Alcohol from iah to fra
Jul 18, 2019, 5:12 pm
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Alcohol from an to fra
searched the forums and found old info. We are flying in ecomony plus nonstop from iah to fra. Is there free wine or vodka during the flight? I was planning to bring a couple of small bottles but realize that you cannot pour your own drink or am I wrong?
Jul 18, 2019, 5:57 pm
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Alcohol from iah to fra
searched the forums and found old info. We are flying in ecomony plus nonstop from iah to fra. Is there free wine or vodka during the flight? I was planning to bring a couple of small bottles but realize that you cannot pour your own drink or am I wrong?
Jul 19, 2019, 6:07 am
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Both short- and longhaul Y serve alcohol, the longhaul selection is a bit more extensive (various hard liquors and things like baileys). Shorthaul is beer and wine.
Jul 19, 2019, 8:25 am
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Jul 19, 2019, 9:11 am
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Which is possible, but doesn't solve the problem that consumption of alcohol not "administered" by the crew is not permitted on many airlines. A number of airlines explicitly mention that as part of their briefing after boarding now. See for example here:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/31315046-post9.html
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/31315046-post9.html
Jul 19, 2019, 9:16 am
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Jul 20, 2019, 3:41 pm
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Jul 25, 2019, 2:51 am
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I agree and would never buy/drink Warsteiner when there is a decent alternative. However, when I came back from a long trip to parts of the world where beer is not part of the local tradition, I had a Warsteiner on the short-haul connecting flight back home recently and found it to be better than I had remembered. When calibrated right (by really bad beer for weeks) and desperate enough for a German-style beer, it can do the trick.
OK still cater Pilsner Urquell, which is pretty good, though they are BoB in Y of course. I think that is still the best I've had on board, though I've had better in different lounges.
Jul 25, 2019, 4:02 pm
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