You get more flies with honey...

Just returned from my inaugural UC round trip (LHR - JFK). Very impressed apart from the champers running out before the seatbelt sign had come off and can happily echo the sentiments regarding the Clubhouses, checkin etc etc - all quite wonderful.

A little tale from Revivals. There we were, having a glass of fizz and a spot of breakfast and generally chatting to the staff, when a gentlemen at the next table pertaining to be a sort of Road Warrior started making a bad noise about there being no copies of the FT left. The young lady who he spoke to - who had actually finished her shift - explained that they have a limited allocation but perhaps he could buy one from WH Smiths? He was having none of this and inisted that they sent someone out for one. Which they did.

The arrival of said broadsheet neatly coincided with the manager of Revivals coming to my table and asking if it was my birthday (which it was). She then presented my with a bottle of Mumm Cordon Rouge to take home with me.

Oh, and I was delighted that our plane was called Tubular Belle.

I think for someone paying UC fares, it's not too much to expect a copy of your newspaper... I think suggesting he get one from WHsmith is really bad, and the fact that they eventually got him one shows that it was possible, and they should have done that first.

Sounds a bit DYKWIA syndrome ... that said I am more horrified by the first part of your story. Champagne running out before seatbelt signs go off - VS get your act together [:0].

It was a bit of the DYKWIA attitude, I confess. But yes, I was very surpised at the champers running out and got the distinct impression that it hadn't been restocked. Still, there was plenty of Cremant going...

Still, there was plenty of Cremant going...

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Originally posted by jaguarpig

Still, there was plenty of Cremant going...

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It could have been worse; it could have been Cava. Or Nyetimber...

Originally posted by Badhorsey
It could have been worse; it could have been Cava. Or Nyetimber...

I am glad you enjoyed - however, in my humble opinion BBR cremant at altitude is worse, much worse than a decent Cava. Even worse is the crew 'ever so slight fibbing' when substituting cremant for champagne (common in PE, becoming frequent in UC) and even worse than that is paying £5k for a flight and not even having champagne [:0].

As you can guess, it's quite a bugbear for me this dwindling champagne supply which seems to happen very regularly ... [:0]

Originally posted by slinky09

Originally posted by Badhorsey
It could have been worse; it could have been Cava. Or Nyetimber...

I am glad you enjoyed - however, in my humble opinion BBR cremant at altitude is worse, much worse than a decent Cava. Even worse is the crew 'ever so slight fibbing' when substituting cremant for champagne (common in PE, becoming frequent in UC) and even worse than that is paying £5k for a flight and not even having champagne [:0].

As you can guess, it's quite a bugbear for me this dwindling champagne supply which seems to happen very regularly ... [:0]

No, I do think you're right - the Cremant / Cava thing is down to personal taste of course, but I don't really think they should have run out. I'd have been less happy if it had happened on the LHR - JFK run, being a daytime flight. On that one though, they had no sleep suits!