Qantas Introduces Select on Q-Eat (Trial)

[bob w]

More like moving from row 19 or something to 11/12/13. I presume Bob W meant LAX-MEL?Seems a US company is providing the service.

Yup, LAX-MEL, but how did you know I'm currently in row 19 I really liked row 13 SYD-LAX coming back from the Darwin DO.

 

[flychrisfly]

The link is here:

Qantas | Select on Q - Eat

They even let you book meal with a made up booking reference, name and email address

 

[Berlin]

They even let you book meal with a made up booking reference, name and email address

I couldn't resist lodging my "booking" for next week

 

[bob w]

They even let you book meal with a made up booking reference, name and email address

OK, well that's a problem

 

[flychrisfly]

OK, well that's a problem

A delicious duck-based problem

 

[RooFlyer]

I'm surprised how long it takes QF to get their act together with this: They managed to sort all the cooperation stuff with Emirates in record time (great booking site for the chauffeur drive, near perfect signing in DXB airport and so on and on...) and then it takes months and months to "trial" their meal service?

Even an otherwise totally disorganized airline like Thai which doesn't even let you select your seats online manages to offer you an amazing choice of meals to pre-book on their funny website which looks like being programmed in some shed while Qantas on my upcoming QF12 has a rather uninspiring choice of "supper" options of which most are not even proper meals but salads, soups and sandwiches- some of which you can order as a snack any time during the flight anyway. Apparently, "passengers told them" they wanted to pay thousands of dollars to receive a salad as dinner- yea, right! :evil:

Besides- it's mid May and you still select from the "April 2013" menu which just further makes this entire thing look like an half-ar@#d attempt rather than what I would expect from Qantas, especially after months of trialing. Fairly disappointing to be honest.

Yeah, that was my impression. Menu was dated tHe previous month and I found most of the pre order selections on the on board menu anyway. I guess it prevents the "run out" situation, but I was expecting the pre order menu to be a different selection, as with other airlines who allow pre ordering.

a nice idea, and partially works, but needs some fine tuning!

 

[serfty]

I received my QFF membership statement in the mail today and there was this:

Select on Q - Eat

Qantas Business customers travelling on flights from Singapore to Australia, and between Australia and London or Dubai can now pre-order their choice of meal prior to their flight using Select on Q-Eat. Through Select on Q-Eat, customers can also enjoy access to exclusive menu options.

Visit qantas.com for more details.

Well these pages do not show anything other than ex LAX to OZ flights as I post:
Qantas | Select on Q - Eat
You're the reason we fly | Qantas