Mini-Rant. "Enjoy your Menu!"
Sep 10, 2020, 1:52 pm
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Is Feuillatte low quality bubbles? I'm by no means a champagne connoisseur, and maybe they have a variety of labels of differing quality, but the bottle of Feuillatte I bought a few years back was the nicest I've ever had. It was in the $40-$50 range if I recall correctly at Costco (USA).
Sep 10, 2020, 1:55 pm
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Maybe instead BA should quote Donald Trump on the box. "It is what it is."
I'm not trying to go OMNI by bringing up Donald Trump but the resigned and indifference in that quote is quite fitting for a CE box.
I'm not trying to go OMNI by bringing up Donald Trump but the resigned and indifference in that quote is quite fitting for a CE box.
Sep 10, 2020, 2:16 pm
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Sep 10, 2020, 2:17 pm
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I tend to agree with the OP...but language, for better or worse, doth evolve as thoust should all knoweth and to try and make a stand is futile and ultimately just too stressful.
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Sep 10, 2020, 2:19 pm
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Is Feuillatte low quality bubbles? I'm by no means a champagne connoisseur, and maybe they have a variety of labels of differing quality, but the bottle of Feuillatte I bought a few years back was the nicest I've ever had. It was in the $40-$50 range if I recall correctly at Costco (USA).
At one point you could buy a bottle for £15 from the local Tesco. It’s not the nicest, there are far superior bubbles out there. Moet Imperial Nectar being one of them for me.
Sep 10, 2020, 3:16 pm
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It’s the champagne du jour of BA CE. A suitable alternative should you run out of antifreeze during winter
At one point you could buy a bottle for £15 from the local Tesco. It’s not the nicest, there are far superior bubbles out there. Moet Imperial Nectar being one of them for me.
At one point you could buy a bottle for £15 from the local Tesco. It’s not the nicest, there are far superior bubbles out there. Moet Imperial Nectar being one of them for me.
Sep 10, 2020, 4:07 pm
#39
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Is Feuillatte low quality bubbles? I'm by no means a champagne connoisseur, and maybe they have a variety of labels of differing quality, but the bottle of Feuillatte I bought a few years back was the nicest I've ever had. It was in the $40-$50 range if I recall correctly at Costco (USA).
It’s the champagne du jour of BA CE. A suitable alternative should you run out of antifreeze during winter
At one point you could buy a bottle for £15 from the local Tesco. It’s not the nicest, there are far superior bubbles out there. Moet Imperial Nectar being one of them for me.
At one point you could buy a bottle for £15 from the local Tesco. It’s not the nicest, there are far superior bubbles out there. Moet Imperial Nectar being one of them for me.
To be fair it retails at around £20 in the UK supermarkets and around €25 in France. They couldve done worse but they could also do a lot better, but I doubt they’d get the same deal on Laurent Perrier La Cuvée for a job lot at the cash and carry as they have the NF.
Sep 10, 2020, 4:25 pm
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I am rather fond of the ! and it certainly is not shouting. I also use the ; frequently but then I am well educated.
I will be enjoying again BA in four days time, first time for six months, and can report back on bubbles and menus (flying Y but still silver plated)!
I will be enjoying again BA in four days time, first time for six months, and can report back on bubbles and menus (flying Y but still silver plated)!
Sep 10, 2020, 4:27 pm
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It is good to have a !!!!!! thread, especially as it then bounces off every wall and ends up somewhere else.
On one of the comments, above, I still don't understand why people here get frustrated when their favourite £££££ bottle of booze isn't available in the lounge or on board, at any time not just during this pandemic.
Are frequent flyers' priorities different? Do they just drink expensive alcohol while flying or also at home?
On one of the comments, above, I still don't understand why people here get frustrated when their favourite £££££ bottle of booze isn't available in the lounge or on board, at any time not just during this pandemic.
Are frequent flyers' priorities different? Do they just drink expensive alcohol while flying or also at home?
Sep 10, 2020, 4:42 pm
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Sep 10, 2020, 5:07 pm
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I agree, I don’t think Moet is in any way near BA’s price range. I think NF is probably too much for them also, perhaps a cash and carry bulk deal for some of Lidl’s finest, might be suited to BAs revenue team
I jest at the expense of NF, it’s a perfectly serviceable champagne, though in its current format being dispensed with a plastic cup, doesn’t enhance its taste anymore.
Sep 10, 2020, 7:59 pm
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The Vistara line of "What's in the box is out of the box" could be more appropriate.
TBH tho, this has had me chuckling from the beginning, as it keeps reminding me of a long-running joke originating from my best friend's wedding. The (substitute) bartender at the hotel thought that rye whisky was wine, and thus poured me an entire glass of it, almost to the rim in fact. Beaming, he handed it across to me and said gleefully (but also ominously):
"Enjoy your wiiiine!"
TBH tho, this has had me chuckling from the beginning, as it keeps reminding me of a long-running joke originating from my best friend's wedding. The (substitute) bartender at the hotel thought that rye whisky was wine, and thus poured me an entire glass of it, almost to the rim in fact. Beaming, he handed it across to me and said gleefully (but also ominously):
"Enjoy your wiiiine!"