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originallambrettaman said:
There's no such thing as good food on a flight, not even in first class, it all tastes like dog food.
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I almost agree with you on that one, but I have found one or two exceptions. The food on Kingfisher (yes, the beer people have an airline) is pretty good, like an Indian takeaway in the air and Singapore are is also edible.

On the other hand BA gave me food poisining in first class. I managed to get a two complimentary system wide tickets as a result. Not bad, but I would not recommend being as ill as I was to get the tickets. It was so bad they even let me stay in the toilet while we landed.
 
originallambrettaman said:
Bear in mind that advice came from someone who likes airline food. <laugh>
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Your being silly again OLM. Its nowhere near as bad as you make out. You must have flown with many poor quality airlines then. Aerophlot by chance ? Dont even bother to diss the food in Times Square. Anyone who has eaten there knows how good it is and how big the portions are.
 
The FRENCH TICKLER said:
Your being silly again OLM. Its nowhere near as bad as you make out. You must have flown with many poor quality airlines then. Aerophlot by chance ? Dont even bother to diss the food in Times Square. Anyone who has eaten there knows how good it is and how big the portions are.
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Thanks for your advice, though as I have an office on 7th Avenue and am a very very regular visitor(via BA), I really didn't need it. <ok>
 
Boothferry_Legend said:
The travel agent has said they won't help because on the E-ticket that they sent me it says 'this ticket is non transferable or refundable once issued'. However, the ticket they have sent is basically a copy/paste of the booking details that are on my flight itinerary on the delta website, printed on their headed paper.
The actual ticket number has been issued by Delta and when I go to change the details direct with them, it is this ticket number that is used to make the ammendments, not the booking reference from the travel agents
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Have you tried calling someone at Delta and explaining the situation to them? That might be your best bet?
 
Don't get me on about Airline food. Humberside to Amsterdam two sandwiches and a drink. Humberside to Aberdeen drink and ****ing nibbles
 
merchantman5 said:
Don't get me on about Airline food. Humberside to Amsterdam two sandwiches and a drink. Humberside to Aberdeen drink and ****ing nibbles
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I used to regularly get the early morning sixteen seater prop flight to Amsterdam, they used to try and serve breakfast the minute you got in the air and you could barely eat it, before they came round and to collect everything again. They poured beans, bacon and scrambled eggs straight onto your plate from flasks, it was actually some of the better airline food I've had.
 
Jimmy Graham's bald head said:
Have you tried calling someone at Delta and explaining the situation to them? That might be your best bet?
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Well Delta have said that because I didn't book directly with them, until the flight actually takes off, my contract is with the travel agent and not with them (how true that is I have no idea!). The guy thought that their system would recognise that the flights were indirectly booked, but when i explained it let me select new flights etc he thought it would probably go through
 
You don't half get some bizarre discussions on here considering it's a Hull City forum! For the record I dislike aeroplane food (with the exception of the small chocolate you sometimes get and the stale bread).
 
Boothferry_Legend said:
We are actually staying in Brooklyn, flying to JFK and planning on taking the subway as there is a stop 1 block from the hotel. Staying in the new Super 8 franchise in Brooklyn, it was a lot cheaper than Manhattan and it's only 20 mins journey to the centre of Manhattan. We've got one of those New York Passes for the attractions, paid £100 each but that covers over 55 attractions
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The New York pass is pretty decent as long as you want to see a decent amount of stuff. For £100 each I assume it's the 7-day pass.

The annoying thing when I used it last year is that some of the attractions need reserving in advance by phone (I didn't have an American sim and just didn't bother doing some of them as a result). Also, some things were not operating (Madison Square Garden tours were not on because it was being rennovated).

I wanted to do one of the eating tours and a clipper tour (need to call in advance I think) and definitely recommend the bike ride through Central Park (if they still offer it - at least it won't be the 5-borough bike ride when you're there!) Historic Richmond was worth seeing if you fancy something a bit different and the rest is just the touristy stuff. It's nice to have stuff to do in the evenings on the pass as well (we did Madame Tussauds and a Harry Potter exhibition in the evening because there's only so many times you can walk through Times Square before you get annoyed).

