Originally Posted by
HighLife
Am I going mad or were some improvements not announced recently?
...
Noise-canceling headphones were available on BA but the blankets and pillows were dire and exactly what I remember from WT a few years back.
Improvements were announced, but only some of them have been implemented. The pillow is improved (bigger, with a fabric cover), and there is also an improved amenity kit. And there is a "choice" of newspapers, which as far as I can see amounts to loading the
Telegraph in addition to the
Mail.
The rest have been deferred - it now seems indefinitely (as there has been no more noise about them). With the deferral of the F upgrade, it's likely that we will now have to wait even longer for a new WT+.
Originally Posted by
HighLife
The fourth sector doesn't apply as we were re-routed via SIN due to the BKK closure and put into QF Premium Economy which was an altogether better experience in every regard.
Originally Posted by
bernardd
I think it all depends on what you expect WT+ to be. If you're looking for Club-lite you're going to be disappointed.
The difference between WT+ (one of the older products available) and QF PE (one of the newest) illustrates the two different approaches: WT+ was always designed as economy with extras; PE was always intended to be a "business lite" product.
The downside is that the SYD route also illustrates how "business lite" will tend to get priced accordingly, thus potentially pushing it beyond the limits of many (like myself) who have to pay out of their own pockets.
Originally Posted by
HighLife
Once on board, I noticed that J and F were pretty full of BA cabin crew dressed in civvies (I could tell a mile off
) having a bit of a party and wearing their airport IDs when they collected their luggage.
It's possible that some crew were being positioned because of the knock-on effects from the recent BKK disruption. QF have been doing this too.
Originally Posted by
Greg66
I always get a great deal of pleasure out of coming downstairs to find that the WT+ locusts have ravaged the Club kitchen. Really makes my day
. Esp when the cabin crew say (in response to a comment about WT+ having nicked everything) something like "Well, it's hard to say no to them, isn't it?". Not really.
On a recent LHR-MIA, one of the CC even put together a selection of stuff from the Club Kitchen, arranged it on a tray, and brought it around the WT+ cabin. ^