QF DOM Y Dinner 'enhanced' to a footy pie?

[Austman]

The FA on my SYD-MEL flight was telling me about the pies last Saturday, they are only during the holiday break, while "business travellers" aren't flying as much. i think it was until the 7th January.

Seems to be true! But why the exceptions? As I posted on FT:

December 27 Canberra-Melbourne. Dep 12:55, lunch. Y-class got a tray service with a panini, cadbury chocolate, water and a later tea/coffee service.

I expected a cookie!

J-Class was reduced to 3 rows on the 734 and was 50% full. Maybe that's the exception?

 

[anchew]

Canberra's special?

 

[AusTraveller]

I also asked about this (Flight was Dec 24) "Dinner Service" for my gluten free special meal was a cold, dry sandwich. Had to ask for another drink to help wash it down The pie would have been better.

They also confirmed it was a holiday "menu" (sorry couldn't think of an appropriate word for it - rations?)

The FA on my SYD-MEL flight was telling me about the pies last Saturday, they are only during the holiday break, while "business travellers" aren't flying as much. i think it was until the 7th January.

 

[Austman]

Canberra's special?

But why does any of this affect Y class meals?

Edit: Oh I see! There is Y class at business times and Y class at holiday times and Y class on important business routes (eg CBR-MEL) that overides Y class at holiday times.

Edit again: No, I don't see!

 

[mannej]

Qantas has introduced the Niel Perry pie to the dinner service after the success of the Luke Mangan pie on Virgin Australia

Don't forget the Neil Perry Party Pies were around before Luke Mangan's pies!

 

[anchew]

But why does any of this affect Y class meals?

I think a panini is the usual lunch/dinner service. Maybe they decided to stick with the usual service in and out of CBR (rather than 'footy pieing' the route).
Personally I prefer the cookie than panini. Always found the bread to be cold and dry.

 

[anchew]

Don't forget the Neil Perry Party Pies were around before Luke Mangan's pies!

I got it! With the closure of the J lounge, they needed to off load the pies

 

[Platinum A332]

Great, so now QF introduce catering policies based on arbitrary dates instead of time of day or fare paid. So a leisure traveller who pays the same or higher airfare compared to a business traveller, but travels 24 Dec-7th Jan, enjoys a lesser service? Completely logical!

I wonder what will happen on the Australia Day long weekend? Easter? Anzac Day? Maybe Hot Dinners will only be a weekday service?

 

[madrooster]

I wonder if it's due to less catering staff working over the Christmas/New Year period? Admittedly loading a bunch of pies into carts is easier and requires less staff than cooking a bunch of meals.

 

[mella2007]

I'd be annoyed with a pie. Gross.

 

[timmitch]

Melb-adel flights at 11:50am you get a pie all the time. 9 times out of 10 they are that bloody hot and feel like straight out of microwave

 

[Oneworldplus2]

I also asked about this (Flight was Dec 24) "Dinner Service" for my gluten free special meal was a cold, dry sandwich. Had to ask for another drink to help wash it down The pie would have been better.

So, I take it your not gluten free (celiac) then?

 

[samh004]

Firstly, when Qantas is advertising this flight as having a hot dinner service, I think this is a little misleading (and was vastly inferior to the hot dinner service I had on the CBR-BNE leg a week earlier - chicken masala- yum!).

Whenever I book, all I see in the "Meal" section is "Dinner", there's never anything about it being hot, or how big it has to be.

I do agree though, you'd expect more, and glad nlagalle has got to the bottom of it for everyone!

 

[nlagalle]

Great, so now QF introduce catering policies based on arbitrary dates instead of time of day or fare paid. So a leisure traveller who pays the same or higher airfare compared to a business traveller, but travels 24 Dec-7th Jan, enjoys a lesser service? Completely logical!

I wonder what will happen on the Australia Day long weekend? Easter? Anzac Day? Maybe Hot Dinners will only be a weekday service?

I'm not saying it is right or wrong, but being that many people want this time of the year off, perhaps thy have done that (I know our company for the first time MADE everyone non essential take at least a week off), and had some casuals in to fill shifts?

Is it fair that we may take time off but others can't because we may want to fly?

 

[markis10]

Whenever I book, all I see in the "Meal" section is "Dinner", there's never anything about it being hot, or how big it has to be.

I do agree though, you'd expect more, and glad nlagalle has got to the bottom of it for everyone!

Qantas made a big hurrah about going back to hot meals in 2004, three years after they scrapped them owing to a lack of competition.

New Qantas Domestic Inflight ServiceSydney, 24 August 2004
Qantas will launch a new domestic inflight service this week, featuring the return of hot dinners in Economy Class and a choice of two dinners in Business Class.

 

[drron]

On 19/12 on SYD-BNE the J lunch was a Mezze plate-

This was fine though the biscuits were inedible.The choice however was a cheese plate which all in row 3 got.2 pieces of cheese,some dried fruit and a couple of crackers-definitely not a great J lunch offering.

 

[flyingfan]

On 19/12 on SYD-BNE the J lunch was a Mezze plate-
...
This was fine though the biscuits were inedible.The choice however was a cheese plate which all in row 3 got.2 pieces of cheese,some dried fruit and a couple of crackers-definitely not a great J lunch offering.

OT: on the 08:55 BNE-TSV this is what I had, the alternative being a fruit platter.

 

[love_the_life]

If I pay for a service (and I do pay for my flights) at this time of year I should expect the same level of service I would have received had I flown a week earlier.
Why penalise me because of poor rostering of holidays - in some jobs, weekend and holiday work is the norm. I have worked on public holidays before or over easter. If allowing holidays compromises the product or service it is bad management IMO.
I would be very unimpressed with a cello wrapped pie!
I think the worst thing I ever had in Y was a fig scone (on its own, no butter and as hard as a rock)!

 

[Deen]

On a similar note, have not been impressed with the 3 crackers and pesto dip I have received twice now on evening trips back to BNE from TSV. After a long day you expect something a teeny bit more substantial.

 

[markis10]

On a similar note, have not been impressed with the 3 crackers and pesto dip I have received twice now on evening trips back to BNE from TSV. After a long day you expect something a teeny bit more substantial.

Had the same ex ADL for MEL at 6 PM, at least the drink was a freebie you don't get from TSV.