Originally Posted by
GetSetJetSet
EWR-BRU. When I got on board they had the socks waiting at the seats and came around asking if we would like PJ's. I had to ask for an eyemask. I also asked re. kits and was told there were none.
Yes, I had to ask them for PJs - and they provided same. (Mentioned that if they weren't going to give me any, I still had my LH F ones in the bag, but would have to get them out...)
I think they gave us the kits though, but can't remember, as boarding was chaotic...
Crew sucked, never gave any refills for champagne and I had to get loud to get any service, which is not warranted at all in biz...
(I love the fact that Jet shows both the C and the Y seatmap as almost full, and then runs with a half-full plane!
They really know how to manipulate the competition - or so they think!
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Originally Posted by
GetSetJetSet
On BRU-EWR, it was obvious they weren't going to give us anything. No turndown service. They also wouldn't let passengers choose soup & salad with the meal service, only soup OR salad. '
I know - it used to be you could get both, but since the first sector's salad was full of some nuts in a wild concoction, I decided to pass on that and had the soup.
One the BRU-BOM I asked for, and managed to get both - even on a full flight.
Originally Posted by
GetSetJetSet
I love the hard product, and the EWR-BRU flight was very pleasant, but no kits in biz is really tacky, and the complete lack of any amenities on the BRU-EWR flight felt very cheap.
Hard product is good on the A332s, and we luckily had them for both sectors on the return, but the problem is that Jet treats it as *one* flight sector, despite us having to deplane and reboard - on *another* aircraft. How ridiculous.
Their shift to A333 product with one large cabin and small monitors is not going to even make me consider them at all in the future! Never flew Swiss in biz (only in F), so have not gotten used to that. Anyway, LHs new biz is decent and I can still manage to sleep on old LH biz with the seat-trick.
I might try Virgin now, as they have the herringbone config and have been newly refitted. Plus you get more luggage allowance. (Weight-wise. 23 kgs. is absolutely ridiculous in biz!)
Yes, lack of amenities would drive me crazy - I've gotten used to the dimwits not offering us PJs and kits on the day sectors, and now that they are changing to the "coffin seats" (as the Jet FAs themselves describe it - I had to explain this fact to the Swiss top board execs visiting us in BOM during their new biz and F introduction at their event they held some years ago (as well as that the Jet seat was better) - but they were too busy to listen, and were talking about how the Gulf carriers were killing their business...)
Overall, the *only* good thing with flying Jet nowadays is that the lounge is not overflowing, due to the JFK and MAA sectors eliminated. However, the one shower they have (with no hot water!) is a big let-down. So now they don't get to open the old BMI lounge opposite, after refurbishing it for themselves!
