Pre-Departure Beverages Gone the Way of the Dodo?

[AIRwin]

Priority boarding worked this morning for a BNE-SYD flight but nothing offered prior to departure and in fact there was a 20 minute delay waiting for catering...

Nothing again on BNE-SYD today...

 

[eminere]

Had a great crew on today's QF101 SYD-NAN. PreDB was sparkling water or wine, and PostDB was green or orange juice (though you could ask for something else and the crew were happy to fetch it for you). About 2/3 into the flight the CSM went through offering snacks (delicious white chocolate chip cookies) along with more drinks.

 

[UP4014]

Yesterday nothing on my Sydney to Brisbane in business.

Today, Brisbane to Sydney water offered to me in row 4 before push back.

 

[Big John]

Yesterday (27 Jan 2023), no Pre DB on QF 474 MEL to SYD either.

 

[kangarooflyer88]

Some more data points based on recent trips in business I took:

• QF 494 - MEL to SYD - No PDB offered
• QF 499 - SYD to MEL - No PDB offered
• QF 146 - AKL to SYD - PDB offered - water, juice or champagne (unsure if it's Australian champagne or proper champagne)
• QF 153 - MEL to AKL - PDB offered - water, juice or champagne (unsure if it's Australian champagne or proper champagne)
• QF 433 - SYD to MEL - No PDB offered
• QF 596 - SYD to OOL - Water bottle provided

So far as I can tell the one thing you can almost always count on now is no PDB on domestic sectors.

-RooFlyer88