jepipk3

You could stock up at home!

xenole

I might liberate a few bottles of LPGS on my next visit to the CCR just in case they don't have any in WT+

Crisps and fruit a couple of times for me although I find the Kettle crisps greasy and not that good anyway. Just need to remember to eat or dispose of the fruit in case it gets picked up by a sniffer dog or customs check.

wingtip428

h15t0r1an

You could just try Easyjet then. They carry the Fevertree plain tonic water and also the elderflower version. And they don't run out like British Airways BoB.

HilFly

I don't want it at home. I want it on board, where BA list it as a drink available in CW & F, but all too often I am told either that it wasn't loaded, or they have run out of it.

kaka

things i usually grab from lounges:
1) Water. blame the psudo-terrorist protection groups. i cannot bring water thru security so i take sufficient to last me till hotel, or perhaps the morning after. (unless they provide water from a tap or jug, i shall take whatever convinient - and that would include 1.5L bottles or 750ml glass flask. QF is one of the lounges that only provides tap... )
2) Crisps: +1's pet peeve. best way to stop her from stopping me do things she doesnt like a lot - like to arguing with hotel staff who doesnt give suitable upgrades.
3) icecream... if i feel like it. takes some time for icecream to soften up. walking to gate and board seems about the right time if i couldnt consume in the lounge cuz its too hard

oh - i shall confess I have taken some toiletries from the CX lounge even tho it was in 500ml format. oh well. and the other time when JL still served yamazaki 12 in the lounge i took a perrier bottle worth of 330ml.

JayeJ

What is this special tea that can't be found anywhere else? Enquiring minds want to know.

tmac100

If you read the later follow up, the writes states the tea desired is often not available ON THE FLIGHT. That does not mean "anywhere else". See reply/response #80 .

BERbound

If anyone is travelling through Heathrow (or indeed passing by any WH Smith Travel store) they are offering a free breakfast on o2 priority every morning this week between 07-11am. Hope this helps any light fingered FT'ers.

https://priority.o2.co.uk/offers/5a5...eakfasts-on-us

IAN-UK

I think the point is that if the OP wishes to avoid the risk of damnation and hell's fires, he/she could easily carry a stock of tea bags acquired legitimately.

Nicking tea bags because those supplied on board don't contain the type of leaf favoured seems a weak excuse.

where2travel

Of course everyone's line of what is acceptable here is different. I've taken the odd bag of crisps or can of coke but take the view that, whatever I feel I want to take from the lounge, I'd be happy to carry out in my hands without feeling guilty or awkward.

Putting these items in your bag makes sense from the perspective of convenience of carrying them around, but if people need to do this out of embarrassment or when no-one is looking then I think they know it's not quite right.

I was in disbelief in the F lounge at JNB last week when a couple must have started wearing out the carpet between their seats and the fridges, loading up their bags with bottles of water, umpteen cans of other drinks. I could only assume they were flying in Y, but even then it seemed a lot for an overnight flight.

HilFly

The OP took cans of ginger ale from the lounge, not teabags.

Here's another way to look at it. I am helping BA by redistributing their tea bags from the lounge, where they have plenty, to an aircraft for a 7 hour flight on which they are listed on the menu but frequently not available, and I know there is at least one passenger who is going to want them.

I'm saving BA all the hassle and expense of dealing with a customer complaint after the flight. Just helping them out.

IAN-UK

Sorry, my OP was the one instigating the tea-bag exchange: and that might well be you

I was being tongue-in-the-cheek facetious: I really have no interest in what folk take from the lounge: indeed I liberate stuff myself quite freely. I just get mildly annoyed at exculpatory efforts, usually on the lines of "only three.." and "because of my bad back... " (etc).

But I admire your "helping out" reasoning - yet note it could lead to the helpful bagging of champagne bottles, just in case ...

criso

I'm afraid I raised the issue of teabags, I had no idea this would be especially controversial. I mentioned it as I was a little surprised but I hadn't thought of on board.

RG1X

I'll admit to the teabags thing. * Shrug *

I'm reasonably certain they're still going to be making a profit off me taking into account the few I grab per year for flight / hotel use.