No alcohol before take off
Sep 30, 2018, 3:06 pm
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No alcohol before take off
Hello to everybody: recently a FA refuses to serve me alcohol until the Doors closing at Madrid airport.Anyone knows Qatar Airways policy about this subject?Is it related to the departure airport?
Thank you
Thank you
Oct 1, 2018, 5:00 am
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If they don't have duty paid booze on board, the bottles cannot be opened till the doors are closed for pushback.
Oct 1, 2018, 10:44 am
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It isn;t just the duty, but the space required to maintain a separate bar. More and more carriers are resorting to this because it is cutting into space which is needed for other service items.
Oct 1, 2018, 2:24 pm
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Oct 1, 2018, 3:16 pm
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Oct 1, 2018, 7:58 pm
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There seem to be a bit of mixing here. Usually QR will open a bottle of each champagne once they get a request on any out station, but not want to serve other alchohol untill after takeoff.
Some out stations may be even more restrictive, generally JRO I experience to be more restrictive, other than that I can't recall any other from my travels.
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Some out stations may be even more restrictive, generally JRO I experience to be more restrictive, other than that I can't recall any other from my travels.
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Oct 1, 2018, 11:59 pm
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Oct 3, 2018, 10:46 am
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I assume the flight took off and landed safely? The issue of having champas in J-class before take-off is really a moot point, as are the reasons. OTOH, if the "requestor" really needed it - to deal with DTs perhaps - then there are other issues that FT contributors, and QR, should IMHO not deal with....
Another option is to find an airline that serves the requested libation(s) before take off.
Waiting until after take-off is possibly the safest thing to do. After all, the FAs prime responsibility is to ensure our safety during any flight. That is what announcements during flights say....
Another option is to find an airline that serves the requested libation(s) before take off.
Waiting until after take-off is possibly the safest thing to do. After all, the FAs prime responsibility is to ensure our safety during any flight. That is what announcements during flights say....