Oct 24, 2020, 7:26 am
Last edit by: Prospero
Temporary COVID-19 catering, effective 25 October 2020 until 19 January 2021, after which normal catering is expected to resume.
Euro Traveller
Breakfast: cereal bar, cookies, and mineral water bottle
Rest of the day: bag of crisps, small packet of pretzels, and mineral water bottle
Tea, coffee, juice available on request
Club Europe
Band 1 Breakfast: paper bag containing a filled croissant, yogurt pot or muffin, and mineral water bottle
Band 1 Rest of the Day: paper bag containing a sandwich, dessert pot, and mineral water bottle
Bands 2 to 4 Breakfast: box containing a filled croissant, yogurt pot, and mineral water bottle
Bands 2 to 4 Rest of the Day: box containing a sandwich, salad pot, dessert pot, and mineral water bottle
Tea, coffee, drinks from the bar including champagne (Nicolas Feuillatte quarter bottles) available on request
World Traveller and World Traveller Plus:
Primary lunch/dinner flight
Primary meal comprises of a tray with hot dish, side salad, bread bag, and mineral water bottle
Secondary meal (breakfast) is a filled croissant, yoghurt pot, and mineral water bottle
Primary breakfast flight
Primary meal comprises of a tray with hot dish, yoghurt, muffin, and mineral water bottle
Secondary meal is a chilled sandwich, bar of chocolate, and mineral water bottle
Tea, coffee, drinks from the bar available on request
Club World:
Primary lunch/dinner flight
Primary meal includes a tablecloth-covered tray with hot dish, salad dish, small side salad, bread bag, cheese, crackers, dessert pot, and mineral water bottle
Secondary meal (breakfast) is a tablecloth-covered tray with a filled croissant, muesli pot, yoghurt pot, and mineral water bottle (served in a box rather than on a tray on 77M return catered flights)
Secondary meal (afternoon tea) is a tablecloth-covered tray with sandwich, cookies, bar of chocolate, and mineral water bottle (served in a box rather than on a tray on 77M return catered flights)
Primary breakfast flight
Primary meal includes a tablecloth-covered tray with hot dish, yoghurt/fruit dish, croissant, bread bag, jam, dessert pot, and mineral water bottle
Secondary meal is a tablecloth-covered tray with sandwich, cookies, bar of chocolate, and mineral water bottle (served in a box rather than on a tray on 77M return catered flights)
Tea, coffee, drinks from the bar including champagne (Nicolas Feuillatte quarter bottles) available on request
First:
Primary lunch/dinner flight
Box containing a salad, starter, pesto, bread bag, crackers, and mineral water bottle. A hot main dish in foil and trio of dessert/cheese pots in cardboard holder are served separately directly onto the tablecloth-covered table
Secondary meal (breakfast) is unconfirmed
Secondary meal (afternoon tea) is a box containing sandwich, fruit salad, crackers, scone, clotted cream, jam, macarons atop the tablecloth-covered table
Primary breakfast flight
Primary breakfast service is unconfirmed
Secondary meal is a box containing sandwich, fruit salad, crackers, scone, clotted cream, jam, macarons atop the tablecloth-covered table
Tea, coffee, drinks from the bar including champagne (Nicolas Feuillatte quarter bottles) available on request
Euro Traveller
Breakfast: cereal bar, cookies, and mineral water bottle
Rest of the day: bag of crisps, small packet of pretzels, and mineral water bottle
Tea, coffee, juice available on request
Club Europe
Band 1 Breakfast: paper bag containing a filled croissant, yogurt pot or muffin, and mineral water bottle
Band 1 Rest of the Day: paper bag containing a sandwich, dessert pot, and mineral water bottle
Bands 2 to 4 Breakfast: box containing a filled croissant, yogurt pot, and mineral water bottle
Bands 2 to 4 Rest of the Day: box containing a sandwich, salad pot, dessert pot, and mineral water bottle
Tea, coffee, drinks from the bar including champagne (Nicolas Feuillatte quarter bottles) available on request
World Traveller and World Traveller Plus:
Primary lunch/dinner flight
Primary meal comprises of a tray with hot dish, side salad, bread bag, and mineral water bottle
Secondary meal (breakfast) is a filled croissant, yoghurt pot, and mineral water bottle
Primary breakfast flight
Primary meal comprises of a tray with hot dish, yoghurt, muffin, and mineral water bottle
Secondary meal is a chilled sandwich, bar of chocolate, and mineral water bottle
Tea, coffee, drinks from the bar available on request
Club World:
