Dicksbits

I recall being the only CE passenger on a rtn flight from Granada a few years ago to LCY and being told they'd drunk all the bubbles outbound! I just had a G&T...

steveholt

1) BA booked 16 bottles of champagne (8 outbound, 8 inbound) because history tells them that's about what they'll need for a flight of this length.
2) There's an assumption here that BA should have known more champagne was going to be needed because this was the return from Valentine's Day weekend in Prague. I can see the anecdotal argument and it certainly seemed true on this flight, but I don't think we have hard evidence. Are J cabins, even on the weekends and even on Valentine's Day weekend, more likely to be full of businesspeople or couples returning from a romantic getaway? Prague's pretty romantic, but in February? And should BA have booked more champagne on Sunday to/from all their destinations, or just the romantic ones? What's the cutoff for a romantic city that gets extra champagne versus a non-romantic city that doesn't get the extra champagne? There are ways to answer all these questions, of course, but BA is way more likely to have the data to answer them than the OP.
3) The reality is that BA would rather pay you 5,000 Avios compensation for those times they do run out of champagne than constantly overstock a variety of drinks deal with the increased weight across their network and subsequent fuel penalty.
4) Can we talk about this £400 TP run to Prague?

VSLover

Ive has a run out of drinks or food on a return sector

for those defending BA how can I as someone who has flown 20+ years in premium cabins never have experienced this conundrum on any other airline globally?

IAMORGAN

I’d be interested to know and I expect it’s very route / season specific. If it’s me, for example, on my own, I’d normally have a G&T or a beer but if flying away on holiday with someone and I’m ‘in the mood’ then I might have champagne!

HIDDY

Cheap CE travel + free Champagne = overindulgance.

steveholt

If you've never seen or experienced a premium cabin run out of something in 20 years, I want to fly with you!