Originally Posted by nycbb

Currently flying round trip JFK > LAX in Delta One on a $2300 ticket. The pre-flight beverage service I notice these days is either orange juice or champagne, neither of which I'm interested in. I used to enjoy getting a club soda or black coffee after boarding on any first class domestic flight, let alone Delta One (I guess this was pre-covid?).

Both flights of this trip I am not offered anything to drink until the meal service. When the FA came around to confirm my entree I asked him if I needed to wait until I eat to ask for something to drink because I wanted something and he said "don't worry they're coming right behind me" which turned out to be code for you can have a beverage 20 minutes from now when meal service starts.

Am I being a primadonna for wanting a beverage at some point prior to 2.5 hours after getting on the plane in Delta One? By the time the FA finally served me a diet soda I was feeling pretty cranky and not enjoying my expensive flight.