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Photo taken by: Eduardo Bentes
Route: GRU-MAO, 21 Jul 2003
Ticket price: Smiles Mileage Program Bonus
Flight duration: 03:30
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 777-200 (Business Class)
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Lunch
Contents of the meal: Meat with sauce, mashed potatoes, salad and a delicious soup.
Drink: Water, juices, soft drinks, wines.
Comments: We had 3 options: Meat, Chicken and Pasta, but I chose meat. A very nice meal in a domestic flight.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10
Camera brand & type: Olympus Trip 200

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Photo taken by: Hiroshi
Flying from Brasilia (BSB) to São Paulo Congonhas (CGH), 30 Aug 2003
Ticket price: 20.000 "smiles" miles, round-trip e-ticket (no paper ticket
anymore on Varig - however, they still charge the same 20.000 miles).
Flight duration: 1h20
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 737-500, economy (single class)
Meal type: Breakfast - ham & cheese cuts, "hot" roll, fresh fruits,
salted cookies, salted butter, pineapple jam.
Drink: Coca-cola
Comments: standard tasteless airline meal, Coca-cola was ok.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 5

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Photo taken by: Troy M. Litten / www.troyland.com
Flying from: Montevideo, Uruguay to Rio de Janeiro, 7 January 2003
Meal type: breakfast - cheese, lettuce and tomato sandwich on a brown roll, fruit cup with oranges and melon, a raisin-topped sugar cookie.
Drink: orange juice
Comments: starting my day with a bland cheese, wilted lettuce and mushy tomato on a hard roll sandwich in a box is not my idea of breakfast. a bit of mustard or mayo would have added some much-needed flavor.
Rating: 2

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Photo taken by: Ty Cooney
Flying from Belo Horizonte to Sao Paulo-CGH, 28 March 2003
Duration: 1h06
Aircraft type: Boeing 737-300
Class: Economy
Meal type: Snack
Drink: Beer
Comments: Good warm sandwich of ham, cheese and tomato, and a milk chocolate patty for dessert. The beer, Kaiser Summer, is Brazilian and acceptable.
Rating: 7 (enjoyable and acceptable given the short flight).

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Photo taken by: Ty Cooney
Flying from Buenos Aires-EZE to Porto Alegre, 17 March 2003
Duration: 1h22
Aircraft type: Boeing 737-800 Winglets
Class: Business
Meal type: Breakfast
Drink: Orange Juice and Coffee
Comments: Overall acceptable though not stupendous. Cold ham and cheese slices with a warm spinach turnover (quite good), assortment of breads and croissants, yoghurt and a generous helping of fresh fruit. The negative was the coffee which is some of the worst I have ever had in the air and the orange juice (not in photo) which is obviously made from powder.
Rating: 4 (coffee and OJ, an integral part of any breakfast, bring it down)

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Photo taken by: Ingo Schaapen
Flying from: Frankfurt FRA to Rio de Janeiro GIG, 2 February 2003
Flight duration: 11 hours
Aircraft type & class: Business
Meal type: Dinner - Soup, salad, 2 choices of starters, 3 choices od hot meal, dessert
Drink: All you want
Comments: "Tasty meal, nice cabincrew, but very quick and service (not enough time for eating)"
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 5

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Photo taken by: Rick Rigbers
Flying from: Amsterdam to Paris, 24 February 2003
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 777, Economy Class
Meal type: Snack - Ham-sandwich
Drink: Orange juice
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Photo taken by: Gabriele Cavallotti
Flying from: Rio – San Paolo – Milan MXP, 3 August 2002
Flight duration: approx.11h.
Aircraft type & class: MD 11 - economy
Meal type: breakfast - zucchini omelette, crisps potatoes, a little wursterl, ham and cheese, bread, butter and jam.
Drink: all you want
Comments: "not a very good breakfast! Standard-normal, but after 12 h.! Brazilian food, meal, catering!"
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6

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Photo taken by: Gabriele Cavallotti
Flying from: Salvador to Rio, 29 July 2002
Flight duration: 2 h.
Aircraft type & class: B 737-400 - economy
Meal type: breakfast - omelette, 4 potatoes, slice of chicken, bread, butter and jam.
Drink: all you want
Comments: "a good breakfast for a Brazil national flight. In this flight I didn’t expect a meals tray!"
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6+

