The original purpose of a flight is the .....fly you between point A and point BBRANCOCALIENTE wrote:The Food
You get free food in b.flex, but what free food? In my case only a co-called ciabatta, which was soft instead of crispy, filled with tomato and parmesan. The rule is (according to insiders) that if your flight leaves between 9:30-11:30 and 13:30-17:15 you don't get the b.flex box, but only a sandwich. Actually my flight left at 17:20, but it was scheduled at 17:00!
Strangely enough, two pax out of 6 received a box anyway. More surprisingly, the steward prepared (for himself) a nice hot pizza at the end of the flight! The other rule says that you get a hot meal only if your flight exceeds 2 hours (mine was 1 hr 50 min! Bad luck!). The rule apparently does not apply to stewards...
Last year, on the same VIE-BRU route flown on Austrian, I got a hot meal in regular economy, although I was not the steward!
And, by the way, the famous SN Neuhaus chocolates have disappeared, both in flex and in light. And also the nice Brussels Bistro boxes with pies or pieces of fruit you could chose on afternoon flights of SN Brussels Airlines.
About drinks
Again, the choice is very limited and the same as in b.light, except that it is free. Beer is only Maes Pils, a strange choice as this beer ranks rather low in the Test-Achats/Aankoop classification and belongs to a British brewer. Jupiler (number 2) or Stella (number 3), both from a Belgian brewer, would have been a much better choice.
Wine is served from small bottles, red or white: I chose the red one (Alexis Lichine, vin de pays d'Oc, Cabernet-Sauvignon). Drinkable, not more. On Lufthansa it would have been served from a large bottle.
When I asked for an afer diner drink, the choice was equally limited: cognac, whisky, rum or vodka. No Bailey's, which I could get on Lufthansa (and earlier on SN Brussels Airlines). I took the vodka.
It's incredible how people can ONLY think about eating when entering an airplane ??
They see an airplane and they think they are at the "Comme chez soi" having only paid maximum 300$ for a small EU stretch, please, be a little bit realistic...If you wanna eat something of quality don't think about eating in an airplane,except may be if you are "boulimic"...but that's another subject...
Food in an airplane is a bonus not a must