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Please do not quote photos in this thread.
This covers the offering in/out of LHR and LGW for BA.
For BA CityFlyer flights (operated from LCY, STN, BRS, BHX, MAN, EDI, and DUB) please refer to this guide created by eJetter BA CityFlyer catering guide
Details of band and service timings can be found in posts 1 and 2 of this thread.
Sister thread - Club Europe catering | opinions and general discussion
Archived threads
Club Europe catering | menus, reviews and photos (Mar 2022 to Dec 2023)
Club Europe catering | menus, reviews and photos (Sep 2018 to Mar 2022)
Numbers relate to the post number. Vegetarian means the alternative option provided as standard rather than the special meals. The pre-ordered special meals are AVML (Asia-vegetarian), CHML (children's meal), DBML (diabetic meal), GFML (gluten-free), HNML (Hindu non-vegetarian meal), KSML (Kosher meal), LCML (low-calorie meal), LFML (low-fat meal), NLML (low-lactose meal), LSML (low salt meal), MOML (Muslim meal), VGML (vegan meal), and VLML (lacto-ovo vegetarian).
Last update: post 2196
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Chef's Chat sheets for:
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Express (MAN and JER only.)
Breakfast: 26, 55, 174, 503 (MOML), 549, 651, 664, 670, 687, 780, 1350, 1454, 1532, 1582, 1635, 1669, 1758, 1905, 1932 (GFML), 1995 (LGW),
Brunch: 538, 1087, 1121, 1737, 2039 (GFML),
Lunch: 50, 112, 252, 394, 498 (GFML), 1842, 1925 (GFML), 1967, 2028,
Afternoon tea: 21 (KSML), 114, 130, 466, 678, 1125, 1135 (MOML), 1486, 1586, 1675, 1943,
Dinner: 126, 127, 175, 223, 510, 525, 561, 675, 720, 751, 778, 866, 986, 1039, 1178, 1509, 1510 (KSML), 1582, 1759, 1795, 1968, 2076, 2078, 2096, 2182 (KSML),
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Band 1 (UK, France, Ireland, BeNeLux, Germany, Switzerland)
Breakfast: 5, 48,
37, 86, 87, 188, 190 (HNML), 263, 359, 396, 430, 439 (KMSL), 490 (KMSL), 655, 667, 680, 694 (AVML), 723 (VGML), 759 (KSML), 760, 774 (GFML), 790, 792, 848 (AVML), 880 (KSML), 931, 950, 955, 1066, 1072 (VGML), 1074, 1103, 1132, 1141 (KSML), 1151 (MOML), 1171, 1217, 1233 (MOML), 1242 (AVML), 1247, 1284 (AVML), 1286, 1333 (AVML), 1363 (GFML), 1366, 1382 (KSML), 1392, 1401 (AVML), 1405, 1422, 1426, 1473, 1521, 1557, 1560, 1574, 1616 (KSML), 1682, 1702, 1722, 1743, 1767, 1801 (AVML), 1824, 1893, 1902, 1917, 1920, 1988, 2066 (LGW), 2071, 2183, 2195,
Brunch: 9, 27, 70, 101, 178, 363, 461, 605 (LGW), 629, 763, 1206, 1213, 1568 (LGW), 1616 (MOML), 1619 (KSML), 1632, 1639, 1780 (KSML), 2159, 2177,
Lunch: 24, 30, 79, 170, 205, 254, 261 (AVML), 287 (LGW), 288, 303 (KSML), 308, 356 (VJML) 362 (LGW), 386, 391 (LFML), 445, 465, 556, 569 (LSML), 615 (LGW), 626 (VGML), 632, 636, 642, 671, 706, 768, 794, 837, 919, 935, 1019 (CHML), 1049 (KSML), 1097, 1346, 1495, 1549, 1575, 1583, 1616 (HNML), 1661, 1665, 1679, 1689, 1775 (KSML), 1779 (GFML), 1815, 1862, 1881, 1933, 1948, 1951, 1956, 1970, 1991, 1997, 2050, 2073, 2090,
