Originally Posted by
BingBongBoy
Hot Towels: The company went into liquidation. Not much BA could do about that.
Wash Bags: Shipping container incident. Not much BA could do about that.
China: Yet to be established.
Of course all this will pale into insignificance if there's no Cabin Crew to distribute the aforementioned items.
However to answer the original question - yes, I believe Club World is still a premium product. The one thing that does it for me every time I've been abroad and I'm flying BA back to LHR is the feeling that I'm already back in England even before we've taken off.