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Photo taken by: Mike
Route: MEL to SYD , date 21 December 2004
Ticket price: $59
Flight duration: 1 hour 10
Aircraft type & class: 747-400 Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Breakfast
Contents of the meal: cereal, hot danish and banana
Drink: juice smoothie and choice of tea or coffee
Comments: Excellent standard breakfast for Qantas that is hard to fault for a short flight
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10
Camera brand & type: Canon IXUS 500


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Photo taken by: Ian Gordon
Route: Sydney-Bangkok, 23 Jan 2005
Ticket price: Part of RTW (AONE5)
Flight duration: 8h30m
Aircraft type & class: 747-400, First
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Dinner
Contents of the meal: Roasted rib-eye of beef in red wine sauce served with Asian greens, and a side salad with balsamic dressing
Drink: Red wine
Comments: Slightly overcooked meat, no surprise, but tasty sauce and crisp vegetables.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8
Camera brand & type: Sony DSCP100

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Photo taken by: JM
Route: Canberra - Adelaide, 31 Dec 2004
Ticket price: 117 AU$
Flight duration: 1h 20m
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 737-400, Economy
Business or leisure trip: leisure
Meal type: dinner
Contents of the meal: ragout with mashed potatoes and peas, bread roll with butter, chocolates
Drink: bottle of water on the tray and soft drinks on request (alcoholic beverages at extra cost)
Comments: quite tasty and appropriate for the length of the flight
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8

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Photo taken by: JM
Route: Adelaide - Melbourne, 4 Jan 2005
Ticket price: 84 AU$
Flight duration: 55min
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 737-300. economy
Business or leisure trip: leisure
Meal type: breakfast
Contents of the meal: cereals with milk, croissant with butter and preserves, banana,
Drink: juice on the tray, tea and coffee
Comments: nice breakfast for this short flight
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

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Photo taken by: me
Route: LA - New York, 28 Jan 2005
Flight duration: 5 hours
Aircraft type & class: Economy
Business or leisure trip: leisure
Meal type: lunch, pre-ordered vegetarian meal
Contents of the meal: mixed salad with lemon vinagrette, vege lasagne with cheese sauce and mixed cooked veges, apple, water, cheese bread roll, margarine
Drink: apple juice mixed with water
Comments: salad was nice although I don´t fancy lemon dressing so much, vege lasagne was delicious and creamy, cooked veges although very nice. didn´t eat bread roll but seemed a little too hard. apple was crunchy and good.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10
Camera brand & type: Minolta Dimage Z1

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Photo taken by: Alison
Route: SYD-LAX, 10 Sep 2004
Ticket price: $2200
Flight duration: 13hrs
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 747-400, Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Pre-ordered special meal - Low Fat
Contents of the meal: Salad with mustard viniagrette dressing, chicken curry with rice, brown bread roll, pre-packed 2 fruits in juice
Drink: water
Comments: Not bad...the chicken was nice but the rice undercooked & sticky.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7
Camera brand & type: Canon A30

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Photo taken by: Lachlan Burnet
Route: Canberra - Melbourne, 28 Sep 2004
Ticket price: $113.00AUD
Flight duration: 45 mins.
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 737-800, VH-VXM "Mount Hotham"
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Snack
Contents of the meal: Muffin
Drink: Fruit Juice
Comments: It was ok for a short flight. The crew told us that the food, meal, catering people forgot to load cups on so there was no tea of coffee available. Only juice. I was lucky as I got served almost first - the juice ran out before they served some of the passengers. Interesting that the tablemat also doubles as a rubbish bag - and the sticker on the mat says this too.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 5
Camera brand & type: Ok for a mid-morning snack

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Photo taken by: Mike
Route: LHR to SIN, 1 Sep 2004
Ticket price: Frequent flyer point redemption
Flight duration: 13 hours
Aircraft type & class: 747-400 Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Breakfast
Contents of the meal: melon and citrus cocktail, followed by scrambled eggs, sausages, tomato and hash brown, roll, butter and jam and a muffin
Drink: OJ and choice of tea or coffee
Comments: Excellent ‘proper’ breakfast served in economy. All parts of the meal were fresh and tasty – I couldn’t really fault it, except that the cutlery was plastic
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9+
Camera brand & type: Canon IXUS500

