Nov 14, 2015, 11:21 am
Last edit by: flyoff
The facility to choose your main course meal before you fly (when travelling First, Club World and World Traveller Plus) is available on the following routes on flights departing from London:
London Heathrow to Accra, Amman, Atlanta, Austin, Bahrain, Baltimore, Bangalore, Bangkok, Beijing, Beirut, Boston, Buenos Aires, Cairo, Calgary, Cape Town, Chengdu, Chicago, Dallas, Delhi, Denver, Doha, Dubai, Durban, Hong Kong, Houston, Hyderabad, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, Lagos, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Madras, Mexico, Miami, Montreal, Mumbai, Muscat, Nairobi, Narita, Nassau, New York (JFK and Newark), Philadelphia, Phoenix, Rio De Janeiro, Riyadh, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose (California), Sao Paulo, Seattle, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Tehran, Tel Aviv, Tokyo (Haneda and Narita), Toronto, Vancouver, and Washington DC.
London Gatwick to Antigua, Barbados, Bermuda, Cancun, Cape Town, Costa Rica, New York (JFK), Kingston, Lima, Male, Mauritius, Orlando, Punta Cana, Saint Lucia, San Jose (Costa Rica), Tampa, and Trinidad and Tobago
Meal selection will be from the on-board menu; pre-selection is available between 30 days and 24 hours before your flight
Meal selection is only for the main course of the main meal. However, you can click on the menu link to see the full main meal menu.
Starters and desserts cannot be pre-ordered. Items from the second meals cannot be viewed or pre-ordered.
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London Heathrow to Accra, Amman, Atlanta, Austin, Bahrain, Baltimore, Bangalore, Bangkok, Beijing, Beirut, Boston, Buenos Aires, Cairo, Calgary, Cape Town, Chengdu, Chicago, Dallas, Delhi, Denver, Doha, Dubai, Durban, Hong Kong, Houston, Hyderabad, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, Lagos, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Madras, Mexico, Miami, Montreal, Mumbai, Muscat, Nairobi, Narita, Nassau, New York (JFK and Newark), Philadelphia, Phoenix, Rio De Janeiro, Riyadh, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose (California), Sao Paulo, Seattle, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Tehran, Tel Aviv, Tokyo (Haneda and Narita), Toronto, Vancouver, and Washington DC.
London Gatwick to Antigua, Barbados, Bermuda, Cancun, Cape Town, Costa Rica, New York (JFK), Kingston, Lima, Male, Mauritius, Orlando, Punta Cana, Saint Lucia, San Jose (Costa Rica), Tampa, and Trinidad and Tobago
Meal selection will be from the on-board menu; pre-selection is available between 30 days and 24 hours before your flight
Meal selection is only for the main course of the main meal. However, you can click on the menu link to see the full main meal menu.
Starters and desserts cannot be pre-ordered. Items from the second meals cannot be viewed or pre-ordered.
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The main course pre-order choice thread
Jan 1, 2017, 2:25 am
#722
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Spitalfields, London
Programs: BA Gold, KFC 'The Colonel's Club' Palladium tier, Mucci des Visions Célestes du Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Posts: 2,327
In-flight menu
BA31 London to Hong Kong 18:25 30/01/17
See the menus below for the meals you'll be served on your flight.Starters
- Seared tiger prawns and scallop with umami crumble, Marie rose sauce, avocado purée and cucumber salad
- Wild mushroom truffle leek and wholegrain mustard tartlet with crisp vegetables and bell pepper dressing
- Roasted tomato and basil soup with tomberries and basil cress
- Fresh seasonal salad with a choice of honey mustard dressing or Caesar dressing
Main
- Chicken in XO sauce with stir-fried kailan in soy sauce and egg fried rice
- Seared fillet of Aberdeen Angus beef with pearl barley arancini, cauliflower puree, root vegetables and madeira jus
- Pork Wonton soup with pak chop, shiitake mushroom and noodles
- Roasted pumpkin oyster mushroom and parmesan risotto
- Main course salad of warm sea trout with a celery, hispi cabbage, apple walnut, daikon and sage slaw
Desserts
- Roasted white chocolate cylinder
- Sticky toffee pudding terrine
- Madagascan vanilla ice cream
Cheese Plate
- Blackstick Blue
- Le Saint Mont
- Cornish Yarg
- Reblochon
Last edited by choosethedrew; Jan 1, 2017 at 2:32 am
Jan 1, 2017, 3:45 am
#723
FlyerTalk Evangelist, Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Somewhere between 0 and 13,000 metres high
Programs: AF/KL Life Plat, BA GGL+GfL, ALL Plat, Hilton Diam, Marriott Gold, blablablah, etc
Posts: 30,526
In-flight menu
BA31 London to Hong Kong 18:25 30/01/17
