Originally Posted by
PETER01
I know these awards have caused some discussion before and how 'independent' are they? Oh, please don't shoot the messenger here!

(or fully quote the whole of this first post please!)
For what it's worth, our youngest son married a Swiss girl a couple of years ago, so they have been flying Swiss a good deal more than BA. Both of them (yes, even our super patriotic Swiss daughter in law) are agreed that BA is WAY ahead of Swiss in all aspects. In case it's relevant, they almost always fly economy, although they have had the occasional upgrade on BA.