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#728649 by McMaddog
29 Oct 2009, 15:50
quote:Originally posted by HWVlover
quote:Originally posted by slinky09
quote:Originally posted by Tinkerbelle
There's also three options in economy. [;)]


Really, how extravagant!


Tsk-Tsk [}:)]

Beef, chicken or veg - consistent as gravity
#728654 by Tinkerbelle
29 Oct 2009, 17:08
quote:Originally posted by slinky09
quote:Originally posted by Tinkerbelle
There's also three options in economy. [;)]


Really, how extravagant!


You should try it sometime!
#728658 by slinky09
29 Oct 2009, 17:30
quote:Originally posted by Tinkerbelle
You should try it sometime!


Thanks for the offer Tinks, let me think about that for a moment ... erm, well [:I]
#728706 by kingcole1974
30 Oct 2009, 10:22
quote:Originally posted by hackneyguy
[quote][i]

I think you find you are wrong - Tinkerbelle should and does know the product better than any of us [:w]


Yikes! Have I committed the ultimate sin and disagreed with one of the old timers?

I wrote, from my own experience, and I can honestly say there is no difference in the food. There are also 3 meal choices offered in Y.
#728707 by Scrooge
30 Oct 2009, 11:12
Not at all, it is not a sin to disagree with one of the old timers, however, in this case it is very doubtful you will find anyone on here that spends more time dealing with the PE meals than Tink, so pretty much if she says it's different, then in some way it is.
#728748 by Tinkerbelle
30 Oct 2009, 19:28
I am shocked at being referred to as an 'old-timer'! [:0][:0][8D]
#728805 by kingcole1974
31 Oct 2009, 13:43
quote:Originally posted by Tinkerbelle
I am shocked at being referred to as an 'old-timer'! [:0][:0][8D]


lol, sorry! But 1200+ posts says you are.....

But apart from the roll and the after dinner drinks, can you honestly mention anything else with the food that is different to ecomony?
#728914 by aft1981
01 Nov 2009, 20:34
I don't really think the food is THAT different, it's certainly not a reason to book PE over Y anyway. The reason I normally travel PE is because I'm 6'5' and honestly really do struggle fitting in a Y seat. Occasionally if I'm just popping over to the UK for a quick weekend or something and there is a bargain Y fare, I will do that, and then at check in I'll see how full the plane is, decide if I have a chance of getting a row to myself, or if I need to pay a little more to get an exit seat or chance a bulkhead.

I'm also not much of a fan of eating a large breakfast as soon as I wake up anyway, I prefer to wait and get something after a shower in Revivals. However, that being said, the choices in PE for breakfast from the East coast are awful. The chocolatey things are wayyy too stodgy, and honestly, who wants to eat chocolate or hot choc chip cookies for breakfast anyway?! Maybe if they changed the muffins to a nice light blueberry muffin, or a yogurt, or even cereal, I might be more tempted. But then, I might still just have a glass of orange juice and a cup of tea, and then a nice bacon sandwich in Revivals.
#728929 by Scrooge
01 Nov 2009, 22:24
That works if your gold, however if your not gold and your paying 3 times the price of a Y ticket, a egg muffin is not really going to cut it after flying from the west coast.
#729074 by gilly
03 Nov 2009, 16:26
quote:Originally posted by JoeyVS
Breakfast is the same in Y and PE. Flights are classed as short medium and long.
Short NYC BOS LOS IAD ORD DXB get the muffin or cereal bar. On these flights PE should also habe warm cookies which we bake on board.
Medium MCO MIA NBO Carribean get a hot sandwich (bacon roll or bagel or muffin)
Long LAX LAS SFO get Both the hot sandwich and a muffin or cereal bar.
HKG CPT JNB MRU PVG NRT - get a full hot breakfast tray service.


So can I ask, what meals are served in UC on a HKG flight? Dinner and a full hot breakfast? We don't land until 17.40 so wouldn't that be very late for breakfast [:0]
#729099 by honey lamb
03 Nov 2009, 18:54
quote:Originally posted by gilly
quote:Originally posted by JoeyVS
Breakfast is the same in Y and PE. Flights are classed as short medium and long.
Short NYC BOS LOS IAD ORD DXB get the muffin or cereal bar. On these flights PE should also habe warm cookies which we bake on board.
Medium MCO MIA NBO Carribean get a hot sandwich (bacon roll or bagel or muffin)
Long LAX LAS SFO get Both the hot sandwich and a muffin or cereal bar.
HKG CPT JNB MRU PVG NRT - get a full hot breakfast tray service.


So can I ask, what meals are served in UC on a HKG flight? Dinner and a full hot breakfast? We don't land until 17.40 so wouldn't that be very late for breakfast [:0]

IIRC you get breakfast.
#729101 by slinky09
03 Nov 2009, 19:17
quote:Originally posted by aft1981
I'm also not much of a fan of eating a large breakfast as soon as I wake up anyway, I prefer to wait and get something after a shower in Revivals. However, that being said, the choices in PE for breakfast from the East coast are awful. The chocolatey things are wayyy too stodgy, and honestly, who wants to eat chocolate or hot choc chip cookies for breakfast anyway?! Maybe if they changed the muffins to a nice light blueberry muffin, or a yogurt, or even cereal, I might be more tempted. But then, I might still just have a glass of orange juice and a cup of tea, and then a nice bacon sandwich in Revivals.


I couldn't agree more with your comments - it's not just that for a full fare W in PE the breakfast is a disgrace, the hot cookies are just so wrong. A skinny blueberry muffin on the other hand is not exactly difficult to source ...
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