See the menus below for the meals you'll be served on your flight.Starters
- Seared tiger prawns and scallop with umami crumble, Marie rose sauce, avocado purée and cucumber salad
- Wild mushroom truffle leek and wholegrain mustard tartlet with crisp vegetables and bell pepper dressing
- Roasted tomato and basil soup with tomberries and basil cress
- Fresh seasonal salad with a choice of honey mustard dressing or Caesar dressing
Main
- Chicken in XO sauce with stir-fried kailan in soy sauce and egg fried rice
- Seared fillet of Aberdeen Angus beef with pearl barley arancini, cauliflower puree, root vegetables and madeira jus
- Pork Wonton soup with pak chop, shiitake mushroom and noodles
- Roasted pumpkin oyster mushroom and parmesan risotto
- Main course salad of warm sea trout with a celery, hispi cabbage, apple walnut, daikon and sage slaw
Desserts
- Roasted white chocolate cylinder
- Sticky toffee pudding terrine
- Madagascan vanilla ice cream
Cheese Plate
- Blackstick Blue
- Le Saint Mont
- Cornish Yarg
- Reblochon
Jan 1, 2017, 4:50 am
#724
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Spitalfields, London
Programs: BA Gold, KFC 'The Colonel's Club' Palladium tier, Mucci des Visions Célestes du Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Posts: 2,327
The Chinese "take away" chicken is the only thing I fancy and cruelly, the only option the web and app won't let me order 😤
Jan 1, 2017, 11:44 am
#725
Join Date: Jun 2004
Programs: BMI
Posts: 395
BA F - LHR - DXB end of January
Can't say I'm even a tiny bit excited by the choices...
Fried Arabic chicken with machboos rice and aubergine stew
Seared fillet of Aberdeen Angus beef with pearl barley arancini, cauliflower puree, root vegetables and thyme jus
Lemon sole salmon and smoked haddock fish pie with Duchess mash potato, creamed garlic spinach, fine beans and roasted fennel
Main course salad of warm sea trout with a celery, hispi cabbage, apple walnut, daikon and sage slaw
Can't say I'm even a tiny bit excited by the choices...
Fried Arabic chicken with machboos rice and aubergine stew
Seared fillet of Aberdeen Angus beef with pearl barley arancini, cauliflower puree, root vegetables and thyme jus
Lemon sole salmon and smoked haddock fish pie with Duchess mash potato, creamed garlic spinach, fine beans and roasted fennel
Main course salad of warm sea trout with a celery, hispi cabbage, apple walnut, daikon and sage slaw
Jan 1, 2017, 1:29 pm
#727
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 995
I guess this just illustrates the inconsistency of BA F food or the difference in posters appreciation of food. We both had the chicken and leek pie in F on a flight to LAX a couple of weeks ago. It was not good and both of us left the majority of it as it was lots of soggy undercooked pastry. It was more like bad school dinner food than F food.
Jan 2, 2017, 3:04 am
#728
Join Date: May 2014
Location: BRU
Programs: BA GGL, TK E (*G), ITA exec
Posts: 4,092
Update.
I got a reply with apologies, a sort of explanation about pre-ordering standards - but not what exactly went wrong in this case - and 4500 avios "To apologise for what happened and to show you how much we appreciate your support" even if I didn't ask or even hint about compensation when I wrote to CS.
To me is enough if they make sure for the future to not mess up pre-orders when changing menu and courses
PS
Globaliser: do you think the glitch was the system selecting automatically the next course in the list when the chosen one was withdrawn/no longer available?
I got a reply with apologies, a sort of explanation about pre-ordering standards - but not what exactly went wrong in this case - and 4500 avios "To apologise for what happened and to show you how much we appreciate your support" even if I didn't ask or even hint about compensation when I wrote to CS.
To me is enough if they make sure for the future to not mess up pre-orders when changing menu and courses
PS
Globaliser: do you think the glitch was the system selecting automatically the next course in the list when the chosen one was withdrawn/no longer available?
Jan 2, 2017, 3:15 am
#729
FlyerTalk Evangelist, Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Somewhere between 0 and 13,000 metres high
Programs: AF/KL Life Plat, BA GGL+GfL, ALL Plat, Hilton Diam, Marriott Gold, blablablah, etc
Posts: 30,526
Update.
I got a reply with apologies, a sort of explanation about pre-ordering standards - but not what exactly went wrong in this case - and 4500 avios "To apologise for what happened and to show you how much we appreciate your support" even if I didn't ask or even hint about compensation when I wrote to CS.
