9.30 am transatlantic departure - meals?
May 2, 2018, 4:48 am
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9.30 am transatlantic departure - meals?
I've searched the BA website to no avail trying to find the answer to this so apologies if I've missed it.
I can find menus for LH Club World flights however can anyone tell me if on a 9.30 departure from LGW (destination TPA) will the first meal be served be of a breakfast nature? I'm more used to 11.30 or later LH departures where a "normal" meal is served however unsure if a 9.30 departure takes it back to a breakfast offering.
Thanks
I can find menus for LH Club World flights however can anyone tell me if on a 9.30 departure from LGW (destination TPA) will the first meal be served be of a breakfast nature? I'm more used to 11.30 or later LH departures where a "normal" meal is served however unsure if a 9.30 departure takes it back to a breakfast offering.
Thanks
May 2, 2018, 5:38 am
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09.30 was the cut off change from breakfast to lunch. I believe last year following feedback a few slightly earliers (MIA?) moved to lunch although slightly earlier than 09.30 depart.
I am sure you'll get lunch
I am sure you'll get lunch
May 2, 2018, 5:43 am
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I've searched the BA website to no avail trying to find the answer to this so apologies if I've missed it.
I can find menus for LH Club World flights however can anyone tell me if on a 9.30 departure from LGW (destination TPA) will the first meal be served be of a breakfast nature? I'm more used to 11.30 or later LH departures where a "normal" meal is served however unsure if a 9.30 departure takes it back to a breakfast offering.
Thanks
I can find menus for LH Club World flights however can anyone tell me if on a 9.30 departure from LGW (destination TPA) will the first meal be served be of a breakfast nature? I'm more used to 11.30 or later LH departures where a "normal" meal is served however unsure if a 9.30 departure takes it back to a breakfast offering.
Thanks
May 2, 2018, 6:27 am
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That stopped me in my tracks! I had to go off and check I hadn't made a huge blunder - no, as Mikey posted it's the "normal" LGW/TPA which for some reason is at 9.30 or 9.40 rather than 11ish. Means we have an overnight stay at Gatwick tomorrow night as we couldn't get a connection early enough but that's ok.
Thanks for confirming it will be lunch -I'm not a huge breakfast fan so would have been a bit disappointed if it had been.
Thanks for confirming it will be lunch -I'm not a huge breakfast fan so would have been a bit disappointed if it had been.
May 2, 2018, 6:37 am
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I was thoroughly unimpressed with the new car hire set up last month golfmad - taken the shine off what was my favourite US arrivals experience
May 2, 2018, 6:49 am
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new car hire set up? Do you mean at TPA or FLL? We last flew into TPA at Christmas- didn't realise anything had changed. Due to fly into FLL later in the year however as that's a new arrival airport for us I have no experience of the car hire area there.
May 2, 2018, 6:59 am
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mikefly, I guess it’s inevitable as the airport and surrounding areas grow. Still a great airport though.
May 2, 2018, 7:04 am
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Oh yeah - a great airport agreed - however Avis had a worldwide IT outage and it took three hours from landing to driving off... not TPA's fault but it was horrific. On the plus side got a hugely upgraded car for no extra cost
May 2, 2018, 9:24 pm
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For those outside SE England that's the drawback with those early departures as I don't think BA operate any domestic flights on the UK mainland that can connect to LGW in time. The early arrival in the US suits me but the benefit is largely negated by the need for an overnight stop before departure.