Afternoon tea: 139, 184, 222 (MOML), 274 (VGML), 292, 362 (LGW), 390, 455 (KMSL), 546, 572 (CHML), 638, 654, 758, 777, 783, 800, 969, 977, 1006, 1059, 1073, 1189, 1224, 1339, 1340, 1420, 1593, 1628, 1676 (KSML), 1693 (KSML), 829, 1944, 1951, 1955, 1982, 1987, 2052, 2052, 2123,
Dinner: 33, 79 (KSML), 88 (KSML), 96, 150, 209, 237, 256, 281 (HNML), 335 (VGML), 371, 399, 450, 451 (MOML), 458 (KMSL), 511, 535, 544 (NLML), 556, 591, 609, 610, 621 (LGW), 625, 643, 650 (KSML), 669 (VGML), 738 (GFML), 740, 779, 781, 808, 839, 856, 857 (AVML), 868, 886, 889, 910, 929, 936, 953, 978, 979, 994 (HNML), 1001, 1013 (LGW), 1014, 1020 (KSML), 1030, 1031, 1040, 1063 (CHML), 1071, 1075, 1106, 1112 (VGML), 1141 (KSML), 1145, 1169, 1181, 1200, 1207, 1211, 1239, 1262 (KSML), 1276, 1309, 1311, 1328, 1342, 1348, 1351, 1361, 1362, 1389, 1461, 1562, 1570, 1596, 1603, 1604, 1621, 1622, 1624, 1655 (LGW), 1656, 1662, 1664, 1708, 1709, 1713, 1720, 1731, 1786, 1796, 1806 (LGW), 1809 (CHML), 1835, 1849, 1851, 1911 (HNML), 1915, 1935, 1938, 1952, 1954, 1960, 1965, 1982, 1994 (HNML), 2060, 2064, 2052, 2102, 2136, 2155, 2161, 2162 (GFML), 2179, 2184,
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Band 2 (e.g. Barcelona, Nice, Venice, Prague, Copenhagen)
Breakfast: 227 (NLML), 523, 649, 1048, 1147, 1188 (NLML), 1201, 1543, 1563 (KSML), 1721, 1803, 1804 (AVML), 1993, 1999 (LGW),
Brunch: 338, 1007 (LGW),
Lunch: 19, 56, 111, 364, 607, 624, 649, 750, 804 (LGW), 881 (LGW), 883, 973, 1010, 1086, 1088, 1089, 1205 (KSML), 1431, 1513, 1599, 1719 (LGW), 1761, 1762, 1826, 1877, 2025, 2093,
Afternoon tea: 97, 341, 452, 540, 584, 731, 948, 1035, 1085, 1229 (KSML & HNML), 1260, 1265, 1322, 1402 (KSML), 1459 (LGW), 1526, 1528, 1614, 1697, 1728, 1781, 1921, 1921 (LGW), 2016, 2148, 2151,
Dinner: 18 (NLML), 63, 132, 192 (AVML), 259, 306, 307, 331 (LGW), 372, 463, 472, 492 (VGML), 548, 492 (VJML), 562, 564, 583 (LGW), 593, 602 (LGW), 647 (GFML), 841 (LGW), 913, 989, 1021, 1058, 1113, 1195 (CHML) (LGW), 1218, 1234 (MOML), 1268, 1290 (LGW), 1313, 1394, 1403, 1530, 1542, 1580, 1620, 1627, 1712, 1734 (LGW), 1768, 1805, 1807, 1846 (NLML), 1878, 1908, 1992 (LGW), 1993, 1999 (LGW), 2029, 2143, 2148,
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Band 3 (e.g. Madrid, Rome, Warsaw, Stockholm)
Breakfast: 340, 526, 553, 558, 704, 791, 1092, 1320, 1326 (GFML), 1607, 1724, 1866, 2036, 2117, 2176,
Rest of the day: 10, 60, 115, 122, 135, 231, 249, 276, 283 (LGW) (HNML), 328, 365, 379, 410, 411, 465 (LGW), 486, 541, 545 (LGW), 554, 566 (KSML), 571, 613, 622, 644, 674, 693, 737, 771, 795, 825, 851, 890, 952, 975, 995 (HNML), 999, 1000, 1007, 1080, 1094, 1110, 1130, 1144, 1167, 1214, 1226 (LGW), 1267, 1288, 1302, 1391 (LGW) (KSML), 1406, 1427, 1465 (LGW), 1511, 1548, 1595, 1607, 1607 (LGW), 1613, 1615, 1617, 1626, 1631 (LGW), 1633, 1640, 1735 (LGW), 1814, 1867, 1868, 1886 (LGW), 1896, 1968, 2004, 2010, 2026, 2134, 2178,
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Band 4 (e.g. Malta, Sofia, Istanbul)
