Free Beer and Wine in WT
Mar 24, 2006, 8:51 am
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Free Beer and Wine in WT
I've never flown BA transatlantic before. Do they still offer free beer and wine in World Traveller Economy? I hope there beer selection is better than standard stuff on AA or UA.
Mar 24, 2006, 8:55 am
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Originally Posted by awcrounse
I've never flown BA transatlantic before. Do they still offer free beer and wine in World Traveller Economy? I hope there beer selection is better than standard stuff on AA or UA.
Mar 24, 2006, 8:56 am
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Usually Stella 
or Grolsch 
in cans as beer. Occasionally Heineken or Carlsberg (depending on the outstation).
Wine - never drink the white but the red is usually either a 187ml bottle of Hardy's or a 187ml of an unknown "Hermitage" of some sort.
Spirits - Gordon's Gin + schweppes tonic is all I've ever drunk. They obviously have Vodka, whisky etc.
All free of course.
or Grolsch in cans as beer. Occasionally Heineken or Carlsberg (depending on the outstation).Wine - never drink the white but the red is usually either a 187ml bottle of Hardy's or a 187ml of an unknown "Hermitage" of some sort.
Spirits - Gordon's Gin + schweppes tonic is all I've ever drunk. They obviously have Vodka, whisky etc.
All free of course.
Mar 24, 2006, 3:12 pm
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I once saw someone with a can of McEwans Export on a BA plane but I think it may have been his own purchase prior to boarding 
Mar 24, 2006, 4:37 pm
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You are up for a treat... BA is way better than AA and UA... When they ask what would you like to drink... they do not mean... water or coke... it means anything that you want if they have it.. you will get it.... even more wine or beer...
Mar 24, 2006, 5:13 pm
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Before my trip this past fall I was telling my roommate about BA and how they have free drinks (unlimited) in economy to which he couldn't believe it.
It's nice if youre in the back although supposedly it makes jetlag worse...
Vodka was Smirnoff.
It's nice if youre in the back although supposedly it makes jetlag worse...
Vodka was Smirnoff.
Mar 24, 2006, 7:22 pm
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Originally Posted by BahrainLad
Usually Stella or Grolsch
or Grolsch I think you mean Stella ^ or Grolsch ^ ^ ^
I mean, it's brewed SHLOOOOORLY in Holland for god's sake!
Mar 24, 2006, 7:39 pm
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Originally Posted by Jimmie76
I once saw someone with a can of McEwans Export on a BA plane but I think it may have been his own purchase prior to boarding
Yay for no open container laws in the UK
Mar 24, 2006, 7:49 pm
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Originally Posted by EMA ON BA
Am I right in thinking you can also pay for champagne in Y/W?
Mar 24, 2006, 8:07 pm
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Originally Posted by Fraser
I once liberated a couple of cans of Newcastle's finest from the Terraces. Got a bit bored waiting for the bus going out to the remote stand and opened for my own pre-boarding drink
Yay for no open container laws in the UK
Yay for no open container laws in the UK
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Am I right in thinking you can also pay for champagne in Y/W?
Mar 24, 2006, 8:56 pm
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Originally Posted by EMA ON BA
Am I right in thinking you can also pay for champagne in Y/W?
Mar 25, 2006, 4:39 am
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Originally Posted by PhilH
<cough> <cough> <splutter> <wipes diet coke off screen>
I think you mean Stella ^ or Grolsch ^ ^ ^
I mean, it's brewed SHLOOOOORLY in Holland for god's sake!
I think you mean Stella ^ or Grolsch ^ ^ ^
I mean, it's brewed SHLOOOOORLY in Holland for god's sake!
or Grolsch . Stella has been 'promoted' to a premium brand in the UK, while in Belgium/Holland it is (was?) considered to be just about the worst lager you can get.... The wonders of advertising that is. And Grolsch is indeed brewed in the Netherlands, but unfortunately the stuff brewed there doesn't leave the country (at least not heading for the UK). The Grolsch you get in the UK is brewed in the UK, and there is a difference in taste between the proper (Dutch) and UK brew Ok, at university I passed the Grolsch brewery at Grolsch HQ in the Netherlands every day when cycling from home to uni....