I will be in F from PEK and my younger sister (22 years old) in Y. Is it too much to ask FA's if she can sit on buddy seat for 30 mins to share a drink? Then she can toddle of downtown again.
I will be in F from PEK and my younger sister (22 years old) in Y. Is it too much to ask FA's if she can sit on buddy seat for 30 mins to share a drink? Then she can toddle of downtown again.
That's one of the benefits of flying F - you can invite someone from another cabin to join you for a drink. You need to ask the cabin crew and they might say no. I don't think you can do it during dinner service (though in theory there is no set dinner service time in F).
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I have done this twice, once when I was in F on a uni trip to Shanghai and one of my classmates was in Y - we had a lot to drink and he stayed a while - was a lot of fun.
Then last year I was in Prem Economy to Lagos and some people who work for me were sat in F (don't ask!). I needed to sit and work with them and was allowed through for a while, although a somewhat sniffy CSD told me to be very quiet as some people were sleeping.
Yes, if you ask the CSD and the flight isn't packed it shouldn't be a problem. I've done it where there were only 3 of us in F, and 2 friends (husband and wife) from Y were allowed up. To answer your question above, I asked the CSD if it was OK, and then went and got them.
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.....although a somewhat sniffy CSD told me to be very quiet as some people were sleeping.
If I had paid for the flight and some freeloaders were coming up to disturb my sleep I would expect the CSD to be sniffy
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Thanks, how would I go about this, would I go down to her or ask an FA to ask her?
I don't know what the norm is, but I asked for permission from the F purser, and she went to get my husband from down the back. I only asked to have him in F for a bit for a chat because the passengers around his seat were all asleep when I went there for a quick chat, and there were only a few passengers in F and all on the other side of the cabin. It was lesser of the two evils that I had him in F than for me to go to his cabin to talk.
I also did not ask to invite him for a drink. As far as I'm concerned he was not entitled to F drinks because he was not sitting in F, and it would have been cheeky to ask to invite him for a drink. So I just asked her if it was OK for me to invite him for a chat for a short time. She happily obliged. In fact she then proceeded to offer him a drink and when he was hesitant to accept, she insisted with a smile.
I did not have him stay long though. Probably for just 10 min if that.
It can be very annoying to fellow passengers if people are talking continuously when they are trying to sleep, if the conversation is louder than whispering (i.e. conversation should not be audible to others). I find that a lot of F regulars just want to eat fairly quickly and then maximise their sleep. As you will need to avoid the meal times (no set meal times but there are 'main' meal times) it tends to be when people are bedding down to sleep that people invite others for a chat.
Also IMO you should avoid doing this after the cabin has been darkened - again so as not to disturb others. I just think that inviting a guest from another cabin should never, ever be to the detriment of other passengers in the cabin. In fact if there are other passengers bedding down to sleep or asleep I wouldn't personally invite someone from another cabin. I suspect in those cases cabin crew may decline to agree to it anyway.
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I will be in F from PEK and my younger sister (22 years old) in Y. Is it too much to ask FA's if she can sit on buddy seat for 30 mins to share a drink? Then she can toddle of downtown again.
Why don't you just trade seats with her for the flight? She could then have as many drinks as she likes!
I don't know what the norm is, but I asked for permission from the F purser, and she went to get my husband from down the back. I only asked to have him in F for a bit for a chat because the passengers around his seat were all asleep when I went there for a quick chat, and there were only a few passengers in F and all on the other side of the cabin. It was lesser of the two evils that I had him in F than for me to go to his cabin to talk.
I also did not ask to invite him for a drink. As far as I'm concerned he was not entitled to F drinks because he was not sitting in F, and it would have been cheeky to ask to invite him for a drink. So I just asked her if it was OK for me to invite him for a chat for a short time. She happily obliged. In fact she then proceeded to offer him a drink and when he was hesitant to accept, she insisted with a smile.
I did not have him stay long though. Probably for just 10 min if that.
It can be very annoying to fellow passengers if people are talking continuously when they are trying to sleep, if the conversation is louder than whispering (i.e. conversation should not be audible to others). I find that a lot of F regulars just want to eat fairly quickly and then maximise their sleep. As you will need to avoid the meal times (no set meal times but there are 'main' meal times) it tends to be when people are bedding down to sleep that people invite others for a chat.
Also IMO you should avoid doing this after the cabin has been darkened - again so as not to disturb others. I just think that inviting a guest from another cabin should never, ever be to the detriment of other passengers in the cabin. In fact if there are other passengers bedding down to sleep or asleep I wouldn't personally invite someone from another cabin. I suspect in those cases cabin crew may decline to agree to it anyway.
I agree with all your points. The PEK flight takes off at midday so I would plan on a few glasses of champers and then for her to go back. I would be anxious she does not miss her meal in Y so I guess her coming uo immediately after levelling off would be best?
although a somewhat sniffy CSD told me to be very quiet as some people were sleeping.
Good on the "sniffy" CSD for looking after the pax in his cabin.
I've seen FAs on another physically preventing people in Y attempting to visit their friends in the premium cabins - save the tourism for after the flight.
I agree with all your points. The PEK flight takes off at midday so I would plan on a few glasses of champers and then for her to go back. I would be anxious she does not miss her meal in Y so I guess her coming uo immediately after levelling off would be best?
I don't think you should expect her to be served champagne or any drink at all. Also do not expect a refill even if they do offer one drink. I think one is enough and it's really time for her to go back. In fact ideally, really, you should go back and have a chat if people are awake there. In any case it's just not right to allow a situation where the passenger not seated in F may be remotely deemed to be lingering. It's bad enough in Y or any other cabin to cause any nuisance by talking etc especially when not seated there, let alone in F.
Timing-wise, you need to ask the cabin crew. It's not really up to you to choose.
Do not be offended if cabin crew says no, though. There are other F passengers to consider who are their primary concerns.
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I don't think you should expect her to be served champagne or any drink at all. Also do not expect a refill even if they do offer one drink. I think one is enough and it's really time for her to go back. In fact ideally, really, you should go back and have a chat if people are awake there. In any case it's just not right to allow a situation where the passenger not seated in F may be remotely deemed to be lingering. It's bad enough in Y or any other cabin to cause any nuisance by talking etc especially when not seated there, let alone in F.
Timing-wise, you need to ask the cabin crew. It's not really up to you to choose.
Do not be offended if cabin crew says no, though. There are other F passengers to consider who are their primary concerns.
I would not be offended at all. In fact I think I will not go to the hassle of inviting my sister. I only asked as I saw a chap invite for a quick drink before the meal last time, and I had no issue with it.
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Good on the "sniffy" CSD for looking after the pax in his cabin.
I've seen FAs on another physically preventing people in Y attempting to visit their friends in the premium cabins - save the tourism for after the flight.
What do people think about F passengers going for a walk around the plane? This is my main prob with F nowhere to go.
