Stuart Rogers <stuart.rogers.clara.co.uk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On 2/8/06 14:17, "Laura TM Salmi" wrote:
>>
>> "lardychap" <gareth_m_evans@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>>
>>> Not wi****ng to be boring (but succeeding spectacularly) I went to
>>> Shanghai recently for work, on Emirates. Got upgraded both legs, both
>>> directions, to first class..
>>
>> On a recent trip to US I got upgraded to business on the flight
>> from Helsinki to Copenhagen. So my dry sandwich and apple juice
>> were included (SAS now charges for those in economy on short flights).
>> Amazingly, though, they only served coffee, no tea. They appear to
>> really be trying to cut all non-necessary costs.
>
>It could be worse... On a four hour flight from Paris to the Cape
>Verde Islands back in 2000 no food or drink was offered at all.
>My colleagues managed to sweet-talk a stewardess into serving
>them champagne, but I declined as it would only provoke the
>migraine I was nursing - a migraine that wasn't helped upon
>landing by the news that a) my luggage was lost, and b) the trip's
>organiser was not organised enough to get our visas in order.
>
>Other airlines try too hard - on a thirty minute flight from
>Montreal to Quebec [wocab] I was offered sandwiches, crisps,
>fruit, and a carton of fruit juice.
Some airlines take the easy way out (Olympic in this case). On a trip
to Australia, I had a late flight to Athens on which they served
dinner. Some Greek dish made with minced lamb.
Waited overnight in Athens air****t for hours for the next flight to
Bangkok. They served breakfast, and then lunch, which was the same
minced lamb dish.
We refuelled in Bangkok, and after taking off again, were served
dinner; by now a very familiar minced lamb dish.
Had the same breakfast as before, and then finally arrived in
Melbourne, dangerously close to lunchtime, but we were spared another
meal.
On another occasion, flying between Bangalore and Mumbai, I didn't eat
anything. Flies outnumbered passengers by about 20:1, which didn't
exactly whet the appetite. And the dessert they served up appeared to
be some sort of blancmange made from mayonnaise that had been left out
in the sun, swimming in rancid milk. (or it might have been
Macdonalds secret sauce - hard to tell the difference)
Easyjet from Luton to Aberdeen. No problem. Cheap ticket. Sit
wherever you want. Buy a sandwich and a coffee, or bring your own and
make it a picnic! :-)
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Chimaera
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