jjLDNY

I have only ever been able to select dietary options ahead of. You can contact You First for the menus as you've done. Given you're traveling in Feb the menu will likely change, you'll likely be one of the first on here to request a menu so do share once you receive it. I am LHR > JFK on Sunday so I'll share that if it differs to the previous.

As for orders, If it's a World Wide crew, they typically come and ask Prem/GGL if they have a preference, then work from front-to-back. If you're in row 2, you should be fine unless you have a particularly GGL heavy flight who happen to order a limited dish.

IkarosBOS

In a separate thread I noted how on 282 in F FAs were watering the LPGS (my travel companion noted as well) as it was under catered ti say the least. On the same flight no wine could be served as no corkscrews were opened. However, I must note that the ribeye was excellent after careful handling by the crew to make it medium rarish and the rest if the food was excellent, minus the king prawns, as someone noted above

spanishflea

Missed the other thread.

peter h

This could have happened to me.

I flew on the BA287 A380 (LHR-SFO) a couple of weeks ago and my first choice of starter (tuna tonnato) had run out. I was in 1A and I think that the crew member taking the orders came to me from the front and certainly took my order before my companion in 2A. The cabin was almost full though - only one empty seat...

Dom Fly

It is crazy how you can pre-select in CW and guarantee a meal (even ones not on the inflight menu) but in First this is not offered and you premium paying customers could be left without their first choice. I wonder what the reason for it is. Want to maintain the idea of a restaurant style dining experience I guess - even the most expensive restaurants run out of some options occasionally

cosmo74

Unless they've re-introduced it in the last couple of weeks, pre-order hasn't been available in any cabin since Covid. I'm pretty sure you used to be able to pre-order in F as well as CW.

ttama

Ditto ! Well, two and a half weeks to be pedantic.

I'll be interested to see the menu when you get it, and also a review if you're flying before me.

I have a huge number of allergies and am currently in row 4. I may end up just eating crisps if my first choices aren't available...

Out of interest, would they have spare meals in Club if nothing suits me in First? Or should I bring some emergency cornish pasties?

chriswiles

You can't though? It's still pot luck based on your seat and status. You have to board and normally the crew serving your section will ask you for your first choice. I try and sit in 5K or 5A to try and make sure I get first choice - on my flight back from JFK I only liked one of the main courses, so was lucky I could get this.

I guess they can run out in F if there's 14 seats and it's full.

ttama

I'm also not a regular First passenger. I'd always assumed that You First would be a special service, staffed by friendly helpful people. I phoned a couple of weeks ago and did get through more quickly than you - I had a circa 10 minute wait - but spoke to such a rude unpleasant woman that I doubt I'll bother again. If no-one else posts the menu for my flight on here I doubt I'll try and contact them for it myself. It's hardly a First Class experience to be snapped at before you've even asked a question.

And if we can't pre-order anyway, I'm wondering what the point is of providing a menu in advance. I'll have to bring some emergency food on board anyway in case they have nothing available that I can safely eat without going into anaphylaxic shock. An advance view of the menu will be no help to me if I can't guarantee what choice I'll get. And it seems you can't even guarantee being served wine in First Class any more. I guess I just have to see how BA surprises me on the day.

mclachlan4321

I flew this route RTN last week, sat in 2A, and in both flights I got my first choice of all courses.

chriswiles

On my last two J flights I couldn't decide between main meals and the crew came up to me after everyone had chosen and said both are still available (beef and pasta I think), but it's very rare as the J cabin is so huge that they'll have spare meals.

Also, bit confused, the J meals are worse than F by some distance. Why would you want to fly F and eat a Cornish pasty? I'd argue the J Club Suite seat is better than old F, so if you might be better in J if you don't like F food! The primary reason I'm going F in March is for the improved food/drink/service, not the seat. Not flown F for about 5 years, so want to remind myself how it compares to the new Club Suite.

ttama

Perhaps you missed the major part of my point, which is that I have a huge number of allergies and am at risk of anaphylactic shock? Or perhaps I imagined I posted it

I mean, I could just eat the wonderful First food and die. I'd hate to inconvenience anyone by having to reroute the flight.

Or do you mean if I have allergies I should just fly Club? I'm a bit confused by your post.

chriswiles

Sorry, at work I can only skim-read posts and type a reply very quickly. But you can pre-order for sure. I wouldn't pick anything from the regular J menu as it's far inferior to F and will be very limited, sadly (which was my main point of my reply!) as J will always get priority from their menu.

Can I help you

Why would you choose 5A or 5K to better your chances of getting your first choice?

ttama

Well, I only posted what I did in response to people saying you CAN'T pre-order in First. Hence my question about whether, if my choice of food in First isn't available and there's nothing left that's safe for me without dying on board, can I ask for anything from Club.

But if you are saying that you CAN pre-order in First now, please clarify that to all the people who've said otherwise.

I felt that I'd made sense in my posts. Maybe not, If you can suggest a better way pf phrasing my question please feel free to DM me and I will gladly take your views into account. You've talked down to me twice now so I assume you are a better writer or a more knowledgeable person than I am.