Originally Posted by
uk20d3
I have taken the Aviva West Coast option on five return trips so far this year, trips I’d normally use BA for. I just got to the point that I realised they (neither BA or MAG) did not care. It’s required a bit of readjustment to my schedule (most of my trips are business with HBO) but with a Senior Railcard I’m getting first class returns for a little over £300. I also fly to NCL a couple of times a month; despite the odd delay or the jet bridge being out of action, the experience is so much more convenient and accessible than it is at MAN. BHD is the same story, if not a better experience which begs the question why BA remain blind to the damage being caused to their brand and revenue. I’m sure I’m not alone in making alternative arrangements.
But what is the alternative arrangement here? MAN has a domestic offering and basically says to BA 'take it or leave it', BA won't leave because the route presumably provides a lot of long haul feed they don't want to surrender to KLM, Air France and Lufthansa. As much as I'd love the answer to be LBA, I have to assume the numbers didn't work well enough when they tried it pre-COVID. It's deeply crap, and I'm hardly a BA advocate but since any improvements would basically require MAG to get the builders in, I don't really see what BA can do. I suppose stamping their feet until they're allowed back into T1/3 is one option but is that better for the non-lounge eligible passenger?