Most of my trips to PRG have been CE and this has actually been my first trip in ET since they got rid of those soggy wraps.
I had a chicken and spinach flatbread and it's such a massive improvement over the old wraps and I confirmed with the crew that they also offer these flatbreads during the afternoon when those sitting in CE are subjected to afternoon tea.
So I can be certain the catering in band 3 is better in economy during brunch and afternoon tea periods.
Here's a suggestion for BA:
If they insist on keeping afternoon tea, why not replace those awful finger sandwiches with one of these flatbreads served on a plate? The CE advantage would be that you also get a cake, scone, better bar service, etc.
I still like the special meals in CE during afternoon tea, but I'd stop ordering special meals if they only improved the standard of the sandwiches to equal or better than economy.
I was never a fan of most of the wraps (I think there was one variety that made an appearance that was OK), but these flatbreads are quite nice.
Apart from that, my other experiences:
- They've moved the location of the Fast Track boarding sign in PRG gate 3, now even when they enforce it it's hard to reach the fast track line without rudely barging through the regular queue. This meant I just sat and waited for the queue to go down. I HATE looking like I'm pushing in. (When the Fast Track sign was in its original location I've actually been lucky with it being enforced correctly).
- The first row of ET was showing as occupied at OLCI (A/C in CE config), when I boarded the A/C side was empty, but people were in D and F. Do they sometimes block these seats for any reason, or was there any other reason I couldn't select them (assuming the intended occupants hadn't just missed the flight)?
- Too many people exceeding their hand baggage allowance meant that my bag was many rows behind me. If LHR put steps and both the front and rear entrances I would have been able to retrieve my bag sooner, rather than having to wait for the aircraft to almost empty.
- Worst passport queue in a while at T3, was thinking how nice it would have been to have Iris.
I had a chicken and spinach flatbread and it's such a massive improvement over the old wraps and I confirmed with the crew that they also offer these flatbreads during the afternoon when those sitting in CE are subjected to afternoon tea.
So I can be certain the catering in band 3 is better in economy during brunch and afternoon tea periods.
Here's a suggestion for BA:
If they insist on keeping afternoon tea, why not replace those awful finger sandwiches with one of these flatbreads served on a plate? The CE advantage would be that you also get a cake, scone, better bar service, etc.
I still like the special meals in CE during afternoon tea, but I'd stop ordering special meals if they only improved the standard of the sandwiches to equal or better than economy.
I was never a fan of most of the wraps (I think there was one variety that made an appearance that was OK), but these flatbreads are quite nice.
Apart from that, my other experiences:
- They've moved the location of the Fast Track boarding sign in PRG gate 3, now even when they enforce it it's hard to reach the fast track line without rudely barging through the regular queue. This meant I just sat and waited for the queue to go down. I HATE looking like I'm pushing in. (When the Fast Track sign was in its original location I've actually been lucky with it being enforced correctly).
- The first row of ET was showing as occupied at OLCI (A/C in CE config), when I boarded the A/C side was empty, but people were in D and F. Do they sometimes block these seats for any reason, or was there any other reason I couldn't select them (assuming the intended occupants hadn't just missed the flight)?
- Too many people exceeding their hand baggage allowance meant that my bag was many rows behind me. If LHR put steps and both the front and rear entrances I would have been able to retrieve my bag sooner, rather than having to wait for the aircraft to almost empty.
- Worst passport queue in a while at T3, was thinking how nice it would have been to have Iris.