Primary lunch/dinner flight
Primary meal includes a tablecloth-covered tray with hot dish, salad dish, small side salad, bread bag, cheese, crackers, dessert pot, and mineral water bottle
Secondary meal (breakfast) is a tablecloth-covered tray with a filled croissant, muesli pot, yoghurt pot, and mineral water bottle (served in a box rather than on a tray on 77M return catered flights)
Secondary meal (afternoon tea) is a tablecloth-covered tray with sandwich, cookies, bar of chocolate, and mineral water bottle (served in a box rather than on a tray on 77M return catered flights)
Primary breakfast flight
Primary meal includes a tablecloth-covered tray with hot dish, yoghurt/fruit dish, croissant, bread bag, jam, dessert pot, and mineral water bottle
Secondary meal is a tablecloth-covered tray with sandwich, cookies, bar of chocolate, and mineral water bottle (served in a box rather than on a tray on 77M return catered flights)
Tea, coffee, drinks from the bar including champagne (Nicolas Feuillatte quarter bottles) available on request
First:
Primary lunch/dinner flight
Box containing a salad, starter, pesto, bread bag, crackers, and mineral water bottle. A hot main dish in foil and trio of dessert/cheese pots in cardboard holder are served separately directly onto the tablecloth-covered table
Secondary meal (breakfast) is unconfirmed
Secondary meal (afternoon tea) is a box containing sandwich, fruit salad, crackers, scone, clotted cream, jam, macarons atop the tablecloth-covered table
Primary breakfast flight
Primary breakfast service is unconfirmed
Secondary meal is a box containing sandwich, fruit salad, crackers, scone, clotted cream, jam, macarons atop the tablecloth-covered table
Tea, coffee, drinks from the bar including champagne (Nicolas Feuillatte quarter bottles) available on request
COVID Friendly Catering Revealed By British Airways
Aug 15, 2020, 7:40 am
#766
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Mexico
Programs: BAEC Gold / Marriott Platinum
Posts: 3,541
As an absolute experience, it’s clearly not what you’d expect from F. But as a ‘Covid friendly’ meal and following the principle that ‘F should be a bit more special than everything else’, it does actually look like they’ve made a reasonable effort. If I were travelling now, I’d be ok with it. Partly helped by the fact you got Christmas dinner in August.
Christmas dinner in Jan...
Aug 15, 2020, 7:46 am
#767
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 491
I'm doing CE to CTA soon and the food looks beyond a disappointment. Maybe I'll stuff myself in the lounge. But the ticket was sub Ł150 and it will get me to Silver so.
Aug 15, 2020, 9:19 am
#768
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Switzerland / Estonia
Programs: AY+ Platinum, BAEC Silver, airbaltic VIP, HH Diamond, Radisson VIP, IHG Diamond Elite
Posts: 6,525
With schedules being cut again and demand dropping again I can‘t see an improvement before 2021 to be honest.
It‘s a shame, especially regarding special meals, but not much we can do.
It‘s a shame, especially regarding special meals, but not much we can do.
Aug 15, 2020, 9:22 am
#769
Suspended
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: London
Programs: plenty - ggl, ccr, etc, etc.
Posts: 1,704
Return to better would need Cruz to have a backbone - where there’s be no sign of that so far.
Aug 15, 2020, 9:42 am
#770
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: AUS
Programs: BAEC Gold, AA PPro, Hyatt Globalist, Amex Plat
Posts: 7,029
I mean... you do understand that almost literally ever business in the entire world is cutting costs right now, correct? 
This isn't a uniquely BA situation. I'd suggest you broaden your horizons and visit many of the other airline forums on FT. I think you won't find things all that different and in fact, you might even find BA ahead in few areas (e.g lounges at LHR)
Regards
P.S. And yes, I know, "but the ME3! but the ME3!" sigh...
This isn't a uniquely BA situation. I'd suggest you broaden your horizons and visit many of the other airline forums on FT. I think you won't find things all that different and in fact, you might even find BA ahead in few areas (e.g lounges at LHR)
Regards
P.S. And yes, I know, "but the ME3! but the ME3!" sigh...
Aug 15, 2020, 9:47 am
#771
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 491
I mean... you do understand that almost literally ever business in the entire world is cutting costs right now, correct?
