B293 LHR-IAD 31 August. F on A380
Sep 2, 2023, 4:23 pm
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B293 LHR-IAD 31 August. F on A380
First thoughts;
Seat 2K is nice enough
Boarding slightly late 👎
First had its own door 👍
Older crew, expecting good service 🤞
This seat would be a lot nicer with a bigger screen like in other F's...and maybe a door!
Once in the air:
Good Wi-Fi 👍
Quick drinks & ABs👍
My screen was fine… my companion’s didn’t come on. 👎 IFL asked for email address & if we wanted to take anything off board… we jokily said champagne but they were happy to oblige 🍾
Starter was nice, tuna . With some white wine tasting.
I thought it was plural beef cheeks, I just got the one. Tasted fine. Bit more gravy would have been nice. red wine tasting this time.
Delicious espresso mascarpone cake dessert, I couldn’t wait to dig in before a photo opp.
Drunken slumber sleep, woke up with 3 hours to go and some hunger. Cheeseboard + crisps worked well.
I needed something soft but I was told there was no Diet Coke anywhere on board…. 👎
1.5 hours before landing the light meal was served…. So light I could barely see it (well, the Caesar salad).
Katsu burger was a human portion.
Forgot to offer me dessert, but when I asked for it, it wasn’t a bad lemon meringue.
Thoughtful goodbye from the IFL before landing, but when I mentioned no Diet Coke they wouldn’t have it… kindly got me a Diet Coke from the back. Can’t fault them going above and beyond for us. I think I’ll submit a golden ticket.
Overall 8.5/10. BA need to refresh their hard product, and a Diet Coke from the back much earlier in the flight would have upped this score ;-)
Best,
TPRun
Last edited by TPRun; Sep 2, 2023 at 4:38 pm
Sep 2, 2023, 4:30 pm
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Too lazy to quote and delete the entire post so…
Drunken slumber sleep, woke up with 3 hours to go and some hunger. Cheeseboard + crisps worked well.
I believe we may be soul mates 😆 Excellent trip report, made me smile.
Drunken slumber sleep, woke up with 3 hours to go and some hunger. Cheeseboard + crisps worked well.
I believe we may be soul mates 😆 Excellent trip report, made me smile.
Sep 2, 2023, 4:35 pm
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Sep 2, 2023, 4:40 pm
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Sep 3, 2023, 9:48 am
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Sep 4, 2023, 11:12 am
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there wasn’t any in the J side of the bottom level on the a380, I even saw for myself. That crew member didn’t go further down, so they don’t get the golden ticket, but the IFL doing it & the rest of their pro-activeness (partners screen not working, already doing the email, the bottle of LPGS) + my Diet Coke deserves it. And they did it all with a smile - that’s also rare!
