Food and drinks excellent: I had a gin and tonic as aperitif and a chenin blanc with my entree. Food was tasty without being over-salty. Crew friendly. Entertainment first class. The flight was fairly full but not crowded, so my wife and I were two persons to three seats -- most rows were the same. Bathrooms are smartly designed and adequate for the number of passengers. Window dimmers are great.
Bring back the cabin socks, please, or at least make that an option, so that we don't have to take our shoes on and off in the confined quarters of economy class. And peanuts would be far preferable to pretzels, although I understand that some travelers have allergies (keep a few packets of pretzels available for them).
the convenience of flying direct to San Jose, Ca. The 787 is a nice airplane. Overhead lighting for the seat was glaring, so didn'r use much. Next to the bulkhead, it was not cold like other planes. Tje auto tiing on the larger window was nice.
The entertainment system did not function on our flight (10 1/2 hrs of boredom).
can't say much for the food on the BA flight, but we were flying economy. They did serve 3 meals.
I did not get the meal of my choice, also as I tried to check in at home, the system did not give me much choices to respond to, instead the system blocked me entirely from early check in and it wasn't enough time to make calls. I think check in should be made available at least 48-72hrs ahead not just 24hrs. Also walking from terminal to terminal in Frankfurt is way too far, it seems about 2miles + of walk.
I wish it truly were Finnair instead of American: The seat, the legroom, the fact that you have to pay 20% more to have the same rotten seat 12 rows further up front, the food that's barely fit for human consumption, the presence of 20 year old cathode screens that can't be watched but do prevent the cabin being dark, etc.
It wasn't clear that we would need to pay to check our luggage, especially since every international flight I have ever been on allows you a checked bag at no cost. When we got to the airport it cost us $130 each to check our bag which we were told it would have been around $50 if we had done it online ahead of time (if we knew). $130 per bag is excessive for checked luggage and we were extremely frustrated and disappointed. I like to fly Virgin when I can due to comfort but that experience left much to be desired.
Boarding was easy. clean plane, crew was very friendly. I was very concerned though, when we banked left and did a complete circle in the air. An explanation from the captain would have been terrific. I made sure I was the last one to leave the plane and asked him about it when I saw him at the exit. He told me what happened but I would have liked to know while it was happening. Besides that, the coke and pretzels were divine. :)
No air control when we got hot, the stewardess was too efficient and kept taking our drinks, you have to pay for food and teh in flight movie wasn't over by the time the flight was over so I didn't get ro see the whole movie.
clean. Seat covers nice and clean. furniture color scheme pleasant.
1. Seat distance by far too less.
2. seat width on the borderline of being acceptable.
3.. No entertainment, not even a flight info screen available.
4. Only instant coffee available. If it is instant, cappuccino or other café specialities should be available. Emirates and Etihad make the example.
5. Food okay - but not for french airline. No innovation, no thought in it. Standard "how do I get the cattle fed the cheapest possible" food.
6. Electrical / USB / Network plugs or WIFI unknown.
British Airways had many, many problems getting people through to their connections at Heathrow. Our flight arrived from Rome two hours late causing us to miss our flight to San Jose. We then stood in line for 5 HOURS in Heathrow only to watch every potential flight to a connection in the US take off from the tarmac. They were understaffed and did not seem to care about the line that went winding down the hallway of the airport. BA put us up in a hotel all the way out in Gatwick (an airport an hour away and back) because they already filled every room at Heathrow airport. We had to fly into SFO through an entirely different airline the next day instead of BA to San Jose and then take an UBER home from there. Worst travel experience I have ever had.
My 2-year-old son accidentally pressed the flight attendant button twice in his seat and once in the bathroom, but I didn't get yelled at by the flight attendants. I really appreciated that.
One of my pieces of luggage was lost, but it arrived about 4 days later. It came back in perfect condition, which is great.
I had no trouble keeping myself entertained on the 10-hour flight from London to California. There were tons of movies to choose from, and that's not even counting all the television shows that were available. It's good that there are so many options b/c there is no wifi available for purchase.
Not really related to the flight itself, but this was my first time flying British Airways, and they have a policy where you can't pick your seat until 24-hour in advance unless you pay an extra fee to choose early. I thought this was similar to Southwest's early bird check-in where no one really opts to pay for such a feature, but apparently with British Airways, everyone pays to pick a seat early. I checked in to my flight literally one minute after the site opened up and there were only middle seats left. So, if you've never flown BA before and you have a long flight, you might want to pay the extra fee to choose your seat early.
boarding area to Frankfurt was cramped. Not quite sure why two flights were scheduled for the same gate and caused confusion when both grouos wwre asked to board the plane
I really enjoyed my flight. I fly often and crew and service of Lufthansa really stood out. They were very friendly and caring. Food was exceptionally good. I defintely choose Lufthansa again.
The diabetic meals lacked variety and there was no choice. I was given a chicken dish with potatoes and mushrooms for the first meal and then given another chicken dish with rice for the second . Unlike other passengers I was not offered a choice. Both meal had a high carbohydrate load as they came with a separate bread bun . The first meal had peaches for dessert but my second meal offering had no substitute for the cake given to other passengers. The snack box contained sweet and salty popcorn,salted crisps and malteasers which are to be avoided by diabetics . Overall my dietary needs were poorly serviced by BA on this flight.
I flew with multiple international airlines this summer and KLM was by far the best. The crew of KLM were exceptionally attentive, polite, and helpful. The meals were by far the most enjoyable of my airplane travel meals; and I learned that KLM does not charge for it's drinks on international flights, unlike most other international airlines that I traveled with this summer. In a sentence, flying with KLM was a very pleasant experience and I will recommend this airlines to others.
If I were going to list any negatives, I would say that the little travel pillow that was given to the passengers was so thin that it was practically useless, but I brought my own with me, so I was none the less comfortable.
The Amsterdam airport is super disorganized, with rude employees great at making excuses for their incompetence.
The boarding crew really struggled to organized the boarding and wouldn't really care about people's status. We had to take a bus to the airplane, and even though both plane's entrances were open, they sent everybody to the front entrance.
The comfort of the plane was horrendous, with seats over 20 years old and their business class was the same as the coach, but with no one sitting in the middle (can you get any lower than this?)
The flight attendant woke me up to shove a food tray that I didn't want.
We had to wait over 45 minutes after the plane landing to start seeing some luggage show up on the conveyor bell.
The overall flight experience make southwest look like a luxury airline. This was my first and last time flying on KLM.
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