This isn't a uniquely BA situation. I'd suggest you broaden your horizons and visit many of the other airline forums on FT. I think you won't find things all that different and in fact, you might even find BA ahead in few areas (e.g lounges at LHR)
Regards
P.S. And yes, I know, "but the ME3! but the ME3!" sigh...
This isn't a uniquely BA situation. I'd suggest you broaden your horizons and visit many of the other airline forums on FT. I think you won't find things all that different and in fact, you might even find BA ahead in few areas (e.g lounges at LHR)
Regards
P.S. And yes, I know, "but the ME3! but the ME3!" sigh...
Aug 15, 2020, 10:01 am
#772
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: BMA
Programs: SAS Eurobonus Gold Card
Posts: 324
I mean... you do understand that almost literally ever business in the entire world is cutting costs right now, correct?
This isn't a uniquely BA situation. I'd suggest you broaden your horizons and visit many of the other airline forums on FT. I think you won't find things all that different and in fact, you might even find BA ahead in few areas (e.g lounges at LHR)
Regards
P.S. And yes, I know, "but the ME3! but the ME3!" sigh...
This isn't a uniquely BA situation. I'd suggest you broaden your horizons and visit many of the other airline forums on FT. I think you won't find things all that different and in fact, you might even find BA ahead in few areas (e.g lounges at LHR)
Regards
P.S. And yes, I know, "but the ME3! but the ME3!" sigh...
Aug 15, 2020, 10:13 am
#773
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: West Coast USA
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 559
youtuber Sam Chui just released a video showing the Lufthansa food (all classes are shown briefly). Their service hasn’t really changed in the new normal it looks like.
Aug 15, 2020, 11:30 am
#774
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: London
Posts: 725
I mean... you do understand that almost literally ever business in the entire world is cutting costs right now, correct?
This isn't a uniquely BA situation. I'd suggest you broaden your horizons and visit many of the other airline forums on FT. I think you won't find things all that different and in fact, you might even find BA ahead in few areas (e.g lounges at LHR)
Regards
P.S. And yes, I know, "but the ME3! but the ME3!" sigh...
This isn't a uniquely BA situation. I'd suggest you broaden your horizons and visit many of the other airline forums on FT. I think you won't find things all that different and in fact, you might even find BA ahead in few areas (e.g lounges at LHR)
Regards
P.S. And yes, I know, "but the ME3! but the ME3!" sigh...
Aug 15, 2020, 11:39 am
#775
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: London
Posts: 778
That's the really inexcusable bit: all drinks served from miniatures, so essentially the same (mostly undrinkable) wine served on short haul. The excuse is that serving from full sized bottles would present a health hazard... Oh, but a hazard only on the plane, not a few minutes earlier in the lounges at LHR where - thankfully - wines (and very good ones for that matter) are flowing from actual bottles. As I mentioned before, I totally get the cost cutting (saying that these are exceptional times for an airline would be an understatement); what I can't stand is the attempt at using COVID-related "health and safety" reasons to justify them.
On the other hand and to be fair, as mentioned before I find the short haul offering more than acceptable.
On the other hand and to be fair, as mentioned before I find the short haul offering more than acceptable.
Aug 15, 2020, 1:22 pm
#776
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: London
Programs: BAEC, AA, Emirates, Hilton, Hyatt, Taj Hotels
Posts: 2,339
As an absolute experience, it’s clearly not what you’d expect from F. But as a ‘Covid friendly’ meal and following the principle that ‘F should be a bit more special than everything else’, it does actually look like they’ve made a reasonable effort. If I were travelling now, I’d be ok with it. Partly helped by the fact you got Christmas dinner in August.
One of the attractions (to me) of F and CW is that one (used to) gets a reasonable choice - a choice of 3 starters, 3 or 4 mains etc. It's not clear whether choices are available in F and CW or is it a 'take it, or leave it' experience?
Or should we all be wearing hair shirts and giving thanks for what we are given....
Aug 15, 2020, 2:12 pm
#777
Join Date: Feb 2009
Programs: Executive Club
Posts: 1,115
Why is it safe to heat up food for F passengers but not for J?
Aug 15, 2020, 2:51 pm
#779
Join Date: Feb 2009
Programs: Executive Club
Posts: 1,115
Why is it safe to heat up food for F passengers but not for J
Aug 15, 2020, 3:33 pm
#780
Join Date: Jul 2020
Location: St Andrews, UK
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 17