no longer 5* ?
Oct 15, 2014, 6:04 pm
#1
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: USA
Programs: AA, BA, QR
Posts: 217
no longer 5* ?
flew ord - doh - blr a few days ago in j and my first time at hia
the menu from ord to doh no longer has their celebrity chef menu/entrees and the food i eat was not their 5* quality - either in variety or taste. surprisingly the doh - blr flight had some celebrity chef entrees and what i had was excellent
hia was a zoo - felt very insecure given how little screening was going on - the 5* hotels in india do a better (polite and thorough) job of screening their guests than i observed at dia - i think others have posted about the same - is the screening just a formality since it is transit paxs?
the business class lounge was a let down, weird layout, poor lighting, the only plus was there were lots of (semi) private seating areas - i was expecting it to be on the lines of dxb ek j lounge given all the hype
the boarding was a bigger zoo - no dedicated j line - took 20 mins to board after the gate agent told me business class was boarding
i guess i had high expectations given the delays and $10 billion (or was it $15 b) it cost
the menu from ord to doh no longer has their celebrity chef menu/entrees and the food i eat was not their 5* quality - either in variety or taste. surprisingly the doh - blr flight had some celebrity chef entrees and what i had was excellent
hia was a zoo - felt very insecure given how little screening was going on - the 5* hotels in india do a better (polite and thorough) job of screening their guests than i observed at dia - i think others have posted about the same - is the screening just a formality since it is transit paxs?
the business class lounge was a let down, weird layout, poor lighting, the only plus was there were lots of (semi) private seating areas - i was expecting it to be on the lines of dxb ek j lounge given all the hype
the boarding was a bigger zoo - no dedicated j line - took 20 mins to board after the gate agent told me business class was boarding
i guess i had high expectations given the delays and $10 billion (or was it $15 b) it cost
Oct 19, 2014, 1:16 pm
#2
Join Date: Apr 2006
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, Lifetime Bonvoy Platinum, HHonors Gold , TK Gold, MH Plat, QR Plat
Posts: 100
I never recalled celebrity chef meals from stations outside DOH
The lounge is nice although EK new lounges are better with their recliners...the airline seats itself was horrid tho
Agree they need to work more on elite / j class boarding at DOH....no effort made at all! Shameful
The lounge is nice although EK new lounges are better with their recliners...the airline seats itself was horrid tho
Agree they need to work more on elite / j class boarding at DOH....no effort made at all! Shameful