Sunday, April 23, 2017

A Lovely Flight

We had an early start today to check in at Schiphol for our 10:00 flight but once done, we could relax in their very large Crown Lounge.  It was a nice area but the food was somewhat disappointing compared to others we’ve been in; just cereals, cold meats, jam and croissants.  I did ask if there was a hot buffet and apparently there was – boiled eggs and pancakes!   Still that's what the Dutch generally eat for breakfast so guess I shouldn't have expected more.

Time passed quickly enough though and we were soon boarding.  Unfortunately we then had about an hour’s delay as security was very busy and transit passengers were delayed joining us.

Great seats, very comfortable and for once actually long enough for Ian to lie flat.  We were greeted by name and shortly after take-off visited by the Senior Purser as he’d been made aware of the issues I raised.  He was a delightful chap and totally understood my point, he said it’s often the case were matters are not correctly dealt with by his Customer Services team and as the “face in the air” he then has to sort it.  Actually the food was absolutely delicious and the only thing I didn’t eat was a starter so absolutely no complaints whatsoever.  However I will pursue my original complaint about their website when I get home but for now time to move on.