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MFCC
In this case, the crew may have actually have ‘run out’. From outstations, only limited supplies of champagne are available for use prior to takeoff because they have been duty paid. We will have more, but they cannot be access until we’re in the air. So when the crew member says they’ve ‘run out’ they mean they’ve run out of the duty paid champagne.
I'd be interested in how many bottles they are catering (apparently not enough!). In my example it was a 788 with a full Club cabin - I'm guessing only a couple of bottles? I wouldn't have minded being refused seconds, in my case I was refused firsts...