Those of you that guessed I was flying Aer Lingus were correct. I just flew from Boston to Dublin on Aer Lingus, which is a fantastic value at only 25,000 British Airways Avios in business class one-way. At under 3,000 miles and 5hr40min in the air, it’s an incredibly short transatlantic flight.
I’ll have a full trip report soon, though in the meantime here are a few pictures:
The one aspect of the flight that was completely unacceptable were the breakfast offerings. I don’t know how Aer Lingus can call themselves an airline while serving a COLD breakfast prior to landing. I mean, there’s a full 90 minutes between dinner and breakfast. What are these people thinking?!?
(Yes, I’m kidding in case it’s not obvious)
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June 28th, 2012 at 4:56 am
Josh G said,
I think in Y they don’t serve breakfast from BOS, just a beverage run:
http://www.aerlingus.com/travelinformation/onboardandarrival/in-flightmealservice/long-haulmealservice/#d.en.6847
June 28th, 2012 at 5:04 am
Thomas said,
The main course looks dreadful. Hope it tasted better than he looks… I also eat with my eye…
What was the load ?
June 28th, 2012 at 5:17 am
KY said,
Doubin’ up the Diet coke eh? =P
June 28th, 2012 at 5:41 am
Aaexplat said,
Food looks disgusting….
June 28th, 2012 at 5:50 am
Kevincm said,
Ahh. Aer Lingus longhaul has the same fascination with minicans of cola that want to be bigger cans when they grow up
And don’t moan about a TATL Breakie. Down the back its a beaker of Orange Juice. Which makes it the worst TATL breakfast going down the back.
I’ll let you guess who I think has the 2nd worse breakie down the back of the plane
June 28th, 2012 at 6:00 am
Andy Bluebear said,
From other TRs I have seen, Aer Lingus’ food isn’t usually presented well but tastes all right…guess we’ll have to wait and see.
June 28th, 2012 at 6:11 am
thalha said,
How did you find business class availability, i cant find it
June 28th, 2012 at 6:25 am
lsbuffs said,
I think I just threw up a little bit in my mouth looking at that main course. Is it a bowl of cheese with some squash bits thrown in for color?
June 28th, 2012 at 6:50 am
Acker said,
Yuck to the food. Is that a hamburg patty or a piece of dessert? Yuck to either.
June 28th, 2012 at 7:21 am
JL said,
I don’t think the food looks that bad.
June 28th, 2012 at 7:30 am
Frequent Flyer University said,
They should have just offered you a Guinness for breakfast.
June 28th, 2012 at 8:47 am
Levi Flight said,
Agsin we are on the same circuit. I’ll be there in a couple of weeks.
June 28th, 2012 at 9:49 am
lucky said,
@ Acker — Hah, that was the best part of the meal!
@ Thomas — There were three empty seats.
June 28th, 2012 at 12:27 pm
John said,
Ben- Were the flt attendants Irish or American? I read somewhere that Aer Lingus fired some of their Irish based flt attendants and hired cheaper foreign (I think U.S.) based flt attendants.
June 28th, 2012 at 1:30 pm
Dan said,
Are you going with only iphone photos lately instead of Canon?
June 28th, 2012 at 1:47 pm
lucky said,
@ John — They were all European (mostly Irish, and a couple of French flight attendants too).
@ Dan — Nope, these are all Canon photos. No likey?
June 28th, 2012 at 4:47 pm
Jason said,
And you did not get the signature treatment?….Lingus…
June 28th, 2012 at 4:48 pm
Derek said,
Love Ireland! Proposed to my ‘now’ wife in September 2010 at a beautiful Bed & Breakfast in the country side. Also flew business class home, except home was in Seattle so its a much longer flight
June 28th, 2012 at 7:24 pm
john said,
How did you find business class availability, I checked united, only shows economy, what was the taxes, was it LieFlat Seats?
June 28th, 2012 at 7:27 pm
lucky said,
@ John — You have to call BA to ask about availability, as it’s slightly different than what United has access to. Taxes were about $150 per ticket. Seats were angled flat.
June 29th, 2012 at 12:57 am
not unique said,
Isn´t a cold breakfast pretty standard on TATL eastbound overnights? I know my SQ C breakfast was similar to this one, croissant, muesli, fruit, yoghurt. Presentation was ten times better of course. Swiss and SAS also have a cold breakfast offering in C.
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