Originally Posted by Jenbel

That assumes of course you are on an O&D and are not taking two shorthaul sectors back to back. I had a particularly nasty connection from Italy where the only options in the airport were snacks (the only restaurant was landside)... a short connection at LGW where we didn't have time to eat due to a late departure on the first flight and a late evening arrival into EDI meant we hadn't eaten anything beyond a couple of packets of crisps and the measly morsel given by BA on board.

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But it is a sad indictment that a supposedly 'full service' airline isn't actually that anymore, such that their passengers would prefer to pay than suffer the 'full' service.