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Old Jul 21, 2014, 4:08 am
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Most expensive alcohol you can get in the air?

What's the most expensive alcohol you can get in the air?
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Old Jul 21, 2014, 4:15 am
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Most expensive alcohol you can get in the air?

You could buy a bottle of 1985 Romanee Conti from a specialist duty free shop (think Dubai) and drink it yourself. They retail for about $30,000 a bottle, if you can find them.
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Old Jul 21, 2014, 5:29 am
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In terms of service? Based on Singapore prices the most expensive bottle I've been served in the air is 2000 DP Rose but that was on an SQ Valentines day flight a few years ago. They sometimes load 2000 DP. If not that, Krug GC is on every SQ flight with F or Suites.
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Old Jul 21, 2014, 9:36 am
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Most expensive alcohol you can get in the air?

Korean air serves free Johnny walker blue on the a380 first class on board lounge. It is 170$ a 750 ml bottle
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Old Jul 21, 2014, 11:32 am
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Originally Posted by SIA747Megatop
In terms of service? Based on Singapore prices the most expensive bottle I've been served in the air is 2000 DP Rose but that was on an SQ Valentines day flight a few years ago. They sometimes load 2000 DP. If not that, Krug GC is on every SQ flight with F or Suites.
Champagne on Singapore Airlines first class (and perhaps on a few other top airlines) would also be my guess for most expensive alcohol served in the air.
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Old Jul 21, 2014, 11:45 am
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Champagne Salon on JAL has to be up there.
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Old Jul 21, 2014, 12:23 pm
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LH served Johnnie blue in F on the 744 a few years back, plus some even better Scotches in the FCT in FRA.

I imagine BA has a nice F Scotch list, although no elixir in this world could make me pay their asinine surcharges to actually fly them.
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Old Jul 21, 2014, 12:26 pm
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How about special cognacs?
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Old Jul 21, 2014, 1:59 pm
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Originally Posted by Gunner14
Champagne Salon on JAL has to be up there.
That's the most expensive that I've seen. $300USD+ at retail, plus last year the 2002 was available for nearly 6 months before it was even released to anyone else.
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Old Jul 22, 2014, 6:05 am
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Wondering if anyone flying in first class (with points) was ever able to walk away with a bottle ?
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Old Jul 22, 2014, 7:11 am
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I was given a bottle of Krug to take home with me on a return leg in BA F back in 2004 or 2005.
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Old Jul 22, 2014, 7:53 am
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I was drinking Dom...

Originally Posted by smith80678
Korean air serves free Johnny walker blue on the a380 first class on board lounge. It is 170$ a 750 ml bottle
...on a Korean airline flight in J.
Funnily enuf, the FA realized her mistake when I was into the second bottle, and had to apologize that she mistakenly served it.
I didn't mind.
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Old Jul 22, 2014, 7:57 am
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BA F and CCR lounges have JW Blue as well.
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Old Jul 22, 2014, 8:02 am
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I feel like this thread deserves to have a sister threaded
called "which airline serves the most expensive caviar?"
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Old Jul 22, 2014, 8:35 am
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Originally Posted by HomerJ
...on a Korean airline flight in J.
Funnily enuf, the FA realized her mistake when I was into the second bottle, and had to apologize that she mistakenly served it.
I didn't mind.
I wonder how many miles you'd get in compensation if you complained that you were forced to drink Dom whilst in J.
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