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10 The 12-inch IFE screen in SAS Plus featured a wide variety of TV and movie options as well as maps and flight information .
( as a souvenir ). Other sodas , nonalcoholic beer , and juices were also available .
Dinner came about an hour later . I had the choice of fish or chicken , and I went with the former . It was served with rice pilaf , barley salad , a currant pastry , cheese and cracker , and a commemorative cookie for dessert . The food was served at the right temperatures and tasted good .
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Weirdly , the silverware pack that came with dinner did not contain a fork . I had two spoons and a knife . For a moment I wondered if this might be an unfamiliar Danish way of doing things , but then realized that other passengers also been denied a fork . A flight attendant replaced my pack with a second — that also had no fork . The caterer needs to step it up a bit .
After dinner , hot coffee and tea were served . And here is one thing that SAS could do to endear itself to the Atlanta customer base . We Southerners drink iced tea year-round . Even in the depths of 20 ° F ( -7 ° C ) February , we drink iced tea — preferably , sweet iced tea . On this 90 ° F ( 32 ° C ) day in Atlanta , a glass of iced tea would have been really nice to have onboard . If the airline wants to differentiate itself and hit home with this new market , simply having iced tea available on all flights would be a big score .
There were four lavatories for both Economy and SAS Plus passengers . We could not go forward and use the Business cabin facilities , so we needed to walk aft and through one section
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