Breakfast: 95 (NLML), 104, 124 (LGW), 125, 218 (NLML) (LGW), 250 (HNML) (LGW), 273, 470 (LGW), 473 (LGW), 488, 490 (KMSL), 498 (KMSL), 513, 517, 530, 860, 1128, 1137 (LGW), 1216, 1314, 1372, 1537, 1545, 1623, 1844, 1873, 1880, 1923 (HNML), 1939, 2040 (LGW), 2088, 2104,
Rest of the day: 8 (HNML), 16 (LGW), 23, 44 (LGW), 102, 103, 107, 116, 118, 124 (LGW), 141, 149, 160, 161, 167, 168 (HNML & GFML), 173, 174, 175, 177, 177 (LGW), 189 (LGW), 200, 207 (LGW), 208 (LGW), 239 (LGW), 240 (LGW), 246, 280 (DBML), 294 (LGW), 319 (LGW), 327 (LGW), 337, 344, 356 (GFML), 366 (LGW), 373, 391 (DBML), 395 (LGW), 415, 436 (KMSL), 437 (KMSL), 459, 476, 481 (KMSL), 485, 502, 505 (LSML), 506, 514 (LGW), 520, 522 (DBML), 543, 544 (LFML), 555, 560, 576, 581 (LGW), 587, 590 (LGW), 592, 597 (NLML), 630, 639 (LGW), 659, 679, 686, 743, 764, 780, 782, 785, 787, 797 (LGW), 799, 803, 811, 850, 852, 853 (LGW), 858, 859 (NLML), 863, 865, 867, 875, 884, 907, 914 (NLML), 928 (LGW) (KSML), 938, 945, 954 (KSML), 964, 968, 976, 1005, 1009, 1037 (LGW), 1053, 1071, 1108 (HNML), 1115 (KSML), 1119 (LGW), 1120 (LGW), 1122, 1126, 1127 (AVML), 1143 (LGW), 1152, 1220, 1223, 1231, 1232, 1250, 1251, 1253, 1256 (LGW), 1253 (LFML), 1277, 1314, 1393, 1430, 1447, 1474 (KSML), 1534, 1551, 1552 (HNML), 1559, 1561, 1566, 1581, 1589, 1601, 1602, 1629, 1636, 1637 (LGW), 1654, 1658, 1660 (LGW), 1672 (LGW), 1683, 1696, 1698, 1700 (LGW), 1704, 1706, 1716 (LGW), 1725, 1726, 1727 (LGW), 1730, 1740, 1760, 1793, 1793, 1798, 1802, 1808 (GFML), 1833 (LGW), 1845, 1847, 1850 (LGW), 1885 (LGW), 1911 (GFML), 1914, 1928, 1934, 1936, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1959, 1961, 1989, 2005 (LGW), 2030, 2035, 2047, 2067, 2070 (LGW), 2074, 2077, 2084, 2098, 2104, 2107 (LGW), 2116 (LGW), 2124, 2132 (LGW), 2138 (LGW), 2144 (LGW),
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Band 5 (e.g., Cairo, Amman)
Breakfast:
Rest of the day: 137, 527 (LGW), 876, 877, 1872,
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This covers the offering in/out of LHR and LGW for BA.
For BA CityFlyer flights (operated from LCY, STN, BRS, BHX, MAN, EDI, and DUB) please refer to this guide created by eJetter BA CityFlyer catering guide
Details of band and service timings can be found in posts 1 and 2 of this thread.
Sister thread - Club Europe catering | opinions and general discussion
Archived threads
Club Europe catering | menus, reviews and photos (Mar 2022 to Dec 2023)
Club Europe catering | menus, reviews and photos (Sep 2018 to Mar 2022)
Numbers relate to the post number. Vegetarian means the alternative option provided as standard rather than the special meals. The pre-ordered special meals are AVML (Asia-vegetarian), CHML (children's meal), DBML (diabetic meal), GFML (gluten-free), HNML (Hindu non-vegetarian meal), KSML (Kosher meal), LCML (low-calorie meal), LFML (low-fat meal), NLML (low-lactose meal), LSML (low salt meal), MOML (Muslim meal), VGML (vegan meal), and VLML (lacto-ovo vegetarian).
