Qantas Business Class meals & menus

[cbourl]

Here here! I first met Lurpak onboard Qantas and the romance hasn't ended since...

Lurpak is Danish, and cows in Denmark are fed with Bovaer - do some research. Wouldn't tough Lurpak - for my own health and fertility as a male, and becasue of cows fed Bovaer dropping dead all over Scandinavia and Denmark

 

[Captain Halliday]

QF485 SYD-MEL.

On this flight there were two staff travellers and the CSM took meal selections from both before takeoff.

The staff travellers were severed last, but were still given their first preference.

Luckily I’d selected two one so my choice was still available. Those in row two and three were not so lucky.

Options (for those fortunate enough to have a choice) were a spinach and feta pastry with mango chutney with carrots and spicy tomato or a ploughman’s board.



I like spicy food and the tomato had a real kick.

 

[Kangol]

QF485 SYD-MEL.

On this flight there were two staff travellers and the CSM took meal selections from both before takeoff.

The staff travellers were severed last, but were still given their first preference.

Interesting, every time I've sat next to someone on staff travel (both deadheading and not in uniform), on a 737, the FA has always told them they will come back once all other pax have been served.

 

[Captain Halliday]

Interesting, every time I've sat next to someone on staff travel (both deadheading and not in uniform), on a 737, the FA has always told them they will come back once all other pax have been served.

That’s been my experience too.

When I saw it happen I assumed they were CL or WP1.

But the guy behind me was addressed in such a way it was clear he was staff.

Plus being in 1C, I could clearly hear the CSM tell the other FA when he returned to the galley that he’d taken staff orders so they didn’t miss out.

 

[mad_atta]

That’s been my experience too.

When I saw it happen I assumed they were CL or WP1.

But the guy behind me was addressed in such a way it was clear he was staff.

Plus being in 1C, I could clearly hear the CSM tell the other FA when he returned to the galley that he’d taken staff orders so they didn’t miss out.

That's so shoddy, I'd be inclined to complain. I feel like it's getting more common on Qantas.

Earlier this year I was on holiday with other Australian-based friends in Mexico, and we were talking about which routes and airlines we were taking to get back to our respective homes. When I mentioned we were connecting through DFW to take the QF nonstop from there (in PE upgrading to J), my friend said he'd sworn off Qantas after far too many experiences in paid business class where the FAs fawned over passengers who were clearly on staff travel at the expense of the paying passenger.

In that conversation I defended Qantas and said that hadn't typically been my experience, only for exactly that to happen on the long DFW-SYD flight. The person across from me on the aisle was clearly current or former staff, and had 10x the attention lavished on them of anyone else in the cabin. That would not necessarily have been such a problem if we were all getting good service, but the crew was forgetting things left and right (never offered bread, almost impossible to get a drink refil) all while spending huge amounts of time looking after their colleague. Absolutely maddening.

I should have complained at the time (and about the shoddy catering for such a long premium cabin flight) but in all the work backlog and post-holiday chaos I just couldn't be bothered, which I regret now.

 

[Kangol]

That’s been my experience too.

When I saw it happen I assumed they were CL or WP1.

But the guy behind me was addressed in such a way it was clear he was staff.

Plus being in 1C, I could clearly hear the CSM tell the other FA when he returned to the galley that he’d taken staff orders so they didn’t miss out.

As a P1, I've never had the "pre-order" offer, only told meal choices when the trolley was brought out.
I've sat next to a CL once and he wasn't asked for meal preference before takeoff (I was WP at the time).
Maybe other P1/CLs have before? I didn't think that was a thing on a 737.

 

[flyingfan]

IME
I haven't seen 'pre-orders' taken recently (possibly a long time ago). The whole (J) cabin was treated equally with the only differentiator being going down the aisle and seating for that is strongly influenced by status.

And staff travel treatment appears the same to how I've seen it. I see flight attendants pop down just a tray and say they'll be back with what's left.

 

[Mr_Orange]

I see flight attendants pop down just a tray and say they'll be back with what's left.

Which is what should be happening.