Originally Posted by justin_krusty
while the BA outstations are rather poor, the LHR offerings are IMO better than QF domestic. there is always a selection of cheese, meat, salad and soup. in T4 there is hot food all day. and if those things have run out (which seems to be quite regular in the QP at times) then you can fallback on the chips and biscuits. when the QP is empty then you dont have much... PER domestic didnt even have bread to toast the other day.
i am talking about the international BA lounges tho, which are for long haul as well as short haul (prob most similar to aust domestic ops tho), but it goes to show that a small effort would make a big difference:
- keep platters topped up
- small improvement to range
- nibblies like crisps/biscuits in addition.
I'm not sure if that is completely true. My considerable experiences with the major Qantas domestic QP's are generally as follows:
- Continental Breakfast available until 10-11am.
- Cheese, meat, salad available from around 10am.
- Hot Soup available from Midday until 5-6pm
- Hot foods such as "Party Pies", mini pizza's from around 4:30pm until 7pm
- Biscuits, Cakes and fresh fruit are available all day
- Juice, water and expresso coffee available throughout day
- I have rarely (if ever) seen 'crisps' in QP's.
True, I am not in PER that much, but if something like bread to toast runs out it is generally quite a simple thing to find a staff member and ask for more.
And, yes, the LHR BA do cater for international travellers whereas the domestic QP's do not (aside from one or two ex ADL flights).
Interestingly, I find the BNE/SYD/MEL International J lounges to be inferior in their catering than their Domestic cousins.