Originally Posted by
wytco0
I was on BA 1 today and I am a lowly Silver, I did notice a group of people at the back who I think were Tier Point Running and may be on FT.
Flight was fine but the pre clearance thing in Shannon is in danger of being spoilt by the newly introduced security check pre the US border. The Security check setup was shambolic and there was no priority for anyone, Shannon should be ashamed of what they have put n place.
I was also chatting to a fellow passenger who seem pretty certain that BA1/2 will be joining BA3/4 by being enhanced soon. It will be shame if BA really does kill off the Babybus as its a unique product.
I was on the BA1 on Wednesday which was also fairly full(25). There were clearly a lot of TP runners. A group of mums and daughters from a county in London heading for shopping in NYC. The gateroom guardian was unaware of the benefits of ex-Dub fares and then realising why there were so many passengers connecting from Dublin.
The security check at Shannon wasn't too bad for us. A charter 747 of US Military en route home for Thanksgiving arrived at the same time as us and were held back until all of us had been processed. However pre-clearance was a bit of a joke with one agent for GE and the Business/First passengers and 5 other agents processing an EI flight. It seemed that there were a few problems with LCY bags hence clearance took almost 30 mins. The agent politely said if the airlines want a dedicated line for J pax and there are a lot of problems processing them it will take longer to process.
On speaking to the Captain in the baggage reclaim and telling him how great the flight was and how good it was to get it in before it was demised and he advised me that he thought the BA1/2 would be around to stay otherwise they would have pulled the route altogether. I asked what they were going to do with the other frame and he said Washington was the most popular rumour.