As others have said, you shouldn't have a problem changing the flights with Delta directly.
 
merchantman5 said:
Don't get me on about Airline food. Humberside to Amsterdam two sandwiches and a drink. Humberside to Aberdeen drink and ****ing nibbles
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you should have used NSF now P+O as the food on the ferry is very very good. far more relaxing and you arrive in Holland awake. Hate the red eye.
 
originallambrettaman said:
Not always...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/t...e-worlds-best-passenger-complaint-letter.html
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It is funny though. But maybe i shall take that information onboard in case i ever go to Mumbai in the future. Virgin flights to the States serve quality grub in all my experiences.

I would think that R.B. and Virgin have improved that quality as it was 3 years ago. Normally Indian food is quite good or was that the dog food type stuff that you refer to OLM ?
 
The FRENCH TICKLER said:
It is funny though. But maybe i shall take that information onboard in case i ever go to Mumbai in the future. Virgin flights to the States serve quality grub in all my experiences.

I would think that R.B. and Virgin have improved that quality as it was 3 years ago. Normally Indian food is quite good or was that the dog food type stuff that you refer to OLM ?
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As I eat a meal and drink a drink a bottle or two of wine before I get on any long haul flight, I no longer ever eat on the plane, so I've no idea who's good or not nowadays, but I've been served some really odd **** on flights in the past.

I once got an Air India flight from Mumbai and they served cold curry for breakfast, also the flight must have stopped half a dozen times, I was starting to suspect that people were simply flagging it down. Also, on a JAL flight into Tokyo, I was served a meal which didn't include a single item that I recognised, there were various green and black balls that smelt of fish, most disgusting thing I've ever been served.
 
originallambrettaman said:
As I eat a meal and drink a drink a bottle or two of wine before I get on any long haul flight, I no longer ever eat on the plane, so I've no idea who's good or not nowadays, but I've been served some really odd **** on flights in the past.

I once got an Air India flight from Mumbai and they served cold curry for breakfast, also the flight must have stopped half a dozen times, I was starting to suspect that people were simply flagging it down. Also, on a JAL flight into Tokyo, I was served a meal which didn't include a single item that I recognised, there were various green and black balls that smelt of fish, most disgusting thing I've ever been served.
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I also tend to eat well prior to boarding long haul flights. The major airlines now allow you to pre-book / order a meal of your choice but i can well immagine that the smaller airlines food does indeed leave alot to be desired. I remember Dan Dare(Dan Air) flights to Spain in the 70's, Court Line, Aeroflot and Iberian Airways there food looked like it had come from a sick bucket. But my flights with the likes of Virgin - Quantas - Emerates - BA(sometimes) Delta - American Airlines have been very good. Virgin by far the best when ive travelled with them. Its a case of you get what you pay for but for any flight under 5 hours i very rarely consume airline food. After your comments OLM i shall stay away from JAL. Never flown with a Chinese airline yet. I wonder if there food is anything like what you would get from a Chinese take-a-way.
 
The FRENCH TICKLER said:
I also tend to eat well prior to boarding long haul flights. The major airlines now allow you to pre-book / order a meal of your choice but i can well immagine that the smaller airlines food does indeed leave alot to be desired. I remember Dan Dare(Dan Air) flights to Spain in the 70's, Court Line, Aeroflot and Iberian Airways there food looked like it had come from a sick bucket. But my flights with the likes of Virgin - Quantas - Emerates - BA(sometimes) Delta - American Airlines have been very good. Virgin by far the best when ive travelled with them. Its a case of you get what you pay for but for any flight under 5 hours i very rarely consume airline food. After your comments OLM i shall stay away from JAL. Never flown with a Chinese airline yet. I wonder if there food is anything like what you would get from a Chinese take-a-way.
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Probably not, food in China is nothing like what you get in a Chinese takeaway here.
 
originallambrettaman said:
Probably not, food in China is nothing like what you get in a Chinese takeaway here.
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My mate's wife is Chinese and her cooking is something else! However, sometimes she'll use ingredients which you couldn't imagine were edible!!

Chinese food here is like Indian, in that it is 'blanded out' for our consumption.....indeed, what Indian had ever heard of Chicken Tikka Marsala?
 
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