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Old Mar 17, 2024, 6:01 am
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Free mint chocolates on St Patrick's Day
Delighted to be offered a free mint chocolate on flight from Belfast to London today.
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Old Mar 17, 2024, 6:03 am
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BA’s generosity knows no bounds.
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Old Mar 17, 2024, 6:10 am
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Originally Posted by GumshoeW12
BA’s generosity knows no bounds.
It's a lot cheaper to try to build goodwill through this, Red Nose Day specials etc. than on addressing issues like cleaning, though.

The grime behind that chocolate when zoomed in...
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Old Mar 17, 2024, 6:13 am
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Originally Posted by lost_in_translation
It's a lot cheaper to try to build goodwill through this, Red Nose Day specials etc. than on addressing issues like cleaning, though.

The grime behind that chocolate when zoomed in...
Well, quite.

‘Here, have a free chocolate. But don’t put it down, the table’s filthy…’
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Old Mar 17, 2024, 6:14 am
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Originally Posted by lost_in_translation
It's a lot cheaper to try to build goodwill through this, Red Nose Day specials etc. than on addressing issues like cleaning, though.

The grime behind that chocolate when zoomed in...
Meanwhile, in first class...
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Old Mar 17, 2024, 6:17 am
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Originally Posted by bafan
Well, quite.

‘Here, have a free chocolate. But don’t put it down, the table’s filthy…’
Good point....

I guess I am conditioned to the "skin dust"....
​​​​​​... and it was a quick turnround!
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Old Mar 17, 2024, 6:17 am
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Originally Posted by GumshoeW12
BA’s generosity knows no bounds.
Sure, it's small and it's gimmicky, but as someone who often travels shorthaul Y, frankly, I prefer to get a free chocolate than to not get it.

LX have been handing out a chocolate to their Y pax ever since they made F&B paid for again under the pressure of their nasty owner, and while it's no deal maker, I know quite a few people who look forward to getting their chocolate anyway...
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Old Mar 17, 2024, 7:01 am
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Originally Posted by orbitmic

LX have been handing out a chocolate to their Y pax ever since they made F&B paid for again under the pressure of their nasty owner, and while it's no deal maker, I know quite a few people who look forward to getting their chocolate anyway...
I think it’s been going on a lot longer than that, even back to the SR days. I remember thinking it was the height of luxury to get offered free Swiss chocolate and I’d grab two or three. Now I realise it’s just crappy Frey Migros chocolate. Still grab two or three though.
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Old Mar 17, 2024, 7:19 am
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One of the things Ireland is best known for.... chocolate!

They could have given a free can of Guinness
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Old Mar 17, 2024, 7:51 am
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Those are the same chocolates they were giving out around Christmas/New Year. Must have just picked the ones with the red foil wrapper out of the basket.
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Old Mar 17, 2024, 7:57 am
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Originally Posted by DYKWIA
One of the things Ireland is best known for.... chocolate!

They could have given a free can of Guinness
It was actually BA who introduced me to Lily O'Brien's handmade Irish chocolates when a small box was placed on every Club World meal tray... back in the day of cradle seats I hasten to add!!

Breaking open a cheapo box of Bendick's mint chocolates wrapped in green foil to pass around the Club cabin on St Patrick's Day seems to be embedded deeper in BA's cost saving DNA than the DNA skin flakes embedded in the nooks of that Club table! 🤮
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Old Mar 17, 2024, 8:44 am
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Originally Posted by DYKWIA
They could have given a free can of Guinness
This stuff's better at half the price!!


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