British Airways brings back roast beef dinners in Club World and First

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• Olly says:

  24 Aug24 August 06:34

  Any sign of a spotted dick? 🤪

  • Dr Tom says:

    24 Aug24 August 07:03

    That’s only offered to customers who show their Mile High Club membership card.

• KP says:

  24 Aug24 August 07:13

  ‘Will [be] serving’

• Andrew says:

  24 Aug24 August 07:18

  It’s a shame that things aren’t totally back to normal and the Covid excuses continue with a single tray concept in Club World with all the courses served at once – very premium economy.

  • Kay Melville says:

    24 Aug24 August 07:31

    The lack of lounges, when other lounges are open, is what irks me. Even where lounges are shared they are not open to BA passengers!

    • Save East Coast Rewards says:

      24 Aug24 August 07:57

      Lufthansa are worse, they cancelled third party lounge contracts before BA did and I can’t see any sign of them restoring access yet. Of course everytime you fly from an airport with an ope lounge but not accessible by BA you should submit a complaint

      • Lady London says:

        24 Aug24 August 15:16

        Speaking of Lufthansa, they have sent out an interesting email this morning saying you can book a row in Y to yourself on any flight over 11 hours or so for a very very moderate fee varying between 159 and 229 euros – they’re call it “sleepers row”.

        Air NZ did something similar, not sure if they put the 11 hour flight minimum on it though. It’s a reason I would actually consider Lufthansa for far long haul now

        I presume people having much more illustrious status than me, with Lufthansa recei ved this information some time previously 🙂

        • Rhys says:

          24 Aug24 August 15:58

          was announced a few weeks ago!

        • 1ATL says:

          25 Aug25 August 03:53

          At least on NZ skycouch they had dedicated rows where the armrests folded away without any lumps and bumps and the floor space also became part of the sleeping space. The LH initiative seems to be a revenue increasing exercise by merely guaranteeing an empty row with a mattress pad on half empty flights. I’d expect the initiative to disappear as a bookable option once passenger loads return towards pre-pandemic levels.

• Memesweeper says:

  24 Aug24 August 07:55

  “Worcester Sauce Twiglets”

  They went so fast I thought I’d imagined them…

  • Mike says:

    24 Aug24 August 08:37

    They went through me so fast I wish I had imagined them !

• Andrew says:

  24 Aug24 August 08:31

  Where’s the Haggis?

  If there was anything that was really easy to plate up… And easy to serve the same headline menu as Vegan or Lamb (Halal).

  Everyone is happy.

  • Peggerz says:

    24 Aug24 August 10:04

    The haggis shooting season doesn’t start until 15th October.

  • Yorkieflyer says:

    24 Aug24 August 13:17

    In what sense is everyone Scottish?

    • andrew says:

      24 Aug24 August 23:17

      It’s a faith thing…

      Hindus generally don’t eat bovine, Jews and Muslims don’t generally eat porcine. Meat eaters of all faiths will happily scoff chicken or lamb.

      So having Haggis on the menu, of both meat and meatless varieties is a universal dish. Or are you not that keen on spicy lamb sausage?

• ankomonkey says:

  24 Aug24 August 10:11

  Toffos are a great call.

• Ronald Jacobs says:

  24 Aug24 August 10:37

  Mind you, from the plate in the hand of the hostess it doesn’t look as if you got much in the (late) 1940s.

  • Frankie says:

    24 Aug24 August 11:20

    I love the piles up bread slices. No artisan bread roll back then.

    • riku says:

      24 Aug24 August 12:45

      I thought the UK only got white sliced bread in the sixties when Chorley Wood bread was invented but it seems that brits liked that kind of bread even in the late 40’s

  • Paul Pogba says:

    24 Aug24 August 11:23

    Meat rationing didn’t end until 1954 and people weren’t as obese as they are now.

    • Bagoly says:

      24 Aug24 August 12:41

      Exactly – so I think that is more likely to be 1960s?
      Especially as the curvature of the wall suggests something at least as big as a 707.

      • Paul Pogba says:

        24 Aug24 August 14:16

        The 60s would make more sense given the block of Jarlsberg/Svembo on the table, I don’t think it was exported much before that.

• Lee says:

  24 Aug24 August 12:01

  re the 787 routes – anyone know what tests are required if out of the UK for say a day or two?

  • Rob says:

    24 Aug24 August 12:22

    Same as if you’re going for longer ….

    The only difference is that, if going for under 72 hours, you can do your ‘fit to fly’ return test in the UK before you go, so one less thing to worry about whilst away. Still need to waste £60+ on a PCR test when you return.

    • Bagoly says:

      24 Aug24 August 12:45

      All you need is a number on the PLF for the airline to check at the foreign airport.
      Expert Medicals Fully Vaccinated Amber Arrivals last week was £28, no extra for postage.

      • Nigel says:

        24 Aug24 August 16:29

        Expert Medicals is a dodgy company working from an office above a shop in Bradford. They specialise in medicals for (dodgy) insurance claims. I wouldn’t trust them to send a test kit out in time.

        • Save East Coast Rewards says:

          24 Aug24 August 18:57

          You don’t need to. You have the booking ref, that’s your end of the deal done. If the supplier lets you down then that’s not your fault. It’s on the approved list

  • John says:

    24 Aug24 August 12:31

    Same tests as going for any other period of time, except that you can take your “fly to the UK” test in the UK before leaving

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