Karen762

Having a nice glass of something fizzy has always been part of travelling Club World for me. However, as well as being diabetic, I now have a slight medical problem which means I shouldn't drink alcohol. I would probably be able to have one Buck's Fizz on boarding but that would be it.

With a CW flight to Sydney coming up, what alternatives are there? I don't like diet Cokes or similar diet drinks and can only have limited fruit juice - is it going to be water only (do they have plenty of sparkling available?) or do they have any low/no alcohol wine?

Do they have lime cordial on board for a lime and soda? Anything else interesting?

Thanks in advance

Jagboi

My usual is half sparkling water and half orange juice, as I can't drink alcohol. The diabetic side does throw a spanner in the works though, as I typically find the non-alcoholic drinks do have a lot of sugar. I usually have the OJ mentioned or a ginger ale, then switch to sparkling water and/or tea to cut back on the sugar. No idea about cordial, but I don't think so.

T8191

On-board stocks are likely to be depressingly slim ... CC on here may advise.

If you have particular personal preference, the only thing I can suggest is to try and buy what you fancy Air-side. Or take a container to the Lounge (I didn't say that, if anyone asks, but I take you as a special case). Sorry not to be more positive.

Buster

I find a tonic water with lime is a good airplane drink when I'm not imbibing alcohol. Perhaps they have a light/low sugar tonic on board? I can't recall offhand whether BA have that or not. You should at least be able to get sparkling water with lime.

Filthy Monkey

I did a month without alcohol earlier this year, with 6 TATL F sectors during that period. It was awful to watch everyone else drink LPGS while I was on water!

I have an F trip to Sydney coming up in a few weeks, so will make sure I drink your share of bubbles on the plane

thebigben

I would personally bring my own tea bags. Except for coffee and water I don't think there will be much else for you, sadly.

Specialty teas are very tasty, though, and I would hope the crew can help with hot water... not sure how that works in Club World, though.

Oh, also Tesseire does pretty decent sugar-free fruit syrups. A couple 100ml containers would do well for a flight.

T8191

The OH likes Cranberry Juice ... is that an option, and buyable airside?

mda03jb

UKtravelbear

you could fill a (a couple) of 100ml bottle with some lime cordial as that would get through security.

Again not advocating (ok I am) you could slip a couple of cans of ginger ale etc in your bag at LHR. Though I'm not sure what you would do on the SIN-SYD leg

T8191

The OP is planning on being virginal, alcohol-wise, so a Bloody Mary won’t fix it!

mda03jb

Swanhunter

corporate-wage-slave

I've been in this malarkey for the last 40 years or so. Longer in fact, so welcome to my teetotal world. I'm also not too fond of diet soda drinks, the acidic sweeteners zing straight on my tongue on contact. So yes, water, tea, coffee and above all sparkling water. Over time you can tell the difference between difference waters and between soda water and sparkling water. There is a Fever Tree tonic water which is "naturally light", it uses fructrose rather than sweeteners, so no zing, and that is just under 3% sugars, compared to 7% for the main tonic or 12% for something like ginger ale. One thing I sometimes do is mix a small amount of apple juice into sparkling water. The sugar tax unfortunately means that things like bitter lemon and ginger beer now have some sweeteners in them but it's much less than in true diet drinks so you can perhaps dash a small 100 ml tin of bitter lemon over 4 or 5 glasses of sparkling water. You will need to talk to the crew about this since in CW the service standard is not to hand over the tin unless you ask for it.

I can only remember about 2 flights where there was no sparkling water, it rarely runs out, and in both cases I think it was due to being placed into the wrong canisters or crew lack of familiarity. I tend to buy some sparkling water in the shops in T5 or T3 if I am not connecting on to a further flight: it is intended for the hotel on arrival (many Asian locations don't really do sparkling water, even USA isn't that easy in this regard) but it's a useful emergency stock just in case.

The other good news is that the Union coffee is now much more palatable and is now available in lounges, Club Europe and Club World.

T8191

CWS ... you ARE the Oracle

Ldnn1

Also see the vibrant discussion here: Bitter Lemon