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Old Nov 30, 12, 6:41 am   #1
 
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IPhones only add to the joke that is Bremen

After many months of reading this board I realize that any "rant", especially from a non-klub member, the following is

A. My own fawlt
B. not BA's fawlt as it's such a grate airline in all other respects this just highlights how grate the rest of BA is
C. Apple's fawlt or
D. mixed Fleet's, Boeing's, Airbus (dilete as appropriate)
E. I am imagining
F. I made it up all
G. My English is not good
H. My English is good

So here goes:

Call Bremen call centre when it ist open. Anyone using Bremen obviously does not travell as they could only need it between 9 and 5 (?)
1 for European language, 2 for English
Press keypad on iPhone, press 2 [after various attempts it becomes apperent that the keypad input is not recognized]
Listen to European language
Wait on 20 minutes
Answered by European language
English please, auf Englisch bitte, Ingles por favor etc
"One moment please"
Return to hold music for 10 seconds
Line goes dead
Repeat x4

Absolutely pathetic.

I will not go into how my issue was dealt with - I can wait until my suspensionn for criticizing BA has been over

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Old Nov 30, 12, 6:46 am   #2
 
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Are you sure you meant to hit the English button?
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Old Nov 30, 12, 6:49 am   #3
 
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Old Nov 30, 12, 6:50 am   #4
 
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Why are you calling Bremen?
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Old Nov 30, 12, 7:28 am   #5
 
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Not quite sure of the relevance of the iPhone part? Does it work differently using an iPhone to other devices?
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Old Nov 30, 12, 7:30 am   #6
 
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Not quite sure of the relevance of the iPhone part? Does it work differently using an iPhone to other devices?
Only if you call Bremen, it appears
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Old Nov 30, 12, 7:31 am   #7
 
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Why are you calling Bremen?
I do not know why but that is where BA tells me I must call and when I can have a phone that is not Apple, that is the center that confirms it ist the one with responsible for not helping me.
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Old Nov 30, 12, 7:34 am   #8
 
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Not quite sure of the relevance of the iPhone part? Does it work differently using an iPhone to other devices?
The nummber 2 is recognized with a blackberry or land phone but not with the iPhone. So I end up with the person who cannot speak good English who pretends to put on hold me but then kills the call.
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Old Nov 30, 12, 7:37 am   #9
 
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Only if you call Bremen, it appears
As well as A to D i forgot:

E. I am imagining
F. I made it up all
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Old Nov 30, 12, 7:37 am   #10
 
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Are you sure you're pressing 2?

It's just that there's evidence of lots of mis-pressed keys in your posts in this thread!!!
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Old Nov 30, 12, 7:38 am   #11
 
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Are you sure you meant to hit the English button?
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G. My English is not good
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Old Nov 30, 12, 7:39 am   #12
 
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Old Nov 30, 12, 7:41 am   #13
 
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Are you sure you're pressing 2?

It's just that there's evidence of lots of mis-pressed keys in your posts in this thread!!!
Ample evidence that English is not the OP's first language. I'm guessing that German is.

Nice to see that, as usual, the board focuses on the real issue when someone's venting frustration at BA.
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Old Nov 30, 12, 7:44 am   #14
 
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Ample evidence that English is not the OP's first language. I'm guessing that German is.
I sincerely doubt that...as selecting 1 in order to speak German with another native (or at least competent) speaker in Bremen would then be the happy outcome!!!
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Old Nov 30, 12, 7:48 am   #15
 
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Ample evidence that English is not the OP's first language. I'm guessing that German is.

Nice to see that, as usual, the board focuses on the real issue when someone's venting frustration at BA.
Well i guess the point is that the OP isn't really asking a question/advice and has kicked off the thread in an incoherent rant. I'm not sure where you are expecting the thread to go from those less than auspicious beginnings?
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