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Photo taken by: Nathalie Gilliers
Route: Auckland - Singapore, 4 Apr 2004
Ticket price: No idea, was invited by friend!
Flight duration: 10h30 - Day flight
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 767-300ER, Pacific Class (Economy)
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Dinner
Contents of the meal: Fish with potatoes and green beans, Cheese and crackers, Fresh fruit, Coconut and jam cake, Bread roll
Drink: Jasmine tea, New Zealand white wine
Comments: Second meal of the flight. Seated at the back of the plane, we didn't have a choice for the first one (had strange looking "stir-fried" noodles), but service started at the back for the second meal so choice was available (can't remember the other choice). Everything tasted really nice. Overall, service on this flight was really good with snacks being served regularly.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7 (for the lack of choice for the first meal)
Camera brand & type: Canon IXUS V2

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Photo taken by: David
Route: Christchurch CHC to Auckland AKL, 9 Jan 2004
Ticket price: Staff ;-D
Flight duration: 1:10
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 737-300
Business or leisure trip: Business
Meal type: Express Class
Express Class tea, coffee and/or water, almond cookie
Drink: That IS the meal
Comments: Innovative solution in a 'low cost' era
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7 - What more do you want for 1 hour 10 minutes flying and the lowest fare at NZ$80 (US$59) ??!!

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Photo taken by: manureva777
Route: Papeete to Los Angeles, 2 Jan 2004
Flight duration: 9 hours !!!!
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 767-300, Pacific Class
Business or leisure trip: Posintioning crew
Meal type: Breakfast
Drink: Tea and Apple Juice
Comments: A fantastic crew looked after us, my last flight on NZ was in 1998 and I was travelling in Business Class and I was very impressed by the airline. 5 years later They are still a very good quality airline and one of the best for me !!!
This is the second breakfast served for the flight, It had a large spinach quiche with chicken or veal sausage and tomatoes.
A small bowl of fresh fruits, Orange Juice, butter and jelly and a warm mini baguette. Wow !!! Was this quiche incredible !!! I must say that it scored a perfect 10 for me and the fact that they served fresh tahitian fruits was real good too compare to some airlines which serve tin fruit cocktails !!!
Rating: 10 !!! For the Quiche and the fresh fruits !!!

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Photo taken by: manureva777
Route: Papeete to Los Angeles, 2 Jan 2004
Flight duration: 9 hours !!!!
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 767-300, Pacific Class
Business or leisure trip: Posintioning crew
Meal type: Breakfast
Drink: Tea and Champagne
Comments: A fantastic crew looked after us, my last flight on NZ was in 1998 and I was travelling in Business Class and I was very impressed by the airline. 5 years later They are still a very good quality airline and one of the best for me !!!
This is the first breakfast served for this extremely long flight, It had a large fresh fruit platter, a Fromage Blanc, Blueberry muffin and a warm croissant. Very good quality continental breakfast !
Rating: 8

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Photo taken by: Cristian C.
Route: NZ490 Wellington - Auckland, 15 Aug 2003
Ticket price: Economy Y Class e-ticket 75 $ + 125 $ baggage excess
Flight duration: 60 mins.
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 737 - 300
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Snack - lollies before landing...
Contents of the meal: 2 stoney butter coconut cookies, tea, sugar, milk
Drink: A plastic glass of NZ Spring Water - Tea or coffee
Comments: I was expecting nothing 'cause was a cheap & short flight, but once they charged me the baggage excess my expectations started rising.. well if you wanna offer a snack offer a good one or offer nothing! I'll try Qantas next time...
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 2

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Photo taken by: Son L. Hong.
Route: Papeete, French Polynesia (PPT) to LAX, 26 Apr 2003
Flight duration: 8 hours and 40 minutes
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 767, Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Breakfast
Drink: Coffee
Rating: 8

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Photo taken by: Son L. Hong.
Route: Papeete, French Polynesia (PPT) to LAX, 26 Apr 2003
Flight duration: 8 hours and 40 minutes
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 767, Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Continental Breakfast
Drink: Orange juice and coffee
Rating: 8