To me is enough if they make sure for the future to not mess up pre-orders when changing menu and courses
PS
I got a reply with apologies, a sort of explanation about pre-ordering standards - but not what exactly went wrong in this case - and 4500 avios "To apologise for what happened and to show you how much we appreciate your support" even if I didn't ask or even hint about compensation when I wrote to CS.
To me is enough if they make sure for the future to not mess up pre-orders when changing menu and courses
PS
As I mentioned, asking for compensation makes no difference, they give you if it is due whether you ask or not and in this case, you got the new 'standard' 4,500 for pretty much anything wrong in F from wrong pre-order option all the way to a seat that wouldn't recline or a massive delay.
Jan 2, 2017, 3:46 am
#730
Join Date: May 2014
Location: BRU
Programs: BA GGL, TK E (*G), ITA exec
Posts: 4,092
As I mentioned, asking for compensation makes no difference, they give you if it is due whether you ask or not and in this case, you got the new 'standard' 4,500 for pretty much anything wrong in F from wrong pre-order option all the way to a seat that wouldn't recline or a massive delay.
Anyway, now let see if they will really accredit those 4500 avios...
Jan 2, 2017, 4:01 am
#731
FlyerTalk Evangelist, Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Somewhere between 0 and 13,000 metres high
Programs: AF/KL Life Plat, BA GGL+GfL, ALL Plat, Hilton Diam, Marriott Gold, blablablah, etc
Posts: 30,526
I know. But one can always dreams a bit...
OT - It sounds so wrong not to distinguish between a "trivial" swap of food order and a more serious problem like a not reclining seat, especially on longest or red-eye flights.
Anyway, now let see if they will really accredit those 4500 avios...
OT - It sounds so wrong not to distinguish between a "trivial" swap of food order and a more serious problem like a not reclining seat, especially on longest or red-eye flights.
Anyway, now let see if they will really accredit those 4500 avios...
ps: a few months ago I believe the limit for no justification was 10,000.
Jan 2, 2017, 4:43 am
#732
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Herts, UK
Programs: BAEC GGL, HH Diamond.
Posts: 3,177
F menu LHR-JFK on 31/1,
Seared fillet of Heritage beef with wasabi butter, pommes Anna and caramelised baby turnips
Grilled Sea bass on Beluga lentils with roasted courgette and lime butter
Slow braised Heritage beef and kidneys in Yorkshire pudding with mashed potato and seasonal baby vegetables
Artisan Caprese tortellini with tomato and pine-nut sauce, finished with fresh rocket
Warm yoghurt and curry marinated chicken supreme with miso aubergine, cucumber salad and sautéed Swiss chard
Seared fillet of Heritage beef with wasabi butter, pommes Anna and caramelised baby turnips
Grilled Sea bass on Beluga lentils with roasted courgette and lime butter
Slow braised Heritage beef and kidneys in Yorkshire pudding with mashed potato and seasonal baby vegetables
Artisan Caprese tortellini with tomato and pine-nut sauce, finished with fresh rocket
Warm yoghurt and curry marinated chicken supreme with miso aubergine, cucumber salad and sautéed Swiss chard
Jan 2, 2017, 5:14 am
#733
FlyerTalk Evangelist, Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Somewhere between 0 and 13,000 metres high
Programs: AF/KL Life Plat, BA GGL+GfL, ALL Plat, Hilton Diam, Marriott Gold, blablablah, etc
Posts: 30,526
F menu LHR-JFK on 31/1,
Seared fillet of Heritage beef with wasabi butter, pommes Anna and caramelised baby turnips
Grilled Sea bass on Beluga lentils with roasted courgette and lime butter
Slow braised Heritage beef and kidneys in Yorkshire pudding with mashed potato and seasonal baby vegetables
Artisan Caprese tortellini with tomato and pine-nut sauce, finished with fresh rocket
Warm yoghurt and curry marinated chicken supreme with miso aubergine, cucumber salad and sautéed Swiss chard
Seared fillet of Heritage beef with wasabi butter, pommes Anna and caramelised baby turnips
Grilled Sea bass on Beluga lentils with roasted courgette and lime butter
Slow braised Heritage beef and kidneys in Yorkshire pudding with mashed potato and seasonal baby vegetables
Artisan Caprese tortellini with tomato and pine-nut sauce, finished with fresh rocket
Warm yoghurt and curry marinated chicken supreme with miso aubergine, cucumber salad and sautéed Swiss chard
Jan 2, 2017, 11:17 am
#734
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: London
Programs: Mucci. Nothing else matters.
Posts: 38,644
In the WT+ list:-
AQML = Christmas/turkey
BQML = Beef
In the CW list:-
AQML = Beef
BQML = Christmas/turkey
CQML = Veggie pasta
DQML = Main course salad
So the op-upped pax with AQML looks like they pre-ordered beef when they actually pre-ordered turkey.