Originally Posted by
davidjohnson6
When I travel, I like to keep strong control over costs (too easy to burn through money if on a card), and avoid an audit trail that can be used to monetise any sort of profile. Consequently, I like cash. Some airlines (Easyjet and Ryanair amongst others) make a big thing about being cashless, and consequently make zero inflight sales from me. In any case, most flights over 6 hours (no, not Ryanair) seem to have a free meal anyway. Am I a rarity or do others refuse to hand over credit cards ? Does this materially affect inflight ancillary sales or profitability ?
I haven't been on a carrier which accepts cash in god knows how long. Which carriers do?
The airlines already have a profile of you. They know what you searched, what you booked, what you request or buy as part of those bookings etc. And you've used your card to book the service so they have that. Buying some pringles on board isn't going to make the airline suddenly think they have lots more info on you.