probably not - an IPOD and a book would be sufficient for us adults, and I always take kiddie games anyway.

Louise

 

[tinks_1989]

I voted no as well unless there was a film showing I particularly really wanted to see e.g last year we went they were showing UP I would of paid but as we both have I pods that show film's a DS and PSP along with reading books magazines and the newspaper I wouldnt pay

and for inflight meals YUCK I have never had an aeroplane meal I could eat the smell along is disgusting and eat before I get on the aeroplane and always buy something such as a sandwich or something to eat if I don get hungry