BA 282 no servable wine in all cabins
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BA 282 no servable wine in all cabins
A lil stunned
Flying LAX-LHR in F I got a little surprised by noting sparkling water was added to the LPGS (tasted like water and found ice and the perlage was ‘stuck’ as in sparkling water). i approached the FA trying not to be rude and told her: some water fell in the glass , I know they under cater the LPGS no worries can I have some red wine instead?
She answered ‘ worked for BA for 30 years and I am ashamed ti say but no corkscrew were loaded in any cabins so we can’t open the wines except the sauvignon blanc who has a screwcap’
I don’t think champagne and wine serving should be the top priority of an airline, but with the (I sense tragically purposeful) watering down of the LPGS by the helpless crew and with the inability to serve wine we have reached a new low. Note the FA did not deny there was water, she noted ‘they only put two bottles’. For 14 pax.
Flying LAX-LHR in F I got a little surprised by noting sparkling water was added to the LPGS (tasted like water and found ice and the perlage was ‘stuck’ as in sparkling water). i approached the FA trying not to be rude and told her: some water fell in the glass , I know they under cater the LPGS no worries can I have some red wine instead?
She answered ‘ worked for BA for 30 years and I am ashamed ti say but no corkscrew were loaded in any cabins so we can’t open the wines except the sauvignon blanc who has a screwcap’
I don’t think champagne and wine serving should be the top priority of an airline, but with the (I sense tragically purposeful) watering down of the LPGS by the helpless crew and with the inability to serve wine we have reached a new low. Note the FA did not deny there was water, she noted ‘they only put two bottles’. For 14 pax.
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For Westbound I know the standard is for them to stop serving when down to 2 bottles so that's no surprise. I likely get through one bottle alone within the first hr on my red-eyes; though East fortunately no one else seems to partake in my shenanigans as I've never had it run out.
As for the wine, whilst it's criminal to say (and those with a sophisticated disposition read no further), did you suggest they push in the cork? Given all F wines wines struggle to break the Ł30 mark, surely they'd try and make it work and suffer the Ł15 waste for whatever isn't finished.
As for the wine, whilst it's criminal to say (and those with a sophisticated disposition read no further), did you suggest they push in the cork? Given all F wines wines struggle to break the Ł30 mark, surely they'd try and make it work and suffer the Ł15 waste for whatever isn't finished.
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For Westbound I know the standard is for them to stop serving when down to 2 bottles so that's no surprise. I likely get through one bottle alone within the first hr on my red-eyes; though East fortunately no one else seems to partake in my shenanigans as I've never had it run out.
As for the wine, whilst it's criminal to say (and those with a sophisticated disposition read no further), did you suggest they push in the cork? Given all F wines wines struggle to break the Ł30 mark, surely they'd try and make it work and suffer the Ł15 waste for whatever isn't finished.
As for the wine, whilst it's criminal to say (and those with a sophisticated disposition read no further), did you suggest they push in the cork? Given all F wines wines struggle to break the Ł30 mark, surely they'd try and make it work and suffer the Ł15 waste for whatever isn't finished.
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Maybe it's time for some shots!
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Down with the blue label!
Some of you here might agree a solid glass (or two) of neat Blue with an accompanying iced water glass is almost as acceptable for the TATL meal as a bordeaux…
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Bucks Fizz or Mimosa falls into the same sacrilegious practice in my mind. Why dilute a Ł100+ bottle of champagne with a Ł1 carton of orange juice? 😀
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You'd think they might speculatively put out an announcement to see if anyone had a corkscrew in their hand baggage or on a key ring etc... (or is that a big no no in terms of being seen as a sharp object at security?)
Not ideal, but it would solve a problem, and it's not like they are asking if anyone knows how to fly a plane...
Not ideal, but it would solve a problem, and it's not like they are asking if anyone knows how to fly a plane...
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You'd think they might speculatively put out an announcement to see if anyone had a corkscrew in their hand baggage or on a key ring etc... (or is that a big no no in terms of being seen as a sharp object at security?)
Not ideal, but it would solve a problem, and it's not like they are asking if anyone knows how to fly a plane...
Not ideal, but it would solve a problem, and it's not like they are asking if anyone knows how to fly a plane...
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For your future on this forum you’d better hope we don’t see a statement from BA along the lines of “Based on customer feedback we have decided to only offer boxed wines from now on”.
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I have heard about flights leaving without any corkscrews loaded, of course this should never happen.
I believe the title of this thread is misleading as there are will be plenty of wines onboard that could have been served as all of the wines in CW and WT are screw tops. There are probably two or maybe three wines in First that have corks that would not be able to be served.
I believe the title of this thread is misleading as there are will be plenty of wines onboard that could have been served as all of the wines in CW and WT are screw tops. There are probably two or maybe three wines in First that have corks that would not be able to be served.