Last update: post 2196
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Chef's Chat sheets for:
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Express (MAN and JER only.)
Breakfast: 26, 55, 174, 503 (MOML), 549, 651, 664, 670, 687, 780, 1350, 1454, 1532, 1582, 1635, 1669, 1758, 1905, 1932 (GFML), 1995 (LGW),
Brunch: 538, 1087, 1121, 1737, 2039 (GFML),
Lunch: 50, 112, 252, 394, 498 (GFML), 1842, 1925 (GFML), 1967, 2028,
Afternoon tea: 21 (KSML), 114, 130, 466, 678, 1125, 1135 (MOML), 1486, 1586, 1675, 1943,
Dinner: 126, 127, 175, 223, 510, 525, 561, 675, 720, 751, 778, 866, 986, 1039, 1178, 1509, 1510 (KSML), 1582, 1759, 1795, 1968, 2076, 2078, 2096, 2182 (KSML),
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Band 1 (UK, France, Ireland, BeNeLux, Germany, Switzerland)
Breakfast: 5, 48,
37, 86, 87, 188, 190 (HNML), 263, 359, 396, 430, 439 (KMSL), 490 (KMSL), 655, 667, 680, 694 (AVML), 723 (VGML), 759 (KSML), 760, 774 (GFML), 790, 792, 848 (AVML), 880 (KSML), 931, 950, 955, 1066, 1072 (VGML), 1074, 1103, 1132, 1141 (KSML), 1151 (MOML), 1171, 1217, 1233 (MOML), 1242 (AVML), 1247, 1284 (AVML), 1286, 1333 (AVML), 1363 (GFML), 1366, 1382 (KSML), 1392, 1401 (AVML), 1405, 1422, 1426, 1473, 1521, 1557, 1560, 1574, 1616 (KSML), 1682, 1702, 1722, 1743, 1767, 1801 (AVML), 1824, 1893, 1902, 1917, 1920, 1988, 2066 (LGW), 2071, 2183, 2195,
Brunch: 9, 27, 70, 101, 178, 363, 461, 605 (LGW), 629, 763, 1206, 1213, 1568 (LGW), 1616 (MOML), 1619 (KSML), 1632, 1639, 1780 (KSML), 2159, 2177,
Lunch: 24, 30, 79, 170, 205, 254, 261 (AVML), 287 (LGW), 288, 303 (KSML), 308, 356 (VJML) 362 (LGW), 386, 391 (LFML), 445, 465, 556, 569 (LSML), 615 (LGW), 626 (VGML), 632, 636, 642, 671, 706, 768, 794, 837, 919, 935, 1019 (CHML), 1049 (KSML), 1097, 1346, 1495, 1549, 1575, 1583, 1616 (HNML), 1661, 1665, 1679, 1689, 1775 (KSML), 1779 (GFML), 1815, 1862, 1881, 1933, 1948, 1951, 1956, 1970, 1991, 1997, 2050, 2073, 2090,
Afternoon tea: 139, 184, 222 (MOML), 274 (VGML), 292, 362 (LGW), 390, 455 (KMSL), 546, 572 (CHML), 638, 654, 758, 777, 783, 800, 969, 977, 1006, 1059, 1073, 1189, 1224, 1339, 1340, 1420, 1593, 1628, 1676 (KSML), 1693 (KSML), 829, 1944, 1951, 1955, 1982, 1987, 2052, 2052, 2123,
Dinner: 33, 79 (KSML), 88 (KSML), 96, 150, 209, 237, 256, 281 (HNML), 335 (VGML), 371, 399, 450, 451 (MOML), 458 (KMSL), 511, 535, 544 (NLML), 556, 591, 609, 610, 621 (LGW), 625, 643, 650 (KSML), 669 (VGML), 738 (GFML), 740, 779, 781, 808, 839, 856, 857 (AVML), 868, 886, 889, 910, 929, 936, 953, 978, 979, 994 (HNML), 1001, 1013 (LGW), 1014, 1020 (KSML), 1030, 1031, 1040, 1063 (CHML), 1071, 1075, 1106, 1112 (VGML), 1141 (KSML), 1145, 1169, 1181, 1200, 1207, 1211, 1239, 1262 (KSML), 1276, 1309, 1311, 1328, 1342, 1348, 1351, 1361, 1362, 1389, 1461, 1562, 1570, 1596, 1603, 1604, 1621, 1622, 1624, 1655 (LGW), 1656, 1662, 1664, 1708, 1709, 1713, 1720, 1731, 1786, 1796, 1806 (LGW), 1809 (CHML), 1835, 1849, 1851, 1911 (HNML), 1915, 1935, 1938, 1952, 1954, 1960, 1965, 1982, 1994 (HNML), 2060, 2064, 2052, 2102, 2136, 2155, 2161, 2162 (GFML), 2179, 2184,
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Band 2 (e.g. Barcelona, Nice, Venice, Prague, Copenhagen)
