Originally Posted by
UA_Flyer
I was not shown the bottle so I have no idea what wine it was. It was a transpac flight IAD-PEK on 787-10, but IFE did not work on this 13-hour flight!!!
Was the wine drinkable? Yes barely. I left half of a glass untouched!
Usually for a non working IFE on such a long flight the passengers get a ETC. Did United reach to you about it? In the other direction no IFE is less painful (at least for passengers with Lounge access) as I can grab many newspapers in the Air China Lounge.
About the red wine. That's the reason I try to choose a dish that goes with Champagne so I can continue with it. Especially when it was vintage like I had in some of my flights this year. Last year there was red wine from Argentina that always disappeared too fast as I could see many other passengers requesting it.
On our last flight from PVG in July, the FA on my wife's side always served her glass showing the bottle. On my side, it was my glass being taken to the galley for the refills.....