Originally Posted by
Joely
Love the report, I'm a BA baby myself as my dad drove 767s. I have long since lost my staff travel privelages since he has retired and I've aged! It seems a little more certain these days, when I were a lad (read in obligatory Yorkshire accent please), it could be a bit of a lottery which cabin you were in. That said my dad had decent priorty so we usually ended up down the front, I do remember a trip to the us where we had to fly traveller and, snotty little brat that I was, I got most indignant about having to slum it! I'm shocked that you don't get into the lounge though now.
Haha - I completely understand that feeling of 'but it doesn't recline into a flatbed, mummy!' To this day I've only been in Traveller 3 times and once in Traveller Plus...so here's hoping that come 24 I either work for BA or earn enough to live without staff travel! It's definitely improved now you can check-in online. With regards to the lounge access, if you're at an outstation (Budapest is my experience) you can end up in the lounge - I don't know if that's a misunderstanding or in the rule book, but it allowed me to sample Hungarian sparkling wine...who wouldn't want that experience!?