Thanks everyone for all the kind comments! If I have time and feel so inclined, I might write up the rest too, but it was far less eventful. The short version is that I was unimpressed with UA F, I slept through most of IAH-LGW, and LGW-AMS was the usual short hop.
Now, on to some issues raised:
Originally Posted by bseller
Very nice report! Thanks for sharing!! OTOH: the next time you have the opportunity for a double op-up, just remember a little trick that I learned from "mauld"....
You can have BOTH!! Last time I flew BA in F (Dec 04), they were offering both a coconut curry dish and roast rack of lamb. Both sounded great, altho the "side dishes" didn't really appeal, so I simply asked for the 2 entrees less the sides.....No problem at all..
I actually knew this was possible, but I'd been snacking on too many items in the lounge before the flight, and by the time I was sufficiently disappointed with my steak I didn't feel like getting the chicken anymore. If I'd known sooner I'd be flying F, I'd have adjusted my snack schedule accordingly.
Originally Posted by Seat 2A
However I do disagree with you about the Club Europe Breakfasts - I'm quite partial. However, the Club Europe Breakfast on GBAirways is better as they add ham as well as Bacon, and chives to the Scrambled Egg...
You had a nice menu in FIRST for your flight to PHL. It is interesting that you're Salmon was served with Caviar as well, as mine certainly did not when I flew to PHX last year!
You must be British.
This is something I had been meaning to mention in the report, but forgot. The Britons always seem to dig in with gusto, so BA is providing a substantial part of its target demographic with what they want. Offering a choice might be a way out, even if the croissants and rolls with jam are usually enough to quell rumblings of the stomach in the morning.
The caviar, as
Tits McGhee mentioned is very limited:
Originally Posted by Tits McGhee
Ya see the little black round things on the top of the great glob of Sour Cream to the immediate right of the salmon and slightly obscured by the token shrubbery??? That's Caviar, and exactly the same as WearyBizTrvlr would have enjoyed!
It was not really a great glob even, which is just as well as I don't particularly like that either. You could have counted the individual globules of caviar in a very short time. No token shrubbery as far as I can remember though. Wouldn't've eaten that either.
