And - while the FA's might have been pleasant and nice on your flights on US Envoy - have you flown another airlines business class to Europe recently? Don't think you would be so glowing about Envoy if you fly another airline next time! Hope you didn't pay full fare for your ticket on US when for the same price you could fly another airline and get service so superior it would make your head spin!
I made a Business class trip on KLM last week . Also Transatlantic .
Tell the truth - It was disaster !!!!! First of all - Seats were not better then our Envoy class . Same recline , same old and dirty seatcover . Very small long roll-pillow . In one word - UNCOMFORTABLE .
Food service - I've seen better days !!!!
As a starter we got one small slice of a salmon and cheese kisch segment . Main dish - Beef steak with potatoes . It was overcooked and dry and all potatoes burned !!!! One small piece of chocolate-raspberry tart . Thats all . No salad , no cheese , no other sweets or so ..... Did not see FA's after dinner at all .
Breakfast service started 2 hours prior to arrival with small cold cuts , fruit salad , jam tea and coffie . Nothing special .
Last month I flew AIR FRANCE Business class - Here I can not compare with US meal service . But Crew were uninterested and not friendly to all passengers I would even say - they were rude !!!!
AF meals are best from all European carriers at the moment in Economy class .
British Airways Economy service is also on a pair with AF - GOOD .
To my experiance - AUSTRIAN AIRLINES is the best Business Class service from European carriers . Read SKYTRAX comments from passengers - Seats are nice , Food - superb ( a star restaurant quality and presentation ) , crew polite and funny . Made a lot of trips with OS within Europe and Transatlantic few years ago . I guess that now service level is even better then few years ago . I ve heard they cook meals now in the galley on a small cooking plate . Almost all dishes prepared onboard by SKYCHEF fresh !!!! No frozen food , no trays - really restaurant quality ......
If you check www.airlinemeals.net you can see AUSTRIAN AIRLINES pictures .......... Yummy ....