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Photo taken by: Soren Krumrey
Route: SYD-SIN, 17 Oct 2004
Ticket price: SIN$ 804 incl. tax
Flight duration: 7:40
Aircraft type & class: B 747-400, Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Refreshment
Toasted Turkish Bread with Vegetable and Cheese, Melon in Fruit Syrup and Tim Tam Chocolate Bar as desert.
Drink: Coffee and another beer (which you had to ask for)
Comments: Another pleasant surprise was to get a second hot meal instead of the usual hard and cold sandwich before landing in Singapore. I couldn´t really understand why they call it "Toasted bread" but it was definitely hot and tasted much better than it looked like when opening up for the picture. Melon desert was almost frozen as usual and completely tasteless apart from the sweet syrup. Anyways, still a nice snack much beyond my expectations for this flight.
Rating: 10, compared to many similiar flights on most other airlines.
Camera brand & type: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P73

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Photo taken by: Soren Krumrey
Route: SYD-SIN, 17 Oct 2004
Ticket price: SIN$ 804 incl. tax
Flight duration: 7:40
Aircraft type & class: B 747-400, Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Main Meal
Roasted Peanuts as appetizer. Green salad with herb vinaigreete. Main meal: mashed potatoes, green peas and Chicken nuggets. Cheese and Crackers. Desert: Kitkat Chocolate Bar and Magnum Icecream.
Drink: Tooheys Beer, Australian Red Wine, Coffee.
Comments: I was very surprised to see printed menues on Quantas Quattle class. Unfortunately, the braised beef was out once it was my turn and they only had the Asian meal choice left which was Lemongrass Chicken. I personally can't stand the taste of lemongrass so I asked for getting something else instead, so I ended up with some leftover child meal, which wasn't too bad but kept me hungry. Most of the other non-Asians sitting in the rows next to me wheren´t very happy about the lemongrass chicken either and judging by their comments it was definitely something for Asian tastebuds. Salad was nice though and the choice of different Australian beers was a nice touch as well as the red wine which was definitely one of the best I ever got on Economy class. So was the icecream served after the main meal and getting two of them to make up for my disappointment about the main meal choice was great, too. Overall, very efficient and friendly service by the crew.
Rating: 6, cause my choice was out. 9 for overall service, presentation and Icecream
Camera brand & type: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P73

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Photo taken by: Mark Harrington
Route: Brisbane to Sydney, 18 Sep 2004
Ticket price: $249.00 Return to Syd
Flight duration: 1hr 20min
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 737-300-Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure trip
Meal: Dinner
Pees, mashed potato with beef. A bread roll with butter and a small Mars Bar... yum!
Drink: Water and a Coke!
Comments: Not too bad... was very hot, nearly burnt myself. I like any meal from an airliner!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6
Camera brand & type: Sony Cybershot DSC-P93

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Photo taken by: Louis Ho
Route: SYD-BNE, 5 Oct 2004
Ticket price:
Flight duration: 1.5hrs
Aircraft type & class: B737-300 Economy
Business or leisure trip:
Meal: Snacks
cookies
Drink: juice
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 5
Camera brand & type: Canon IXUS 500

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Photo taken by: Louis Ho
Route: BNE-SYD, 2 Oct 2004
Flight duration: 1.5hrs
Aircraft type & class: B737-400 Economy
Business or leisure trip:
Meal: Snacks
cheese twists and cashew nuts with a drink
Drink: coke
Comments:
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 3
Camera brand & type: Canon IXUS 500

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Photo taken by: Mike
Route: SIN to MEL, 2 Sep 2004
Ticket price: Frequent flyer point redemption
Flight duration: 6 hours 30 mins
Aircraft type & class: 747-400 Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Continental breakfast
melon slices with pineapple, hot raisin Danish pastry and a passionfruit biscuit
Drink: OJ and a choice of tea or coffee
Comments: beautiful hot and fresh Danish – worth the wait as you could smell them warming up all through the cabin. It was surprisingly filling for the time of day – 3am!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9
Camera brand & type: Canon IXUS500

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Photo taken by: Mike
Route: SIN to MEL, 1 Sep 2004
Ticket price: Frequent flyer point redemption
Flight duration: 6 hours 30 mins
Aircraft type & class: 747-400 Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Dinner
Prawn salad with thousand island dressing, followed by braised fish with mushrooms, rice and veggies – Ice cream to follow – pic 2
Drink: Tonic water, full bar service and choice of tea or coffee
Comments: Salad was very fresh, main course fish was a little overcooked, but tasty sauce. Ice cream was fine.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8
Camera brand & type: Canon IXUS500