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Photo taken by: Gabriele Cavallotti
Flying from: Rio – San Paolo to Milan MXP, 3 August 2002
Flight duration: approx. 11 h.
Aircraft type & class: MD 11 - economy
Meal type: dinner - some not bad italian cannelloni, carrots and mais salad (very little), sponge cake, package bread
Drink: all you want (including Guaranà tipical brazilian drink).
Comments: "classical dinner but without other amenities…I wish for future a better meal tray from RG!"
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6

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Photo taken by: Gabriele Cavallotti
Flying from: Milan MXP to San Paolo - Rio, 18 July 2002
Flight duration: approx.11 h.
Aircraft type & class: MD 11 - first
Meal type: breakfast - hot bread and a focaccia with a slice of chicken
Drink: italian cappuccino
Comments: a good salt breakfast snack
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Photo taken by: Gabriele Cavallotti
Flying from: Milan MXP to San Paolo - Rio, 18 July 2002
Flight duration: approx.11 h.
Aircraft type & class: MD 11 - first
Meal type: breakfast - corn flakes, Danone yogurth fraise, ananas,chicken+cheese+a little tomato+dried salted beef
Drink: all you want
Comments: a good first class breakfast
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Photo taken by: Gabriele Cavallotti
Flying from: Milan MXP to San Paolo - Rio, 18 July 2002
Flight duration: approx.11 h.
Aircraft type & class: MD 11 - economy
Meal type: dinner - a little roast beef with potatoes crisps, patè with olive, sponge cake.
Drink: all you want (water,wine,beer,juice and guaranà tipical brazilian drink)
Comments: "I think this is a typical airline transatlantic meal and classical composition of dinner meat+potatoes and dessert, but no more, no aperitifs or snack (very important on transatlantic flights over 8 h.) and no ice cream."
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6

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Photo taken by: Douglas Cabral Garcia
Flying from: Porto Alegre to Rio, 15 November 2002
Class: Economy
Meal type: Dinner - Roastbeef with potatoes and sauce bread, butter and a coconut dessert
Drink: Red or white wine and soft drink
Comments: "Just fair, too simple."
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6

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Photo taken by: Douglas Cabral Garcia
Flying from: Rio to Curitiba, 11 November 2002
Class: Economy
Meal type: Ham and cheese sandwich, fruits, yogurt, biscuits, coffee and milk or tea
Comments: "Reasonable meal, considering the short lengh of the flight."
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6

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Photo taken by: Douglas Cabral Garcia
Flying from: Rio to Frankfurt, 6 September 2002
Class: Coach
Meal type: Breakfast - Bread, cheese, ham, eggs, butter, jam, corn flakes, milk, coffee, yogurt, honey, fruits and a muffin.
Drink: juices, coffee, tea
Comments: "Very good."
Rating 1-10 (worst-best):9

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Photo taken by: Douglas Cabral Garcia
Flying from: Rio to Frankfurt, 5 September 2002
Class: Coach
Meal type: Dinner - Chicken, pasta, vegetables, salad, bread, butter, chocolate cake
Drink: Wine, beer, soft drink
Comments: "Good"
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8

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Photo taken by: Marcelo Kira
Flying from: Porto Alegre to Sao Paulo, 25 September 2002
Class: Business
Meal type: Dinner - Rice with chicken and vegetables, salad, bread and cheese and mango mousse
Drink: Orange juice, wines
Comments: "Good service for 1 hour flight."
Rating 1-10 (worst-best):9

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Photo taken by: Marcus B.
Flying from: Rio de Janeiro GIG to Frankfurt FRA, 27 June 2002
Class: Economy
Meal type: Dinner - Chicken, Spinach, something with maize.
Drink: Water, Guarana
Comments: "Bad Dinner; Some persons had problems after eating this meal."
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 2

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Photo taken by: Marcus B.
Flying from: Recife REC to Rio de Janeiro GIG, 27 June 2002
Class: Economy
Meal type: normal - Meat, Potatoes, vegatables
Drink: Water, Guarana
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 3