BA First Wine - Staff 'Cheat' Sheet (Tier 2, Jan 2019)
Jan 30, 2019, 1:36 pm
#31
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Was given this at the end of my flight!
as I was leaving on way to Budapest for sister wedding CC asked to see my bag. I had stolen cutlery and thought I was rumbled! She slipped this in to my rucksack!
Jan 30, 2019, 1:36 pm
#32
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Jan 30, 2019, 1:52 pm
#33
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Remember the story of the crew member on Emirates filmed pouring glasses of Champers back into the bottle
Jan 30, 2019, 1:54 pm
#34
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Exactly, in my local US version of Odd Bins its never more than $10. A couple (maybe even 5) years ago in BA First the flight attendant insisted I try the Sauvignon Blanc. Turned out to be Merry Edwards Russian River Valley and it was simply delicious. I still buy it today, it's in the $35 range. BA is truly scraping the barrel....
Jan 30, 2019, 2:01 pm
#35
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Jan 30, 2019, 2:04 pm
#36
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Ah - CIHY, you've arrived! Why the difference in treatment for wine/spirits pls?
Last edited by Flexible preferences; Jan 30, 2019 at 2:05 pm Reason: CIHY is here
Jan 30, 2019, 2:24 pm
#37
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Wine isn’t thrown away unless it’s in London, we have wine stoppers for anything not used into our out stations.
Spirts all have tops and the bottles can be topped out when they are returned to our bonded stores.
Spirts all have tops and the bottles can be topped out when they are returned to our bonded stores.
Jan 30, 2019, 2:27 pm
#38
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Jan 30, 2019, 2:42 pm
#40
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Recently on way back from a warmer climate two bottles of white on the same flight that had gone fizzy, didn’t smell very encouraging and one tasted a bit like Andre Brut from my salad days!
If it wasn’t for the flight crews slowly educating me about good wine I would have probably guzzled it happily!
If it wasn’t for the flight crews slowly educating me about good wine I would have probably guzzled it happily!
Jan 30, 2019, 2:57 pm
#41
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Yes whites as well, part bottles would be used first so would have been open for probably less than 12 hours, the fact there were two bottle of off wines indicates that they were not opened bottles but a faulty batch.
Jan 30, 2019, 3:05 pm
#42
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Crew are certainly not allowed to put the large free pour bottles from First into their bags. They can however buy large bottles of spirits from the Duty Free.
Jan 30, 2019, 3:39 pm
#43
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We can buy miniatures of spirits under a crew purchase scheme (not all desinations allow this and there is a limit on how much you can purchase).
Crew are certainly not allowed to put the large free pour bottles from First into their bags. They can however buy large bottles of spirits from the Duty Free.