BA changes to meals, CW and F serving Brunch

[Princess Fiona]

Lots of unhappy folks with the new meal service on long haul.
BA is serving what’s euphemistically called brunch on a lot of long haul departures up until 11:29am.
Also changes on the evening service with a “cosy down” supper menu.

Don’t think it affects LHR-SIN-SYD from what I have seen so far.
FT is a hot mess of complaints
Link below to HFP article

Brunchgate

 

[lovestotravel]

Sounds about as great as SQ serving this on a breakfast flight leaving at 6:30am



Then a full lunch service a few hours later for a flight arriving at 11:30am........

 

[Lynda2475]

Looking at the menu the bigger travesty is how can they call it brunch where there is no option offering bacon! Its not brunch (or breakfast) if there isnt bacon on offer.

 

[bam71]

Looking at the menu the bigger travesty is how can they call it brunch where there is no option offering bacon! Its not brunch (or breakfast) if there isnt bacon on offer.

#Truth

 

[Mattg]

The brunch service sounds similar to QF short-haul.

Flew QF domestic today, scheduled departure time 11:25 but with a 3pm arrival it was really a lunch flight. The two choices were a bacon and cheese croissant or a bacon and egg sandwich.

Post in thread 'Qantas Business Class meals & menus'

Oct 22, 2024

QF1905 BNE-CBR
Delayed 11:25 departure

The two choices were a croissant with bacon and cheese, or a toasted sandwich with egg, bacon and cheese. I had the sandwich.



To be honest, this meal felt really cheap and the options were too similar. I wish that one of the options would have been a salad or something.

The economy toilets were out of order so there was a steady stream of passengers heading to the front toilet during the flight. Cabin crew was lovely, though.

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[Princess Fiona]

The brunch service sounds similar to QF short-haul.

Flew QF domestic today, scheduled departure time 11:25 but with a 3pm arrival it was really a lunch flight. The two choices were a bacon and cheese croissant or a bacon and egg sandwich.

Post in thread 'Qantas Business Class meals & menus'

Oct 22, 2024

QF1905 BNE-CBR
Delayed 11:25 departure

The two choices were a croissant with bacon and cheese, or a toasted sandwich with egg, bacon and cheese. I had the sandwich.



To be honest, this meal felt really cheap and the options were too similar. I wish that one of the options would have been a salad or something.

The economy toilets were out of order so there was a steady stream of passengers heading to the front toilet during the flight. Cabin crew was lovely, though.

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I think that’s acceptable (just) for Domestic.
It’s totally unacceptable for LHR-ORD etc

 

[Princess Fiona]

And the latest take by HFP on the supper service
“To Fly to Starve” lol
Evening meal cuts

 

[dajop]

#enhancement?

Come on, be fair. Someone has to pay for the execs and cornerstone investors to improve their wine cellars, expand their Caribbean holiday home portfolio and add a few more cars to their rare car collections. In this case a few business class passengers lose a few calories as a bonus. What's not to love?

 

[RooFlyer]

BA is serving what’s euphemistically called brunch on a lot of long haul departures up until 11:29am.

Sounds very much like the infamous Qantas long haul 'Café breakfast'

 

[justinbrett]

I wonder if they’ll improve their lousy T5 F lounge offerings?

 

[jase05]

I wonder if they’ll improve their lousy T5 F lounge offerings?

I agree there although I will admit on my last visit in March the food was pretty good and the offerings were much better than previous visits. Might have got lucky that day because it was pretty average the previous few visits

 

[Viridis]

I wonder if they’ll improve their lousy T5 F lounge offerings?

Concorde Room T5 is very good. Far better than the QF First Lounge (Sydney) with the exception of 'no Grange'

 

[justinbrett]

Concorde Room T5 is very good. Far better than the QF First Lounge (Sydney) with the exception of 'no Grange'

Yes I’m sure it is but it’s not a OWE lounge like QF’s is. So you’d want to hope so.

I just make that comment on the lounge in context of BA having a history of bad catering.

 

[Viridis]

Yes I’m sure it is but it’s not a OWE lounge like QF’s is. So you’d want to hope so.

I just make that comment on the lounge in context of BA having a history of bad catering.

Interesting comment you make

In respect of the Lounge I think the OW access is a good point. If I travel J i usually eat on the aeroplane because the food is always far superior to the Lounge. I guess this is because there is large scale access to the Lounge and the catering is accordingly cost-managed (or would certainly appear to be). Once on-board the airline only has its own passengers.

The standards are usually better in the F Lounges because the access is much more restricted. But, as you say, the QF First Lounge is a OWE Lounge. I guess that just demonstrates a need for QF to establish a sub-Lounge for their F passengers

As for history of bad catering, you've obviously got a long memory .......

 

[justinbrett]

The standards are usually better in the F Lounges because the access is much more restricted. But, as you say, the QF First Lounge is a OWE Lounge. I guess that just demonstrates a need for QF to establish a sub-Lounge for their F passengers

Is it a need?

QF does have a roped off area with a different menu.

As for history of bad catering, you've obviously got a long memory .......

Happy to clarify as “recent history”.

 

[Viridis]

Lots of unhappy folks with the new meal service on long haul.
BA is serving what’s euphemistically called brunch on a lot of long haul departures up until 11:29am.
Also changes on the evening service with a “cosy down” supper menu.

Don’t think it affects LHR-SIN-SYD from what I have seen so far.
FT is a hot mess of complaints
Link below to HFP article

Brunchgate

Just read the HFP article .... ..... looks ridiculous

I guess there'll be a flood of people looking to book flights with a midday or later departure.

If I were being generous - and I mean really very bloody generous - it may be that they're offering 'choice'. Not everyone is on departure time-zone and may be in the mood for breakfast. I've often thought this in 'transit' when lounges don't offer alcohol before midday local time.

But on balance, I'd go the cost-cutting option

 

[Viridis]

Is it a need?

QF does have a roped off area with a different menu.

As a competitive measure, yes, I'd say 'need'. Perception is that many of the premium perks are being diluted, and as you say, offered to OWE.

A roped off area is a low-cost option. But it is where they hide the Grange

 

[justinbrett]

As a competitive measure, yes, I'd say 'need'. Perception is that many of the premium perks are being diluted, and as you say, offered to OWE.

A roped off area is a low-cost option. But it is where they hide the Grange

I think when your starting point is the SYD Flounge vs the BA F “zoo” the need is much less. And who is QF competing with? It’s an “end of the line” carrier. Very few pax are transiting Aus - so if they’re coming to Australia there’s no other F lounges, or even other top tier FF lounges. EK would be the closest but they’re allied with QF.

And of course other premium airlines like CX and JL don’t either.

True F is going to be very niche going forward so I can’t really see the need.

Anyway, this has now become off topic.

 

[Austman]

BA is serving what’s euphemistically called brunch on a lot of long haul departures up until 11:29am.

Breakfast, IMO, has always been the most ordinary airline meal in any class.

To extend it to 11:29 am departures is not great.

I remember reading, a little while back in an Age Good Food article, why they had few to no reviews of breakfasts. At restaurants or hotels.

The reason was that breakfasts are pretty stock standard and are fairly dull. It's not that the breakfasts were terrible. It's that they tend to be nothing too special.

And that applies even more on an airline, especially in premium classes.

 

[downgraded]

Breakfast, IMO, has always been the most ordinary airline meal in any class

I'd disagree. QF breakfast has often been the highpoint of QFi catering on their long haul segments (to/from) LHR. Or already as with most things QF, it used to be.