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Photo taken by: Mike
Route: LHR to SIN, 31 Aug 2004
Ticket price: Frequent flyer point redemption
Flight duration: 13 hours
Aircraft type & class: 747-400 Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Snack pack in “Snack on Q” bag
Mini cheddars, fruity bites, chocolate bar, polo mints and bottle of water
Drink: bottle of water
Comments: tasty good variety of snacks for eating between meals and whilst watching the movies, although an ice cream would have been nice. Additional snacks were available in the Galley – Qantas weren’t afraid to hand out extra food unlike my experience with BA,
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9
Camera brand & type: Canon IXUS500

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Photo taken by: Mike
Route: LHR to SIN, 31 Aug 2004
Ticket price: Frequent flyer point redemption
Flight duration: 13 hours
Aircraft type & class: 747-400 Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Supper
seafood salad with lemon and herb dressing, followed by braised beef with green beans and potatoes, roll and butter and to follow profiterole dessert
Drink: VB beer, full bar service and choice of tea or coffee
Comments: tasty meal, salad fresh, main course hot and delicious with tender meat and tasty potatoes.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9
Camera brand & type: Canon IXUS500

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Photo taken by: Mike
Route: LHR to SIN, 31 AUg 2004
Ticket price: Frequent flyer point redemption
Flight duration: 13 hours
Aircraft type & class: 747-400 Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Supper
seafood salad with lemon and herb dressing, followed by braised beef with green beans and potatoes, roll and butter and to follow profiterole dessert
Drink: VB beer, full bar service and choice of tea or coffee
Comments: tasty meal, salad fresh, main course hot and delicious with tender meat and tasty potatoes.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9
Camera brand & type: Canon IXUS500

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Photo taken by: Mike
Route: SYD to HKG, 3 Aug 2004
Ticket price: Frequent flyer point redemption
Flight duration: 9 hours
Aircraft type & class: 747-400 Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Lunch
small salad with herb dressing, beef strips in honey soy sauce, with wok topped greens and carrots and rice, roll and whipped butter, followed by a macadamia chocolate
Drink: red wine, full bar service and choice of tea, Jasmine tea or coffee
Comments: tasty meal, salad fresh, main course hot and tasty with tender meat. Single chocolate as desert a little unimaginative, but I was too busy watching the film to care too much
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8
Camera brand & type: Canon IXUS500

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Photo taken by: Mike
Route: SYD to MEL, 1 Aug 2004
Ticket price: $150
Flight duration: 1 hour 30 mins
Aircraft type & class: A330-300 Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Dinner
Beef salad with soy chili dressing, roll and ‘whipped’ butter, Jila mints
Drink: Water and sparkling tonic water
Comments: Basic and disappointing salad. The salad needed the dressing for any flavour, the roll was hard, and the whipped butter was only enough to spread on one half; still that one half was enough
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 3
Camera brand & type: Canon IXUS500

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Photo taken by: Mike
Route: MEL to SYD, 31 Jul 2004
Ticket price: $150
Flight duration: 1 hour 20 mins
Aircraft type & class: Airbus 330-200 Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Snack
Apple, apricot and muesli cookies
Drink: water
Comments: very basic box snack – tiny apple ( possibly from a bonsai tree?) and 2 cookies – hardly a filling snack
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 3
Camera brand & type: Canon IXUS 500

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Photo taken by: Mike
Route: MEL to SYD, 3 Aug 2004
Ticket price: redemption of frequent flyer points
Flight duration: 1 hour 20 mins
Aircraft type & class: 747-400 Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Breakfast
Sultana Bran Cereal, milk, fresh banana and sultana muffin
Drink: OJ, choice of tea or coffee
Comments: standard economy breakfast, just enough for the short flight
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8 great service
Camera brand & type: Canon IXUS500

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Photo taken by: DesertLance
Route: AYQ-CNS, 8 AUg 2004
Ticket price: Used Miles
Flight duration: 2:30
Aircraft type & class: 737-400/ Business
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Lunch
Beef Filet, baby broccoli, mashed potatos, salad with herb vinegarette, roll, and chocolate bar
Drink: Chardonnay
Comments: Fairly good meal for a short flight
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6
Camera brand & type: Kodak

