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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #580 on: November 14, 2017, 06:37:18 PM »
Yes.
Ask for it and report back :)

FAs may not know about it, but have them look or ask the ISM.
Save your time, I don't answer PM. Post it in the forum and a dedicated DDF'er will get back to you as soon as possible.

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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #581 on: November 14, 2017, 07:07:15 PM »
Interesting. So maybe the KSML also got better  :)
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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #582 on: November 14, 2017, 07:12:52 PM »
Reason is LY owns bornstein and it's in their own interest that they should have better food than the competitors.
Interesting. Doesn't LY give Regal for the SKML ex-NYC?

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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #583 on: November 14, 2017, 07:27:04 PM »
And don't forget they are the only one serving Kosher Wine which is very nice.
AC does as well

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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #584 on: November 14, 2017, 07:28:02 PM »
I'll second the part that experience in LY premium is generally top notch. The reason people are so confused is because unfortunately service in Y is extremely poor.

@Dan, regarding the food, LY SKML is definitely better than KSML on UA. Heck UA KSML comes from the same kitchen as LY KSML and over there it's for sure no comparison. Reason is LY owns bornstein and it's in their own interest that they should have better food than the competitors. Sorry no pics. Maybe I can dig up.
LY can not take food directly to the plane, it most go thru LSG etc. Now if LSG servers me a meal a month after expiration then who is at fault?

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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #585 on: November 14, 2017, 09:10:54 PM »
LY can not take food directly to the plane, it most go thru LSG etc. Now if LSG servers me a meal a month after expiration then who is at fault?
C'mon with LY for some reason you never get stuff a month after expiration.   LSG is a good excuse. LY picks up the food a few hours before departure. If they have to hand the food to LSG to physically bring it to the plane that's possible. But LY is making sure meals are fresh. I've had multiple times a few hours before the flight I called up the ELAL station managers and they were still able to call up the guy who does the delivery and add another meal for last minute booking etc. In other words LSG is not the issue.
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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #586 on: November 14, 2017, 09:13:56 PM »
C'mon with LY for some reason you never get stuff a month after expiration.   LSG is a good excuse. LY picks up the food a few hours before departure. If they have to hand the food to LSG to physically bring it to the plane that's possible. But LY is making sure meals are fresh. I've had multiple times a few hours before the flight I called up the ELAL station managers and they were still able to call up the guy who does the delivery and add another meal for last minute booking etc. In other words LSG is not the issue.
I'm not sure which side you are taking here. - I was served an old expired meal on AA, and LY claims that they deliver fresh to LSG and the old meal I got is LSGs fault

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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #587 on: November 14, 2017, 09:17:39 PM »
I'm not sure which side you are taking here. - I was served an old expired meal on AA, and LY claims that they deliver fresh to LSG and the old meal I got is LSGs fault
LY claims? Are you talking about bornstein or LY? I understand that LY is the parent company but how did you get LY involved?
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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #588 on: November 14, 2017, 09:22:09 PM »
LY claims? Are you talking about bornstein or LY? I understand that LY is the parent company but how did you get LY involved?
Ok, I meant Borenstein. But the claim the it must go thru LSG I heard from LY

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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #589 on: November 14, 2017, 09:23:19 PM »
LO also serves wine FYI

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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #590 on: November 14, 2017, 09:46:33 PM »
I made a new thread listing airlines that serve kosher wine. Please add what you know and edit the wiki.

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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #591 on: November 14, 2017, 10:28:28 PM »
I made a new thread listing airlines that serve kosher wine. Please add what you know and edit the wiki.

http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=85519.0
Funny how this is an offshoot of this thread and not the KSML thread

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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #592 on: November 14, 2017, 10:35:06 PM »
Funny how this is an offshoot of this thread and not the KSML thread

Makes sense considering the law that every DDF thread must go way off topic. A wine conversation wouldn't be that egregious in the KSML thread, so naturally it spun off this one instead.
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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #593 on: November 14, 2017, 11:02:37 PM »
Interesting. Doesn't LY give Regal for the SKML ex-NYC?
Regal is the same thing as Boresntein but with a different label/hashgacha. Same food types being prepared in separate section.

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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #594 on: November 14, 2017, 11:05:16 PM »
And don't forget they are the only one serving Kosher Wine which is very nice.
Air Canada officially serves

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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #595 on: November 14, 2017, 11:12:42 PM »
Was talking EX NYC.
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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #596 on: November 14, 2017, 11:16:21 PM »
Was talking EX NYC.
https://pro.delta.com/content/agency/il/en/delta-in-israel.html
The last line in this article says that they serve kosher wine on this route

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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #597 on: November 15, 2017, 12:26:58 AM »
https://pro.delta.com/content/agency/il/en/delta-in-israel.html
The last line in this article says that they serve kosher wine on this route
It seems like they are talking EX TLV.
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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #598 on: November 15, 2017, 01:09:07 AM »
EX means “leaving from”?

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Re: El Al 787 Dreamliner Master Thread
« Reply #599 on: November 15, 2017, 01:09:31 AM »
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