What no Champagne!
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Jul 2019
Posts: 12
What no Champagne!
Yesterday I flew QR981 in J from Bangkok, and a new one on me was the flight went dry before even taking off !
Sorry Sir Platinum member, all the rose Champagne has been drunk!
This added to a very poor sector with stale bread, and only being asked once in 7 hour flight if I wanted anything!
Well at least my second sector to Birmingham went well!
Sorry Sir Platinum member, all the rose Champagne has been drunk!
This added to a very poor sector with stale bread, and only being asked once in 7 hour flight if I wanted anything!
Well at least my second sector to Birmingham went well!
#2
Join Date: Mar 2017
Programs: QR Platinum, Star Alliance Gold (LH Sen)
Posts: 764
Yesterday I flew QR981 in J from Bangkok, and a new one on me was the flight went dry before even taking off !
Sorry Sir Platinum member, all the rose Champagne has been drunk!
This added to a very poor sector with stale bread, and only being asked once in 7 hour flight if I wanted anything!
Well at least my second sector to Birmingham went well!
Sorry Sir Platinum member, all the rose Champagne has been drunk!
This added to a very poor sector with stale bread, and only being asked once in 7 hour flight if I wanted anything!
Well at least my second sector to Birmingham went well!
#3
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Stoke on Trent, UK (MAN ), BUE, BKK, DBV
Programs: LH HON***,UA,BA.EK Gold,AV.
Posts: 11,433
Yesterday I flew QR981 in J from Bangkok, and a new one on me was the flight went dry before even taking off !
Sorry Sir Platinum member, all the rose Champagne has been drunk!
This added to a very poor sector with stale bread, and only being asked once in 7 hour flight if I wanted anything!
Well at least my second sector to Birmingham went well!
Sorry Sir Platinum member, all the rose Champagne has been drunk!
This added to a very poor sector with stale bread, and only being asked once in 7 hour flight if I wanted anything!
Well at least my second sector to Birmingham went well!
Worlds best J class reputation can evaporate as fast as the Champagne 🍾.
#5
Join Date: Jun 2018
Posts: 81
Yesterday I flew QR981 in J from Bangkok, and a new one on me was the flight went dry before even taking off !
Sorry Sir Platinum member, all the rose Champagne has been drunk!
This added to a very poor sector with stale bread, and only being asked once in 7 hour flight if I wanted anything!
Well at least my second sector to Birmingham went well!
Sorry Sir Platinum member, all the rose Champagne has been drunk!
This added to a very poor sector with stale bread, and only being asked once in 7 hour flight if I wanted anything!
Well at least my second sector to Birmingham went well!
#6
Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: London
Posts: 40
I had the same problem too, from SYD to DOH, in March this year, the crew were very proactively offering cocktails for boarding drinks, instead of champagne. After take off, we discovered they only had 1 bottle of ros champagne, which was used during boarding, so no champagne for the flight. 1h 30 m into the flight, and Sauvignon Blanc runs out too.... 13h left to go.... I wasn't very impressed, they do return bar trolleys form DOH, which for a 14h flight each way, does not sound good.
#8
Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: London
Posts: 40
Fair enough, but running out of 2 main drinks, 1h and a bit after take off, it's disappointing, specially on a 14h day-flight.
#9
Join Date: Jun 2007
Programs: SQ AA TK
Posts: 1,438
Indeed. They should really start loading the drinks in a pallet in the cargo hold so that it's "out of reach" and is not limited by galley space. Slips my mind, but I seem to recall a particular airline doing that.
Either way, it's unacceptable. I've my fair share of the above happening. JNB-DOH rose running out immediately after take off, and LAX-DOH rose running out 60mins after take off.
Either way, it's unacceptable. I've my fair share of the above happening. JNB-DOH rose running out immediately after take off, and LAX-DOH rose running out 60mins after take off.
#11
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: BAEC Gold, EK Skywards (enhanced Blue !), Oman Air Sindbad Gold
Posts: 6,382
Well, well.
Never been a great fan of fizz & bubbles myself ...... but amazed nonetheless to hear this (and never aware of such happenings on any of my own QR flights)
Even had to check I wasnt still on the BA forum !
Never been a great fan of fizz & bubbles myself ...... but amazed nonetheless to hear this (and never aware of such happenings on any of my own QR flights)
Even had to check I wasnt still on the BA forum !
#13
Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: Brooklyn, NYC
Programs: QR PC Platinum, TK M&S elite, UA silver, ITA Voltaire Executive (lol), Marriott Bonvoy Platinum
Posts: 1,130
So this also recently happened to me on a dps-doh route (qr963). Asked for a 2nd glass of rose on the ground but they were very apologetic and gave me a glass of Pommery instead. (I think had to do with the fact that over half the cabin was op-ups and you cant really blame folks expecting to be cramped in coach on a 10 hr flight celebrating on the ground with some pink bubbly). What was weirder was on a JFK-DOH route recently (QR704), they also ran out of rose on the ground and gave me a glass of Pommery instead, but the excuse was they only cool and open one bottle on the ground and theyd be glad to give me another glass of rose upon take-off. I ended up switching to my go-to dry vodka martini, so couldnt verify if this indeed was true, but I guess it makes sense.
#15
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: DCA/IAD & BUF
Posts: 1,328
Wow... good to know this seems to be a reoccurring issue on flights not originating from DOH. Have a SYD-DOH flight coming up. I can be just fine with several different selections, but not really the point. Seems like an easy problem to regulate.
On the other hand, compared to flights on American that offer one (kind of nasty) red wine selection and one (kind of nasty) white wine selection in domestic F, QR's Business selections will still be so far above and beyond that, I'd probably not take much notice. :-)
On the other hand, compared to flights on American that offer one (kind of nasty) red wine selection and one (kind of nasty) white wine selection in domestic F, QR's Business selections will still be so far above and beyond that, I'd probably not take much notice. :-)