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Photo taken by: Adrian
Route: Sydney (SYD) - Melbourne (MEL), 27 Jul 2004
Ticket price: AUS$74
Flight duration: 1hr 5mins
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 747-400 Economy class.
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Refreshment
Chicken Lettuce & Mayo Ciabatta sandwiches and Twix Bar
Drink: Summit water and Hot coffee or Tea
Comments: The sandwich serv very cold...Service very nice.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7
Camera brand & type: Sony DCM-P100

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Photo taken by: Mike
Route: SYD to MEL, 14 Jul 2004
Ticket price: $50
Flight duration: 80 mins
Aircraft type & class: 737-400 Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Snack
Cookie and packet of dried apricots
Drink: Water, Tea and coffee
Comments: Cookie delicious as too were the apricots, but would have preferred something more savoury
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8
Camera brand & type: Canon IXUS 500

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Photo taken by: Mike
Route: MEL to SYD, 14 Jul 2004
Ticket price: $60
Flight duration: 1 hour
Aircraft type & class: 767-300 Economy
Business or leisure trip: Business
Meal: Breakfast
Toasted muesli with UHT milk, Banana, Apple and Blueberry muffin
Drink: OJ tea and coffee
Comments: Standard Qantas breakfast similar to previous except for the muffin. Still hate the UHT milk
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8
Camera brand & type: Canon IXUS 500

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Photo taken by: Mike
Route: SYD to MEL, 23 June 2004
Ticket price: $50
Flight duration: 90 mins
Aircraft type & class: 767-300 Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Snack
Cookie and dried fruit
Drink: Water
Comments: Standard Qantas snack - cookie delicious, but would have preferred something savoury to go with it - dried fruit was too sweet.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6
Camera brand & type: Canon IXUS 500

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Photo taken by: Mike
Route: MEL to SYD, 23 June 2004
Ticket price: $60
Flight duration: 1 hour
Aircraft type & class: 767-200
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Breakfast
Toasted muesli cereal with UHT milk, Banana and mini croissant
Drink: OJ tea and coffee
Comments: Standard tasty Qantas breakfast Professional service - hate the UHT milk though
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8
Camera brand & type: Canon IXUS 500

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Photo taken by: Mike
Route: MEL to BNE, 17 Jun 2004
Ticket price: $100 (plus Frequent Flyer Points upgrade to Business class)
Flight duration: 1.5 hours
Aircraft type & class: 737-800 Business
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Snack
Ciabatta roll with salami, tomato and cream cheese, fruit plate with melon and strawberry
Drink: OJ water, tea and coffee
Comments: Very tasty roll and beautifully ripe fruit. Plus excellent service on this short flight (should be 2 hours, but helped by a tail wind)
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10
Camera brand & type: Canon IXUS500

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Photo taken by: Mike
Route: BNE to MEL, 20 Jun 2004
Ticket price: $100
Flight duration: 2.5 hours
Aircraft type & class: 737-400 Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Afternoon Tea
Dried fruit mix and Oatmeal cookie
Drink: Water and Tonic water, choice of tea or coffee
Comments: Adequate snack, but would have preferred something savoury
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6
Camera brand & type: Canon IXUS500

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Photo taken by: H. Lam
Route: Sydney - Brisbane 30 May 2004
Ticket price: A$260 return
Flight duration: 1h15'
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 737 - economy
Business or leisure trip: business
Meal: Breakfast & snack
Cereal, croissant. Banana, milk, OJ, water for breakfast. Savoury bread, dried apricot, macadamia nut, water for snack
Drink: Coke
Comment: surprising the cereal taste good but didnt touch the snack.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 3
Camera brand & type: Sony TRX20

