AC Food & Beverage - Business Class - International (Jul 2021 - ???)
Mar 27, 2022, 6:28 pm
#227
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: YYC
Programs: AC SE
Posts: 2,342
YYC-FRA March 2022
A few recent pics from YYC-FRA. The crab appetizer was quite nice, and the flavours on the short rib were great, although the presentation wasn’t the best. Cranberry orange tart for dessert was quite nice too. Overall quite good. Only main complaint was the packaged croissant with breakfast was inedible.
Getting closer to pre-COVID levels, with just a few minor differences:
Getting closer to pre-COVID levels, with just a few minor differences:
- Still no pre-departure beverage
- no warmed nuts
- no hot towels
- Meals aren’t plated in galley
- breakfast bread/pastries aren’t warmed
24left, am I doing this right?
Mar 28, 2022, 1:24 pm
#228
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Ideally YOW, but probably not
Programs: AC SE*MM
Posts: 1,826
But all in all for my first international travel in 2 years it was pretty close to what I always remembered. The other major difference is that the concierge in SYD was practically overjoyed to have SEs back flying there once again :-)
✈️ And you're in my seat. 
Mar 28, 2022, 11:49 pm
#230
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: New York
Posts: 7,347
A few recent pics from YYC-FRA. The crab appetizer was quite nice, and the flavours on the short rib were great, although the presentation wasn’t the best. Cranberry orange tart for dessert was quite nice too. Overall quite good. Only main complaint was the packaged croissant with breakfast was inedible.
Getting closer to pre-COVID levels, with just a few minor differences:
Getting closer to pre-COVID levels, with just a few minor differences:
- Still no pre-departure beverage
- no warmed nuts
- no hot towels
- Meals aren’t plated in galley
- breakfast bread/pastries aren’t warmed
Carfield
Mar 29, 2022, 10:13 am
#231
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: YYC
Programs: AC SE
Posts: 2,342
FRA-YYC March 2022
Meal on FRA-YYC wasn’t great. Salmon portion was small, and for some reason the salmon had a green hue even though the sauce was white. 
Didn’t get a picture of the appetizer or dessert. The light meal before landing was a few slices of deli meat and a fruit cup. For a Westbound daytime flight of over 9 hours where people are likely to be awake for more of the flight, AC should really provide something more substantial for the second meal or a better selection of snacks. Snack basket was basic packaged items like almonds, KitKat, Lindt bars, Miss Vickies.
Didn’t get a picture of the appetizer or dessert. The light meal before landing was a few slices of deli meat and a fruit cup. For a Westbound daytime flight of over 9 hours where people are likely to be awake for more of the flight, AC should really provide something more substantial for the second meal or a better selection of snacks. Snack basket was basic packaged items like almonds, KitKat, Lindt bars, Miss Vickies.
Mar 29, 2022, 10:27 am
#232
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: YYC
Programs: AC SE
Posts: 2,342
I did SYD-YVR recently in J and it was pretty much as you said, the one other exception is that dessert isn't back to pre-COVID levels either; I think I had a little cube of cake of some sort. They also didn't have as much out for snacks in the mid galley when I woke up and had the munchies; there were some nuts and a few cans of pop and a bottle of water out for self serve and that was all.
Totally agree, and I definitely found it more of an issue on the Westbound FRA-YYC, as I was awake for more of the flight and the "light meal" was less substantial than the cold breakfast on the overnight flights. Not an issue on the shorter TATL flights, but totally agree for the longer flights that the second meal should be more substantial.
Mar 29, 2022, 5:53 pm
#233
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 614
+1 on the pre-arrival meal needing to be more substantial or provide some actual snacks other than chocolate and chips. On LH their snacks include a variety of sandwiches, canapés, fruit, cheese etc. Would love for AC to do the same rather than having to fill up on kitkats (I know that may be contentious here :d)
This is the light meal from yesterdays VIE-YYZ.
This is the light meal from yesterdays VIE-YYZ.
Mar 29, 2022, 6:11 pm
#234
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: YVR
Programs: AC SE 2MM; UA MP Premier Silver; Marriott Bonvoy LT Titanium Elite; Radisson; Avis PC
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Wait, hold up.... if we're talking about how it used to be pre-covid, there was always a pre-landing WB TATL (light) meal that was definitely more than chips and chocolate bars.
Mar 30, 2022, 9:02 am
#235
Join Date: Mar 2008
Programs: AC SE MM, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 904
A few recent pics from YYC-FRA. The crab appetizer was quite nice, and the flavours on the short rib were great, although the presentation wasn’t the best. Cranberry orange tart for dessert was quite nice too. Overall quite good. Only main complaint was the packaged croissant with breakfast was inedible.
Getting closer to pre-COVID levels, with just a few minor differences:[list][*]Still no pre-departure beverage[*]no warmed nuts[*]no hot towels[*]Meals aren’t plated in galley [*]breakfast bread/pastries aren’t warmed
Getting closer to pre-COVID levels, with just a few minor differences:[list][*]Still no pre-departure beverage[*]no warmed nuts[*]no hot towels[*]Meals aren’t plated in galley [*]breakfast bread/pastries aren’t warmed
Is Robin still in SYD?
Mar 30, 2022, 8:46 pm
#237
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: YVR
Programs: AC SE100K, Bonvoy Platinum Elite, IHG Gold, Hertz 5*
Posts: 2,132
Mar 31, 2022, 7:24 pm
#238
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: I'm From Here
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Posts: 4,567
Last time I spoke to them Robin, Carolyn and Kylie are still there. If you ever met Jonathan from BNE, he moved down to SYD. I can report better when I do my first SYD in 2 years on Saturday. Given my last MEL-YVR was Feb 28, 2020....this is a welcome return .
Apr 1, 2022, 4:12 am
#239
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: YYZ
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