Originally Posted by G-BOAC
...you have BA's offering? Well, in theory. Except the penny-pinching idiots who do not see the bigger picture and only take note of the lowest headline-grabbing price their minute attention spans can comprehend (i.e. the wider travelling public), don't seem to get this. The constant ridiculous drive to the lowest possible headline price is what drags the rest of us down screaming in the race to the bottom too - those of us who are willing to pay for extras don't even get the chance...
I see your point and I will always fly BA in Europe whenever I can. But sometimes their prices are so many orders higher than U2 (EZ
) that I could not justify the difference for what is basically an allocated seat as the only real difference. An example - I needed to go to GVA at about 3 days notice last June. BA were about £350 return - but that price was also at a ridiculously inconvenient return time that meant I would have to wait 3 or so hours in GVA. To return at a convenient time to me with BA was about £420 IIRC.
U2 was about £120 IIRC for the same itinerary and the timings were much better. My point is that if there had been an option to pay £30-£50 more with U2 for an allocated seat, guaranteed A group boarding and an inclusive drink / snack then I would have paid it with zero hesitation.