Really BA? [wine dispensers in IAD lounge]
Aug 14, 2018, 5:43 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Jul 2017
Programs: ExecutiveClub GGL/CCR MileagePlus 1K FLyingBlue GOld
Posts: 231
Really BA? [wine dispensers in IAD lounge]
When I thought that BA is trying to improve, that’s what I see in the lounge in Washington DC lounge. Boxed wine...Boxed wine
Aug 14, 2018, 6:00 pm
#3
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: CGK
Posts: 2,375
That seems to be very poor presentation and poor taste, but how is the wine itself? 
Also, it's quite interesting that they don't have a manned bar at the AA Flagship Lounges, and everyone is free to pour themselves the odd flute of champagne.
Also, it's quite interesting that they don't have a manned bar at the AA Flagship Lounges, and everyone is free to pour themselves the odd flute of champagne.
Aug 14, 2018, 6:25 pm
#4
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Jan 2002
Posts: 44,595
Where is the boxed wine?
What the photo is showing is a wine dispenser - that doesn't imply that the wine is boxed, just that it is being offered from a dispenser rather than leaving bottles out
What wine was actually being offered?
What the photo is showing is a wine dispenser - that doesn't imply that the wine is boxed, just that it is being offered from a dispenser rather than leaving bottles out
What wine was actually being offered?
Aug 14, 2018, 6:34 pm
#5
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: All over the place often South Wales and Lake District
Programs: BA Gold for Life Accor Platinum
Posts: 4,552
The wine that is offered is on those gert big cards inside the plastic
Aug 14, 2018, 6:40 pm
#6
Original Poster
Join Date: Jul 2017
Programs: ExecutiveClub GGL/CCR MileagePlus 1K FLyingBlue GOld
Posts: 231
Aug 14, 2018, 8:09 pm
#8
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Jan 2002
Posts: 44,595
That the wine is in a dispenser means only that it is in a dispenser ; it does not follow on that the wine must be from a box or even that it is any lower a quality of wine that would have been offered if bottles were being used
Aug 14, 2018, 10:51 pm
#9
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: RTW
Posts: 677
But it quite clearly says it's dispensed from a keg, not from a box or a bottle. The explanatory card seems quite comprehensive, though the presentation could be a bit better.
Seems reasonable to me - surely the issue is whether the quality is better, same or degraded?
Seems reasonable to me - surely the issue is whether the quality is better, same or degraded?
Aug 14, 2018, 11:06 pm
#10
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: DUB/ORD/SIN/PVG
Programs: EI AerClub Concierge, EK Gold, BA Gold, BD Gold (Retired), HHonors Diamond, Bonvoy Lifetime Gold
Posts: 2,923
Aug 14, 2018, 11:09 pm
#11
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Brighton. UK
Programs: BA Gold / VS /IHG Diamond & Ambassador
Posts: 14,195
I don’t have a problem with this if it helps to reduce waste and maintains the quality of the wine. If it saves some money as well then all to the better.
Aug 14, 2018, 11:16 pm
#12
FlyerTalk Evangelist, Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club
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
The wine descriptors mean I’d personally stick to the sparkling water...
Aug 14, 2018, 11:47 pm
#13
Join Date: May 2014
Location: BRU
Programs: BA GGL, TK E (*G), ITA exec
Posts: 4,091
From the photo, and with Google help, the dispenser system seems to be like this one
It's no carton, but I can't help myself in doubting about the quality of the wine used with this system...
It's no carton, but I can't help myself in doubting about the quality of the wine used with this system...
Aug 15, 2018, 12:16 am
#15
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 969