Breakfast: 227 (NLML), 523, 649, 1048, 1147, 1188 (NLML), 1201, 1543, 1563 (KSML), 1721, 1803, 1804 (AVML), 1993, 1999 (LGW),
Brunch: 338, 1007 (LGW),
Lunch: 19, 56, 111, 364, 607, 624, 649, 750, 804 (LGW), 881 (LGW), 883, 973, 1010, 1086, 1088, 1089, 1205 (KSML), 1431, 1513, 1599, 1719 (LGW), 1761, 1762, 1826, 1877, 2025, 2093,
Afternoon tea: 97, 341, 452, 540, 584, 731, 948, 1035, 1085, 1229 (KSML & HNML), 1260, 1265, 1322, 1402 (KSML), 1459 (LGW), 1526, 1528, 1614, 1697, 1728, 1781, 1921, 1921 (LGW), 2016, 2148, 2151,
Dinner: 18 (NLML), 63, 132, 192 (AVML), 259, 306, 307, 331 (LGW), 372, 463, 472, 492 (VGML), 548, 492 (VJML), 562, 564, 583 (LGW), 593, 602 (LGW), 647 (GFML), 841 (LGW), 913, 989, 1021, 1058, 1113, 1195 (CHML) (LGW), 1218, 1234 (MOML), 1268, 1290 (LGW), 1313, 1394, 1403, 1530, 1542, 1580, 1620, 1627, 1712, 1734 (LGW), 1768, 1805, 1807, 1846 (NLML), 1878, 1908, 1992 (LGW), 1993, 1999 (LGW), 2029, 2143, 2148,
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Band 3 (e.g. Madrid, Rome, Warsaw, Stockholm)
Breakfast: 340, 526, 553, 558, 704, 791, 1092, 1320, 1326 (GFML), 1607, 1724, 1866, 2036, 2117, 2176,
Rest of the day: 10, 60, 115, 122, 135, 231, 249, 276, 283 (LGW) (HNML), 328, 365, 379, 410, 411, 465 (LGW), 486, 541, 545 (LGW), 554, 566 (KSML), 571, 613, 622, 644, 674, 693, 737, 771, 795, 825, 851, 890, 952, 975, 995 (HNML), 999, 1000, 1007, 1080, 1094, 1110, 1130, 1144, 1167, 1214, 1226 (LGW), 1267, 1288, 1302, 1391 (LGW) (KSML), 1406, 1427, 1465 (LGW), 1511, 1548, 1595, 1607, 1607 (LGW), 1613, 1615, 1617, 1626, 1631 (LGW), 1633, 1640, 1735 (LGW), 1814, 1867, 1868, 1886 (LGW), 1896, 1968, 2004, 2010, 2026, 2134, 2178,
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Band 4 (e.g. Malta, Sofia, Istanbul)
Breakfast: 95 (NLML), 104, 124 (LGW), 125, 218 (NLML) (LGW), 250 (HNML) (LGW), 273, 470 (LGW), 473 (LGW), 488, 490 (KMSL), 498 (KMSL), 513, 517, 530, 860, 1128, 1137 (LGW), 1216, 1314, 1372, 1537, 1545, 1623, 1844, 1873, 1880, 1923 (HNML), 1939, 2040 (LGW), 2088, 2104,
Rest of the day: 8 (HNML), 16 (LGW), 23, 44 (LGW), 102, 103, 107, 116, 118, 124 (LGW), 141, 149, 160, 161, 167, 168 (HNML & GFML), 173, 174, 175, 177, 177 (LGW), 189 (LGW), 200, 207 (LGW), 208 (LGW), 239 (LGW), 240 (LGW), 246, 280 (DBML), 294 (LGW), 319 (LGW), 327 (LGW), 337, 344, 356 (GFML), 366 (LGW), 373, 391 (DBML), 395 (LGW), 415, 436 (KMSL), 437 (KMSL), 459, 476, 481 (KMSL), 485, 502, 505 (LSML), 506, 514 (LGW), 520, 522 (DBML), 543, 544 (LFML), 555, 560, 576, 581 (LGW), 587, 590 (LGW), 592, 597 (NLML), 630, 639 (LGW), 659, 679, 686, 743, 764, 780, 782, 785, 787, 797 (LGW), 799, 803, 811, 850, 852, 853 (LGW), 858, 859 (NLML), 863, 865, 867, 875, 884, 907, 914 (NLML), 928 (LGW) (KSML), 938, 945, 954 (KSML), 964, 968, 976, 1005, 1009, 1037 (LGW), 1053, 1071, 1108 (HNML), 1115 (KSML), 1119 (LGW), 1120 (LGW), 1122, 1126, 1127 (AVML), 1143 (LGW), 1152, 1220, 1223, 1231, 1232, 1250, 1251, 1253, 1256 (LGW), 1253 (LFML), 1277, 1314, 1393, 1430, 1447, 1474 (KSML), 1534, 1551, 1552 (HNML), 1559, 1561, 1566, 1581, 1589, 1601, 1602, 1629, 