How Much Alcohol do you Drink in Business/First?
Jan 10, 2019, 9:49 am
#121
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—and that your bottle-mileage is approximately one bottle per 500 miles.
What problem?
Jan 10, 2019, 10:01 am
#123
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My personal record was set on a F Thai Airways BKK LHR.
I had spent four weeks in Nepal on a mountaineering trip eating little but cold lentil curry and energy bars. The tent was -20C at 3am on summit day. A week later I turned up at Door One in a climbing fleece at Suvarnabhumi with two huge kit bags (containing my climbing gear) covered in yak dung and the like. While this is normal at LUA the TG door staff grimaced and tried to send me to the Y desks until I produced my ticket.
I think I had two bottles in the lounge after visiting the massage suite and several more on the flight to Hounslow. Also a bottle of Chateau Dauzac with the beef. Maybe Sauternes too. I'm a little hazy with the detail. It certainly beats a Twin Otter stuffed full of smelly climbers.
I'm never trouble when well refreshed but Mrs W says I have an inane grin. I did get a nasty disapproving look from the FA Frau on LH F when I asked for more booze than was strictly necessary on my last trip with them FRA BKK. Off to PHX soon with my first ever F on BA. Should I hold back on the LPGS? Should I sip water in the T3 lounge?
I had spent four weeks in Nepal on a mountaineering trip eating little but cold lentil curry and energy bars. The tent was -20C at 3am on summit day. A week later I turned up at Door One in a climbing fleece at Suvarnabhumi with two huge kit bags (containing my climbing gear) covered in yak dung and the like. While this is normal at LUA the TG door staff grimaced and tried to send me to the Y desks until I produced my ticket.
I think I had two bottles in the lounge after visiting the massage suite and several more on the flight to Hounslow. Also a bottle of Chateau Dauzac with the beef. Maybe Sauternes too. I'm a little hazy with the detail. It certainly beats a Twin Otter stuffed full of smelly climbers.
I'm never trouble when well refreshed but Mrs W says I have an inane grin. I did get a nasty disapproving look from the FA Frau on LH F when I asked for more booze than was strictly necessary on my last trip with them FRA BKK. Off to PHX soon with my first ever F on BA. Should I hold back on the LPGS? Should I sip water in the T3 lounge?
Jan 10, 2019, 10:21 am
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Silly Billy! Campagne of couse! It goes with anything, and then you can on here and moan about it being cheapjack fizz and unfit for my refined and delicate palate
Since when did we have a thread about Chablis or Burgundy?
Dear OP - why do you want to know?
Jan 10, 2019, 10:22 am
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Jan 10, 2019, 10:25 am
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I always order the champagne, assuming it's actually champagne and from a legit champagne house, but chablis is normally a good choice too.
This threads reminds me of the legendary threads on how folks drank 8 bottles of Dom Pérignon or Krug in-flight.
8 bottles of Krug to BKK in CX F – A New Year's Eve story
8 bottles of Dom from LAX-BKK on SQ in F
This threads reminds me of the legendary threads on how folks drank 8 bottles of Dom Pérignon or Krug in-flight.
8 bottles of Krug to BKK in CX F – A New Year's Eve story
8 bottles of Dom from LAX-BKK on SQ in F
Jan 10, 2019, 10:34 am
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Trip reports do nothing for me, and frankly I am not sure that I believe that anyone could drink 6 litres of Champagne and not die of alcoholic poisoning.Still, it is on FT, it must be true.
Jan 10, 2019, 11:05 am
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I usually stick with red wine, especially from Bordeaux, and will have several glasses. 
However, one time I got into the Johnny Walker Blue en route from LHR to IAD and I'm still not quite sure how I managed to get through customs......
However, one time I got into the Johnny Walker Blue en route from LHR to IAD and I'm still not quite sure how I managed to get through customs......
Jan 10, 2019, 12:24 pm
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boredom. (in reply to "For people here who drink measurably more when flying than when not flying, may I ask why?")
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Jan 10, 2019, 1:20 pm
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A few times I've drank zero alcohol. And one time I had (at least) 4 glasses of bubbles, 3 G&Ts, a Negorini, a glass of Carlsberg in the CX/Qantas T3 lounges before moving to the BA lounge for a taster (small) of all 10 wines and a short measure of rum before boarding a CE SH flight where I had 2 (or possibly 3) small bottles of fizz, a bloody mary and a G&T. Someone up thread classed 4 drinks as binge drinking so I guess I exceeded the approved limits in this particular case. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
I usually have a G&T and a glass of fizz on board because responsibilities deem I can't have more. But once in a blue moon I think it's good for the soul (if not the body) to have a blowout. Airlines wouldn't be so generous with booze in their premium cabins/frequent flyer programmes if it wasn't so lucrative for them....
Each to their own though.
I usually have a G&T and a glass of fizz on board because responsibilities deem I can't have more. But once in a blue moon I think it's good for the soul (if not the body) to have a blowout. Airlines wouldn't be so generous with booze in their premium cabins/frequent flyer programmes if it wasn't so lucrative for them....
Each to their own though.
Jan 10, 2019, 1:48 pm
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Pobably less that usual
In the Lounge it’s neither a relaxing nor familiar atmosphere compared with home. A glass or two of wine during a long stop-over would be my max, I think.
On board, it depends on the length of the flight and whether I’m driving at the other other end. Usually on l/h the PDB, a V&T, one disappointing wine with the meal, a Port with the cheese plate and then try to sleep. I don’t find it an appealing environment for drinking free booze, TBH.
At home, or at destination, or at an FT Do on the other hand ...
In the Lounge it’s neither a relaxing nor familiar atmosphere compared with home. A glass or two of wine during a long stop-over would be my max, I think.
On board, it depends on the length of the flight and whether I’m driving at the other other end. Usually on l/h the PDB, a V&T, one disappointing wine with the meal, a Port with the cheese plate and then try to sleep. I don’t find it an appealing environment for drinking free booze, TBH.
At home, or at destination, or at an FT Do on the other hand ...