Special meal requests in First Class
Dec 10, 2017, 8:31 am
#1
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Special meal requests in First Class (Muslim or Kosher)
Hi
Will be flying in BA first class soon (on redemption) & was wondering how special meal requests affect the in-flight meal experience? Will the food still be at the First Class standard?
Specifically, am planning to order either a muslim meal or kosher meal. Any experience with this?
Thanks!
Will be flying in BA first class soon (on redemption) & was wondering how special meal requests affect the in-flight meal experience? Will the food still be at the First Class standard?
Specifically, am planning to order either a muslim meal or kosher meal. Any experience with this?
Thanks!
Last edited by Pkchips; Dec 10, 2017 at 8:51 am
Dec 10, 2017, 8:38 am
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The vegan / vegetarian food thread
not complelty the same thing, but have a look through this thread from the Dashboard
not complelty the same thing, but have a look through this thread from the Dashboard
Dec 10, 2017, 8:49 am
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The vegan / vegetarian food thread
not complelty the same thing, but have a look through this thread from the Dashboard
not complelty the same thing, but have a look through this thread from the Dashboard
Would this be the same for Kosher or Muslim meals?
Dec 10, 2017, 10:19 am
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Dec 10, 2017, 10:25 am
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I concur, although I don’t request special meals, my OH had it on her profile until recently (ISTR gluten free) and frankly you end up with what I call the lowest common denominator bland unimaginative mediocrity you could possibly imagine. She just got fed up of it when everyone else gets something half decent. Keep in mind that if you order a special meal, don’t expect to be able to choose of the menu, even in F.
Dec 10, 2017, 10:55 am
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Hi
Will be flying in BA first class soon (on redemption) & was wondering how special meal requests affect the in-flight meal experience? Will the food still be at the First Class standard?
Specifically, am planning to order either a muslim meal or kosher meal. Any experience with this?
Thanks!
Will be flying in BA first class soon (on redemption) & was wondering how special meal requests affect the in-flight meal experience? Will the food still be at the First Class standard?
Specifically, am planning to order either a muslim meal or kosher meal. Any experience with this?
Thanks!
F - Forget Breakfast, Lunch/Dinner are better and definitely differentiated from CW ex-LHR. Sometimes they load two main course (meat or fish) and if you are really hungry you can get both. They ask you to break the seals of the tray but then they bring you each course separately (still wrapped). Very good ex-LHR, ex-TLV and ex-JFK
CW - Breakfast is a disaster (can you see a pattern here?) ex-LHR, Great breakfast ex-Sin (dairy). Meal ex-LHR differentiated, I thought I had an economy meal ex-SIN (unresponvive crew just handed me the tray without tablecloth, etc).. Breakfast ex-TLV very nice. Ex-JNB dinner was better than ex-SIN but breakfast was not great.
CE - EX-LHR Breakfast suffers from very 'cardboardy' omelette or scrambled eggs. The other meal... quantities are such that is not a real meal, however little you want to eat, other than in the longer flights (FCO, MLA, HEL, IST) . Inbound... usually loaded at LHR (definitely true for BLQ, VCE, MIL, FCO, MLA) and occasionally - very rarely, as in 1 flight out of a total of 12 - not loaded.
Dec 10, 2017, 2:42 pm
#12
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My wife needs to have Gluten Free meals and we find that traveling in F or J (or CE in Domestic) the meals ex-LHR have been excellent.
However on flights to the UK from North America the Gluten Free meals are usually very poor, basic and bland, and have helped my wife accumulate extra Avios - but she’d rather just have a decent meal!
However on flights to the UK from North America the Gluten Free meals are usually very poor, basic and bland, and have helped my wife accumulate extra Avios - but she’d rather just have a decent meal!