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ameya

The last part of the trip covering SIn-DEL-PNQ with a fantastic experience at DEL T3 again and an upgrade to Business at the gate on DEL-PNQ

P4 - 787 + 321

jbalonso777 · Posted: Sat May 31, 2014 3:52 pm Post subject:

Pictures worked - maybe it was just my connection. Great pictures!

Anyways, brilliant final part to this TR. Lucky you with the upgrade! However, as you mentioned, the upgrade does have its drawbacks, one of them being you might not get to sit in the desired side. Happened to me once, I got upgraded from 22A to 2F on 9W. I wanted the port side Sad

I find it strange that the USBs do not work - why install them then? Rolling Eyes

Lastly, the food.
Meal looks pretty okay, nothing bad but nothing spectacular as well. AI does have contracts with airports outside India too. IIRC, the HYD-BOM segment of AI964 is catering from JED.
Furthermore, I presume there was no alcohol because it was a morning-ish flight. But only Pepsi is terrible....
And honestly, that business class meal does not look very J class at all, not even close! I mean, cheap aluminum containers? Rolling Eyes

I'll believe Jet has reached the end when they start serving food in aluminum foil containers in J class Razz

But really, this is a new low reached by AI, something I did not expect.

But glad that you had decent flights with AI, and yeah, they do have some fundamental areas to fix.

Regards
Jish

sri_bom · Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 2365 Location: Singapore

Excellent report and thanks for posting.

It is a pity that business class passengers are being served out from aluminium foil.

Sri_Bom

ameya · Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 10:05 am Post subject:

Thanks for the comments. Yes, its a pity that business class was meals were served in aluminium foils.

Also, I dont understand why drinks service is not done for morning flight. When I flew TK, for a 5:55 dep. there was drinks service around 7:00ish so was the case with LH on DEL-MUC in the morning !

sukritmunjal · Member Joined: 23 Jan 2013 Posts: 178 Location: FMO

ameya · Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2014 4:49 pm Post subject:

Nimish · Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 9:46 pm Post subject:

^^ Hilarious - and unfortunate!
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ssbmat · Member Joined: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 1710

Auntyji had no business being so condescending. Its her job to tell whether alcohol will be served or not as per the service requirement- but not to preach. The passenger should have filed a written complaint.

avbuff · Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5031

Very nice TR ameya ....lovely pictures and lucky you for the gate upgrade ... imagine a SIN DEL upgrade ...

I'm very pleased to know that DEL transfers are working well!

thanks for sharing

Spiderguy252 · Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 1:10 pm Post subject:

Followed all parts as and when I got the time.

Thanks for the share!
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sumantra · Member Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 4685 Location: New Delhi

I guess it was well worth the wait for me.
A superb report, starting from parts of Singapore I have never seen.
I have never found Changi to be that fantastic, but it could be just me.
Air India's service was quite indifferent on your SIN-DEL leg, and that is not nice. Nice pictures of the spotting at DEL, and the 3pm afternoon main afternoon bank, yes: all of them leave in quick succession from the gates!
AI's J has always fallen short of J standards, and your experience was no exception, unfortunately. You had the reader with you on each line of the TR...thanks a lot for sharing this with us!
Cheers, Sumantra.