Originally Posted by
true1976
I asked if he could open another bottle (and did it with a smile).
He was quite rude and said: "Do you really want me to open another champagne bottle just for you?"
I was so taken aback that I had nothing to say. He did come a few minutes later with a glass and said he had to get from the other business section.
Not sure if this is a cutback, but on a 10 hour flight and seeing the cost of the seat, I was expecting a quick glass of champagne with a smile.
Certainly not normal standard! At least you got what you asked for.
if flight is full and many customers in J demanding with special wishes then crew can get a bit to their limits. But usually they stay calm and polite and try to serve the passengers well (this is often in carriers like LX, LH or UA not the case).
In my observation they put the champagne bottle usually into a ice bucket, but the white wines not always
handling of wine on TG is not always at the optimum as despite instruction and training wine is not really a part of Thai culture and many crew members have little sense for the right temperature of wine