1636, 1637 (LGW), 1654, 1658, 1660 (LGW), 1672 (LGW), 1683, 1696, 1698, 1700 (LGW), 1704, 1706, 1716 (LGW), 1725, 1726, 1727 (LGW), 1730, 1740, 1760, 1793, 1793, 1798, 1802, 1808 (GFML), 1833 (LGW), 1845, 1847, 1850 (LGW), 1885 (LGW), 1911 (GFML), 1914, 1928, 1934, 1936, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1959, 1961, 1989, 2005 (LGW), 2030, 2035, 2047, 2067, 2070 (LGW), 2074, 2077, 2084, 2098, 2104, 2107 (LGW), 2116 (LGW), 2124, 2132 (LGW), 2138 (LGW), 2144 (LGW),
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Band 5 (e.g., Cairo, Amman)
Breakfast:
Rest of the day: 137, 527 (LGW), 876, 877, 1872,
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Club Europe catering | menus, reviews and photos 2024
Nov 18, 2024 | 2:45 pm
#1951
Moderator: The British Airways Club, Marriott Bonvoy
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BA754 LHR-BSL, chicken salad lunch :
BA755 BSL-LHR, ‘non-vegetarian afternoon tea’ :
BA755 BSL-LHR, ‘non-vegetarian afternoon tea’ :
Nov 18, 2024 | 5:17 pm
#1952
Join Date: Jan 2018
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Band 1 dinner - described as “chicken salad”, but with lots of (what tasted like) bacon, which I feel should be mentioned. Of course no menus on non-UK band 1’s.
Nov 18, 2024 | 7:26 pm
#1953
Join Date: May 2009
Location: London
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…Unfortunately the crew lost it a little on the return SOF-LHR. It was a big CE cabin back to the exit rows. The meal service started at rows 1 and 5 simultaneously, the trolley being stationed at row 5 and doing that row rearwards, with rows 1 - 4 being hand run from the galley. 4F behind me got his special meal, the much-lauded chicken dinners were heading out of the galley at pace, and in 3F I was starting to think they would run out. Sadly there seemed to be a mix up and whilst 3AC got their trays, the food service from the galley then stopped. The trolley was dragged back into the galley from the rear, meaning that rows 5 - 13 had been served in the same timescale that the front 2.5 rows had, but 3DF and the rest of row 4 (save 4F) hadn’t received any food. At this point I went into annoyed meerkat mode and got the attention of the crew who finally clocked they had missed a front section of the cabin.
On these big CE cabins I will not be choosing rows 3 and 4 again for this reason.
On these big CE cabins I will not be choosing rows 3 and 4 again for this reason.
Nov 19, 2024 | 6:34 am
#1954
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 166
BA 1308 LHR to ABZ. The alternative goats cheese and avocado was pronounced to be “yucky and mushy” by my 3 year old!
Cabin crew were very friendly and proactive though and kept the champagne coming!
Nov 19, 2024 | 6:42 am
#1955
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 166
BA 1309 ABZ to LHR.
I really enjoyed this apart from the coffee cake, had a second scone too. A top up on the champagne was offered and the tea tasted really good. It was a busy Club cabin (back to row 8) and the crew were friendly and efficient but not as proactive as the outbound.
