Recreating AA first class for the last time
Nov 1, 2024 | 5:49 pm
#33
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Rolling Lakes Yacht Club
Posts: 5,211
Personally, I'd wait until I returned home and go to a local spot to enjoy the whatever food and Champagne rather than try to recreate some nostalgia you're holding onto.
The caviar place in T3 is a good alternative to lounge food, IME.
The caviar place in T3 is a good alternative to lounge food, IME.
Nov 1, 2024 | 6:08 pm
#34
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: JFK/LGA
Programs: AA LT EXP/5 MM, BA Blue Bayou, HH LT Diamond
Posts: 6,445
Take the BA flight 
. If nothing else you will have access to the CCR predeparture.
As an aside my most memorable flight related caviar recollection was from 2006 or so. Coming back from LHR around the time the liquid ban on board was introduced. Initially it was a US only thing and poorly governed. There was a second level of inspection as you boarded flights to the US. A woman had a tub of caviar that was disallowed for boarding. She force fed it to herself at the departure gate.
. If nothing else you will have access to the CCR predeparture.As an aside my most memorable flight related caviar recollection was from 2006 or so. Coming back from LHR around the time the liquid ban on board was introduced. Initially it was a US only thing and poorly governed. There was a second level of inspection as you boarded flights to the US. A woman had a tub of caviar that was disallowed for boarding. She force fed it to herself at the departure gate.
Last edited by pauleeepaul; Nov 1, 2024 at 6:14 pm
Nov 1, 2024 | 6:29 pm
#35
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Washington DC
Posts: 1,541
Don't bring the champagne.....as other posters mentioned, not allowed....Just have what AA is serving that day....
You can bring the tin(s) of caviar, just don't forget to ask for the caviar key (and if you never used it before, learn before hand; its a turning a door knob action, not the typical pry open method...), and just do self serve. Usually if you purchase caviar, they'll get you side condiments (blinis, sour cream, shives, eggs, onions..etc) and keep it in a bag with a ice-cooler device to keep the caviar cold.....
I wouldn't ask the FA to get involved, just bring your little picnic basket of goodies and do it yourself......
You can bring the tin(s) of caviar, just don't forget to ask for the caviar key (and if you never used it before, learn before hand; its a turning a door knob action, not the typical pry open method...), and just do self serve. Usually if you purchase caviar, they'll get you side condiments (blinis, sour cream, shives, eggs, onions..etc) and keep it in a bag with a ice-cooler device to keep the caviar cold.....
I wouldn't ask the FA to get involved, just bring your little picnic basket of goodies and do it yourself......
Nov 1, 2024 | 8:57 pm
#36
Join Date: Jul 2004
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No proper caviar (sturgeon roe) is going to be sold in a glass jar in the UK, as far as I'm aware. Glass jars are associated with shelf-stable "grocery store roe" (whitefish, lumpfish, etc.), so for that reason alone they aren't desirable for true caviar.
Nov 1, 2024 | 9:08 pm
#38
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: lax
Posts: 4,055
The only problem is, it's now against the rules, as much as we would like to help you
Nov 1, 2024 | 10:18 pm
#39
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Houston , TX
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I would just enjoy the caviar and champagne on the ground and go into the flight with low expectations. I flew FCO-JFK F 2 weeks ago and the mystery champagne youve never heard of was fine. The purser was amazing. Very personable . Im sure they will want to hear about your experiences over the years and enjoy it. They insisted on the turndown service ; the bedding is nice. Enjoy the 3 windows on the climb out of Heathrow and into DFW. It is what it is.
Nov 2, 2024 | 5:59 am
#40
Join Date: Oct 2022
Location: GSP
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What type of champagne have they been offering in F lately? I know what they had mid-2023 on transatlantic F was nothing special, I believe a $35/btl retail champagne.
Nov 2, 2024 | 7:03 am
#41
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There was short time during the recent "no wine list crisis" when the F choice was cheap, but it has recovered AFAIK.
Nov 2, 2024 | 7:20 am
#42
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Join Date: Nov 2021
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I guess that if I buy caviar and champagne, the worst case scenario is I have to serve myself the caviar and take a nice bottle of bubbly home for the wife. Not the end of the world 🤓
I can certainly tell you the hard product has improved no end over the years.
I can certainly tell you the hard product has improved no end over the years.
Nov 2, 2024 | 7:32 am
#43
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Nov 4, 2024 | 12:43 am
#44
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