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Photo taken by: Louise Low
Route: QF1805, Paraburdoo to Perth, 2 April 2004
Flight duration: 1.5 hours
Aircraft type & class: economcy, seat 14B
Business or leisure trip: leisure trip
Meal: dinner meal
Chicken caesar salad with Parmesan cheese, cold piece of rol
Drink: water available with Schweppes
Comments: not too bad, portion size wasn't the greatest (still hungry afterwards...)
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Photo taken by: Louise Low
Route: QF1800, Perth - Paraburdoo (located North in Western Australia), 1 April 2004
Flight duration: 1.5 hours
Aircraft type & class: economy, sitting in 16B
Business or leisure trip: leisure
Meal: morning meal
unfortunately, I don't remember exactly what the brown part of the dish is, it's some fried breakfast meal with tomatoes and potatoes, served with crossiant, Kraft strawberry jam, butter, yogurt
Drink: water
Comments: I don't remember complaining about this meal
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Photo taken by: Louise Low
Route: Melbourne to Perth, 26 March 2004
Flight duration: 3.5 hours
Aircraft type & class: economy class, Seat 23E
Business or leisure trip: Leisure trip
Meal: Dinner Meal
Qantas gives you a little card menu with the choices you can have...
Green Leaf Salad with Red Wine Vinaigrette
Choice of Mild Chicken Curry with Pilaf Rice or Three Cheese Ravioli with Beef, Tomato and Herb Sauce (I had the ravioli--the beef was at the bottom of the dish).
Chocolate Biscuit--which is a Tim Tam chocolate, a national staple of Australia.
Coffee and tea available.
Ice Cream--Magaum vanillla coated with chocolate on a stick.
Drink: Choice of many spirits and non alcoholic drinks-plus they give you Just Juice
Comments: Must be fancy and posh to give a little menu card out to economy class.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10

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Photo taken by: Sarah C.
Route: LAX-AKL, 11 May 2004
Flight duration: 12 hours
Class: Economy
Trip: Leisure
Business or leisure trip: Breakfast
Raisin granola cereal, poppy seed muffin, fresh fruit sampler
Drink: Orange juice, 2% milk
Comments: This was the "continental" choice. The muffin was moist, but the cereal was rather crunchy. I liked the grapefruit, watermelon and cantaloupe, but the mango (or papaya) was bad. The mark on the mango (or papaya) is just marker on the plastic wrap.
Rating: 8
Camera: Olympus D-540

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Photo taken by: Sarah C.
Route: LAX-AKL, 11 May 2004
Flight duration: 12 hours
Class: Economy
Trip: Leisure
Meal: Snack
Potato chips, dried fruit chips, LifeSavers, Oreos, bottled water
Drink: n/a
Comments: Received this "Snack on Q" goodie bag shortly after dinner was served, not long before the cabin lights were turned off. The water was included in the drawstring bag.
Rating: 8
Camera: Olympus D-540

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Photo taken by: Sarah C.
Route: LAX-AKL, 11 May 2004
Flight duration: 12 hours
Class: Economy
Trip: Leisure
Meal: Dinner
Braised olive chicken thigh with green beans and baked potato wedges; Cucumber and tomato salad; Chocolate cake with coconut; White roll
Drink: "American" ginger ale
Comments: I'm not a picky eater with exception to two food items: olives and coconut. I hate them both with a burning passion. I got a good laugh at the fact that both were in this meal. Managed to scrape off all of the offensive items and finished it all.
Rating: 6
Camera: Olympus D-540

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Photo taken by: Sarah C.
Route: AKL-LAX, 21 May 2004
Flight duration: 13 hours
Class: Economy
Trip: Leisure
Meal: Breakfast
Mushroom and onion quiche with tomato sauce and sausage link and ham; fruit cup; blueberry cheese danish
Drink: Orange juice
Comments: The quiche was about as good as quiche can be on an airplane. The sausage was surprisingly lean, but the ham was rubbery. The fruit cup was standard fare, as was the danish.
Rating: 7
Camera: Olympus D-540

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Photo taken by: Sarah C.
Route: AKL-LAX, 21 May 2004
Flight duration: 13 hours
Class: Economy
Trip: Leisure
Meal: Snack
Mini chocolate bar, small loaf of carrot cake, LifeSavers, pita chips, lentil dip, bottled water
Drink: n/a
Comments: This was included in the "Snack on Q" goodie bag. The carrot cake was okay at best, chocolate is chocolate, but the pita chips were some kind of awful.
Rating: 5
Camera: Olympus D-540

