Recently returned from Kefalonia in a full CE. Despite being in 1D & therefore being served first, I couldn't get a full second glass of champagne, Mrs in 1F and those behind had to settle for one. I asked why, & the very (too?) honest cc said that 9.5 bottles had been consumed on the outbound leaving 2 bottles for 28 or 32 pax on the return. I raised with CR the logics of serving 80% of the champagne on a 3 hr 20 min outbound flight with a full CE return, and was pleased to receive a very full reply about understandable disappointment, champagne being one of the key benefits of CE etc, incl reference to my being gold for almost 30 years. But it included this "The current policy on short-haul flights is to serve it if we have it". Poor policy in my view, CIHY is this really BA policy?
Incidentally, went out on the inaugural EFL flight, nice welcome from the airport, lovely cake & fruit juice. Theoretical seating has not once worked for me, presumably because I choose the exit row, but on this A320, 3 out of 4 exit rows had the middle seat empty, but not mine. The pax next to me didn't even realise they were in the exit row, & I'm pretty sure the others didn't have status as all had to have bags removed from the floor. Oh well.