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Photo taken by: Cab
Flying from: Sydney to Auckland, 30 Sep 2003
Ticket price: Company paid so I can't remember + 10000 points
Flight duration: 2 hours 40 mins
Aircraft type & class: 767 Business
Meal type: Dinner
Appetiser (served takeoff + 35 mins)
Dill cured salmon gravalax on potato and gherkin salad with vodka mayonnaise and salmon caviar.
Main Course
1- Chilled soba noodle salad with king prawns, seaweed, green onions and tomato chilli relish.
2 - Braised New Zealand lamb shanks with cabernet sauce, kumara and potato herb mash, glazed carrots and minted peas.
Cheese, crackers & garlic bread.
Dessert
Groumet Ice-cream
Drink: Jacob's Creek Reserve Shiraz & Nobilo Icon Sauvignon Blanc (with appetiser and prawn),light beer. Sparkling wine pre-flight drink (not pictured). Same wines for the last 2 months?
Comments: No lounge access with upgrade (- 2 points). Night flight and picture turned out better than expected using overhead light. This time there was no pre-dinner drink or snack. Regular biz class pax sitting next to me was waiting for it in anticipation but never got it. So he complained to the female F/A only to be told that the flight left late and it was a short flight so they decided not to do it. He said he always got his drink. The female F/A gave him his drink and also told him that pretty soon biz class would be getting economy food! ...I thought to myself ..."that was an interesting response". I guess she must be referring to the new Tasman Express that kicks in 29th Oct. He turned to me and complained that service was gradually going down the toilet. The appetiser was ok, a tad fishy. Garlic bread served warm (+1 point). Plastic knife (-1 point). I picked the prawns because I had steak for the last 5 days in a row. The prawns looked good but tasted foul. I nearly turned as green as the noodle after 2 bites. The male F/A offered me another option (+ 2 points). I have never been a fan of lamb shanks because of all the tendons and boney bits. Sure enough this meal had bits of bone etc. I did not finish it but could not anyway as I was still recovering from the prawns....where's my hunk of dead animal flesh?
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 4 for this business class flight

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Photo taken by: Cab
Flying from: Auckland to Sydney, 24 Sep 2003
Ticket price: Company paid so I can't remember + 10000 points
Flight duration: 3 hours 34 mins
Aircraft type & class: 767 Business
Meal type: Dinner
Lounge Food & drink (before takeoff)
Sandwiches cut in squares or rolled, crackers, cheese & peppers
Steinlager & Gunn Estate Woolshed 2000 Merlot Cabernet
Snack & drink (served takeoff + 35mins)
Cassava Crunch & drink
Appetiser (served takeoff + 50 mins)
Smoked salmon tartare with pumpernickel and chopped egg
Main Course (served takeoff + 1hr 10 mins)
Braised beef in red wine sauce with mushroom and bacon, roasted carrots, parsnips and new potatoes
Dessert (served takeoff + 1hrs 35 mins)
Boysenberry and vanilla king ice cream with passion fruit sauce, pineapple and kiwifruit
Cheeses, Arnott's crackers, garlic bread, olive bread & Village Press olive oil.
Chocolate mint (not pictured)
Drink: Jacob's Creek Reserve Shiraz & Saint Clair Pinot Noir (with main meal), Nobilo Icon Sauvignon Blanc (with appetiser) & Santa Vittoria carbonated water. Sparkling wine pre-flight drink (not pictured). Hot chocolate (not pictured)
Comments: This time I had lounge access with my upgrade the way it should be, picture of lounge food attached. Also winter is nearly over and managed to better light my subject with the ambient light from the window. The appetiser was good, not too fishy. Garlic & olive bread served warm (+1 point). Plastic knife (-1 point). The beef was a little tough and stringy in texture. Looked better than it tasted. Would have preferred a hunk of meat. Great inflight service and was addresses by name (+1 point). Kudos to the friendly air steward.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6 for this business class flight