AY vs BA. A Side By Side Comparison in J.
Apr 24, 2015 | 4:59 am
#31
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Helsinki
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 428
Bit of a Negative Nancy, aren't you?
Those "tumblers" you dismiss so rudely are actually a design icon called "Ultima Thule" by Finnish designer and sculptor Tapio Wirkkala. The design dates from the late 1960's I believe. I think they are just gorgeous. The last time I flew AY, they served Joseph Perrier Champagne Cuvee Royale. As champagnes go, it's hardly set-the-world-on-fire stuff, but equally, it is far from awful. It's a bright, refreshing champagne, rather than a fuller, yeasty blanc de blanc. Really, the quality of it is about what I would expect in a J cabin.
Those "tumblers" you dismiss so rudely are actually a design icon called "Ultima Thule" by Finnish designer and sculptor Tapio Wirkkala. The design dates from the late 1960's I believe. I think they are just gorgeous. The last time I flew AY, they served Joseph Perrier Champagne Cuvee Royale. As champagnes go, it's hardly set-the-world-on-fire stuff, but equally, it is far from awful. It's a bright, refreshing champagne, rather than a fuller, yeasty blanc de blanc. Really, the quality of it is about what I would expect in a J cabin.
Apr 24, 2015 | 7:49 am
#32
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: MIA/MAD
Programs: AA EXP, AF G, BonVoy LTP, Accor D Hyatt E
Posts: 1,807
Bravo! I really enjoyed the report.
From the comments here, and on the Premium Fare Forum, it looks like AY have stepped it up a bit since OP drafted the report. A few of my friends in the UK have taken them for recent trips to Asia and had very positive comments as well. I plan to contribute a trip report in July for CDG to HEL to ICN and back. I can only hope I run into as many 'characters' as OP did.
From the comments here, and on the Premium Fare Forum, it looks like AY have stepped it up a bit since OP drafted the report. A few of my friends in the UK have taken them for recent trips to Asia and had very positive comments as well. I plan to contribute a trip report in July for CDG to HEL to ICN and back. I can only hope I run into as many 'characters' as OP did.
Apr 25, 2015 | 8:00 am
#33
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: BHX
Programs: AF Plat, BA GfL, LH Sen, AA Plat Pro, Hyatt Glob, HH Diamond, Cafe Nero Loyalty Card (7 Stamps)
Posts: 7,792
Haha. Where did this rear its head from?
It only seems fair to state that I've since flown AY again and got the lie flat product. It was very, very good.
Not a bitter lemon in sight.
It only seems fair to state that I've since flown AY again and got the lie flat product. It was very, very good.
Not a bitter lemon in sight.