Originally Posted by
Cap'n Benj
I dont think theres any chance theyll do a SQ, EY type effort, suspect an EK seat would be beyond the U.K. market too. I don’t think they’ll go as far as AF either
IF they do plan to upgrade the current proposition to a better, more exclusive effort, I think they’ll like align it with the LH, LX type level, which, if we’re all being honest, it’s not all that far away from now
All they need is a few more bells and whistles on board, a few ground service enhancements, including a car/ van transfer service (not that LH offer that for standard connecting/ arriving pax) and they’re there
If overall F numbers are cut by over half, with only 8 seats on less aircraft and prices are upped a bit, I think the ground service could be managed at LHR.
I guess we’ll see in a couple of years, they may well just reduce numbers and stay as is, their overall model is obviously far more successful than the airlines you quoted when you look at profit etc, Ive no idea how BA fits into that though
Personally I hope they keep it as is, I enjoy my annual redemption and having tried LH and LX, while definitely a little better, it’s MUCH easier to get a BA flight as things stand and I’d prefer the guarantee of a seat over the promise of some caviar if I get lucky.
all good points.
with 14 going to 8 on all but the a380, the 787-10 in some cases may not have F and the 350-1000 with no F I suspect that the cuts will be more than halving F seat count.
Many routes will end up with no F so if you have a much reduced seat count then you can up the price and add the extras and much improve the product.
But I’ll guarantee there’ll be moaning on here as the cheap fares and cheap upgrades go.
(And it seems very possible perhaps that they may limit F redemptions to BA emeralds only - it would create a strong incentive to aim for gold).