Originally Posted by ajamieson

RAK-LHR BA669 Poor, disorganised crew. No menus. I had “the salad” which turned out to be the Band 1/2/3 chicken salad pictured upthread which was very nice. Mystery starter (cucumber, wasabi mayonnaise-y thing) was also nice. Mystery dessert (a pound-shop tiramisu) less so.

There was a pre-meal bar run but no drink with the meal. I pressed the call bell twice and it was ignored on both occasions.

Clear-in was almost an hour later, at which point I was offered a drink. “Would you like a fresh glass?” “Erm, no thanks, this clean, untouched glass will do fine.”

Snack box of sorts was offered - no crisps or biscuits, just Lindor chocolates.

Flustered IFM kept saying how “manic” the outbound had been and “they drank the bar dry”. No Tanqueray. Though she also said there was no white wine left but then kept finding more bottles, told the chap in 1D there was no lager left but there was a whole tray of it in the trolley. (I don’t think it was handbag-bound, she was just dippy).

In-seat power broken. But an on-time arrival, despite the usual push-back pantomime of miscounted bags/pax.

Very nice mystery meal


Finished meal with empty glass (plus pre-meal empties)


50 minutes later…