One of the young crew members addressed customers as “you guys” which would not have been acceptable in my day as crew.
I am definately seeing that newer crew are helpful and friendly but a lot of the polish and finesse seems to have been lost.
Nov 19, 2024 | 8:38 am
#1956
Join Date: Aug 2024
Location: London’ish, UK + regularly Denmark & San Francisco.
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Just had that very meal on BA806 LHR-BLL. The salad was delicious, chocolate mousse is a favourite of mine, but the roll was so crunchy on top I’ll be picking crumbs out of my dress for the rest of the day. The bottom was soft, so something in between would have been nice. Still, a really tasty meal in my opinion.
Nov 19, 2024 | 9:46 am
#1957
Join Date: Mar 2020
Posts: 38
I do appreciate the flight time can be tight for getting everything done, but the cabin was completely cleared in a good ten minutes before the ‘ten minutes to landing’ call - so probably less need for panic and more time for top-ups than the IFL was giving herself and team credit for!
Nov 19, 2024 | 10:06 am
#1958
Join Date: Mar 2022
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 1,143
Completely agree - the crew really does make or break it. Recently on a EDI-LHR flight with a fairly large CE cabin, but by far not the largest I’ve seen, the IFL was panicking about the time available before the service even started. As soon as they returned to the galley after the initial service runs, comments including “we don’t have time for top-ups” and “I’m not going to look at them as I go through or they’ll ask for things” were heard.
I do appreciate the flight time can be tight for getting everything done, but the cabin was completely cleared in a good ten minutes before the ‘ten minutes to landing’ call - so probably less need for panic and more time for top-ups than the IFL was giving herself and team credit for!
I do appreciate the flight time can be tight for getting everything done, but the cabin was completely cleared in a good ten minutes before the ‘ten minutes to landing’ call - so probably less need for panic and more time for top-ups than the IFL was giving herself and team credit for!
Contrast with a MAN flight one evening a couple of years ago with a full 12-row complement of CE where the crew ran two double trollies (whatever it's called when they link them together), served everyone in a handful of minutes and I think we had 3 top-ups (or piccolo bottles as they were then). And charming and friendly. I think they had 4 crew which is unusual for CE, but I might never have noticed or that might have been someone else helping out. Was definitely an A21N if that makes a difference in crew load. But it can be done.
Nov 19, 2024 | 10:35 am
#1959
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BA 676 LHR - IST today
BA676. LHR-IST Today (19/11)
Very good balance of flavour and tasty for a veggie curry. Unfortunately the Wild Shore bottle top refused to budge so had to be part exchanged. Quite a busy flight with CE going back to the exits - nice crew and service.
BA676. LHR-IST Today (19/11)
Very good balance of flavour and tasty for a veggie curry. Unfortunately the Wild Shore bottle top refused to budge so had to be part exchanged. Quite a busy flight with CE going back to the exits - nice crew and service.
Nov 19, 2024 | 2:47 pm
#1960
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Went for the avocado and Goats cheese tonight on LHR-GLA. Very tasty so it was. Another excellent crew tonight as was the earlier PRG-LHR flight. Landed T3 at 16.20 and still made the 17.45 GLA flight. Albeit was slightly DYKWIA when my bag was secondary screened at T5. Told them I was on a short connection and they needed to look at mine first. This was c17.10 and my flight was A10.
Nov 20, 2024 | 9:32 am
#1961
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BA381 TIA-LHR, 20 Nov
No pork menu from Tirana. All meals served with the foil lid on.
I really enjoyed the lamb, plenty of it and the gravy had a good rich flavour. OH enjoyed the curry too. Less keen on the Tiramisu, didn't like the texture which was quite wet and didn't touch the starter as I can't stand mayonnaise
Nov 20, 2024 | 11:33 am
#1962
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All the signs of a lazy crew, all foils should be removed and the glass should be presently standing up.
Nov 20, 2024 | 11:43 am
#1963
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Nov 20, 2024 | 11:57 am
#1964
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Nov 20, 2024 | 4:03 pm
#1965
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BA1322 LHR-NCL, 20 Nov
No menus on a very lightly loaded slot sitter service to Newcastle.
Options described as smoked salmon or burrata but this is actually the honey glazed trout from the menu uploaded by KARFA in post 1786 last month.