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Photo taken by: Sarah C.
Route: AKL-LAX, 21 May 2004
Flight duration: 13 hours
Class: Economy
Trip: Leisure
Meal: Dinner
Curried chicken with Moroccan sauce and zucchini, mushrooms and rice; Field greens salad; cheese and crackers; White roll
Drink: Lemonade
Comments: This was the other choice for dinner which my mom picked. Again, better than the olive chicken, but I liked my pot roast more.
Rating: 8
Camera: Olympus D-540

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Photo taken by: Sarah C.
Route: AKL-LAX, 21 May 2004
Flight duration: 13 hours
Class: Economy
Trip: Leisure
Meal: Dinner
Pot roast with mashed potatoes, carrots and peas; Field greens salad; cheese and crackers; White roll; Magnum ice cream bar (not pictured)
Drink: Ginger ale
Comments: I liked this better than the olive chicken. Nothing too exciting though. The chocolate-covered ice cream was muy bien.
Rating: 8
Camera: Olympus D-540

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Photo taken by: Mike
Route: Coolangatta to Melbourne, 1 June 2004
Ticket price: $59
Flight duration: 2 hrs 15 mins
Aircraft type & class: 737 - 400 Economy
Business or leisure trip: Business
Meal: Snack
salted almonds and Chocolate chip cookie
Drink: Tonic water
Comments: nice snack for length of flight, decent size quantity of nuts and the cookie was delicious. I may have gone hungry had I not been snacking in the Qantas Club lounge before the flight.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9
Camera brand & type: Canon IXUS500

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Photo taken by: Mike
Route: LAX to MEL, 19 May 2004
Ticket price: $2300 rtn
Flight duration: 15 hours
Aircraft type & class: 747 -400 Business
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Breakfast
To start - Coffee and Passionfruit and Orange
Energiser Drink. To follow, Fruit salad with yoghurt and choice of toast or croissant with butter and preserves. Main course; scrambled eggs with bacon and sautéed mushrooms on toast.
Drink: Orange juice and coffee
Comments: Croissants were overheated and too hard to be cut - more like a flaky biscuit than a bread. I did enjoy the eggs and the mushrooms, but the bacon was very fatty.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7
Camera brand & type: Canon IXUS500

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Photo taken by: Mike
Route: LAX to MEL, 19 May 2004
Ticket price: $2300 rtn
Flight duration: 15 hours
Aircraft type & class: 747 -400 Business
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Supper
Hard roll, salad, followed by Veal Involtini with tomato and olive sauce and Polenta.
My friend had Toasted Ham, red Pepper, Mushroom and Gruyere Panini
For desert I had cheese and biscuits, and my friend had Cassata semi freddo with Mandarin Sauce
Drink: red wine
Comments: Hard stale roll and tasteless salad - very similar to the Economy product. Involtini was mediocre, but the tomato sauce was acidic - I paid for it afterwards. My friend reported that the Panini was tasty. The cheese and biscuits were Ok - have had better on previous flights though. The semi freddo was frozen solid, and the stewardess advised all the takers to wait 10-15 minutes (whilst on the plate in front of them) for it to defrost! It tasted good once it was the correct texture for eating.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 5, expected better from both the food, meal, catering and the crew.

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Photo taken by: Mike
Route: MEL to LAX, 1 May 2004
Ticket price: $2300
Flight duration: 14 hours
Aircraft type & class: 747 -400 ER
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Breakfast
melon cocktail, Egg cake topped with spinach with baked beans and roasted roma tomatoes, blueberry muffin
Drink: Orange juice coffee
Comments: Tasty breakfast at the end of a long flight.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8
Camera brand & type: canon IXUS500

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Photo taken by: Mike
Route: MEL to LAX, 1 May 2004
Ticket price: $2300
Flight duration: 14 hours
Aircraft type & class: 747 -400 ER
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Pre-meal drinks w/peanuts
Drink: Bundy and coke
Comments: Not even a handful of peanuts - packet marked as 9 grammes
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 4
Camera brand & type: canon IXUS500

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Photo taken by: Mike
Route: MEL to LAX, 1 May 2004
Ticket price: $2300
Flight duration: 14 hours
Aircraft type & class: 747 -400 ER
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Lunch
Small salad, bread roll, Coq au Vin, cheese & biscuits
Drink: Red wine
Comments: Inadequate tasteless salad, hard stale roll, Chicken was tasty though- sorry forgot to take the lid off for the photo. Pre-packaged cheese OK
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 4
Camera brand & type: canon IXUS500