sts603

Not only is waiting for the bag a waste of valuable time but the risk of loss on a short business trip is significant.

Sorry when traveling for leisure I still want my computer and reading material. Plus medicine, toiletries for inflight, stain remover, sunglasses, camera, etc. Not everyone relies solely on AVOD or just plans to sit/stare/sleep on the plane.

pinkcat

Travelling for a week leisure, = backpack plus handbag.on VS The back pack came in at 6.3kg which was allowed and the handbag was fairly heavy (shh)

elwe

Every long haul work trip I have a bag of tools and equipment that is 28-30kg. Then I have another 16kg or so of clothes in my second check in bag (data centres are cold). My hand luggage includes my laptop and often my camera and lenses as I usual tack on a leisure side trip. Short haul is the same, minus the camera. Work always want me to go WT, until I point out WT+ is about the same as the excess baggage costs (I let them think WT+ avoids the heavy bag fee, not the shiny card). SH I end up in ET and let the shiny card deal with the fees, often with a colleague on the PNR to pickup the same benefits.

LTN Phobia

Have you tried Heattech clothing from Uniqlo? Their tops etc are light and thin but incredibly warm. Too warm for me to wear on aeroplanes but great for spending time in the cold.

joejet

So yesterday, flew from LGW- JER in CE with 2 kids (end of a long journey) I had already Checked in 1 of the 3 hand luggage we had, so with 3 of us and 2 18" Briggs and Riley trolleys gat on board and guess what is blocking the whole of row 1 - 2 lockers CREW bags, I know they have to go somewhere but this happens all the time. If BA are checking hand luggage for size, fine that's great, but please get the crew to not put the bags there. Some crew put them in the wardrobe, but row 1 is always a problem.
How about put then at he rear of the CW cabin as there is often space there and if they put them in first it might stop ET travellers putting there bags in CW cabin.
Often they use the wardrobe, but not yesterday and I was told I could not put mine in the wardrobe either!
Oh well end of 3 flights, long few days of travel, space was found for the bags a bit further back so not an issue really but still a pain in the bum.
Just pleased to be home
Joejet

bealine

I know all the arguments about waiting 20 minutes at he carousel, the airline lost my bag a few years ago and all the rest of it...............BUT

PLEASE keep within the carry on size and weight limits:

1. To please me - and to try to keep our aeroplanes safe and secure for yourself, our cabin staff and your fellow travellers.

2. To avoid the increasing number of aircraft delays caused by the staff having to take excess cabin baggage at the gate.

3. To avoid offloading cargo to accommodate last minute carry-on items which have to be stuffed into "Hold 5".

Since I moved to the Cargo division of BA recently, it has been an eye-opener as to how the ignorance (ignorance rather than selfishness, for you can't be expected to know) of some of our customers causes vital express cargo to be left behind - urgently needed vaccines bound for India, aircraft parts or ship's spares urgently needed in some far flung outpost. When I joined BA, the rules were that passengers' bags would be offloaded to accommodate express airfreight - now the boot is firmly on the other foot.

Once again, this is a polite request to be sensible - not a firm "Do as I Say" slap around the head!

Thank you for your co-operation!

OxonCantab

Not sure I understand this. Because there's occasionally a lack of capacity, passengers should avoid packing stuff so BA can carry important cargo?

LTN Phobia

I think bealine's polite request is about not carrying excessive amount (i.e. over the limit) of hand luggage which has to be put into the hold.

dewidaniels

I've only had Bronze since November, soon after it was introduced. My flight to STL was in September. As far as I know, BA Bronze/OW Ruby doesn't entitle me to priority boarding. That perk seems to be exclusive to AA Gold.

On my flight from STL to ORD, the vast majority of passengers seemed to have at least AA Gold, so the "main herd" were in the minority.

sunrisegirl

I can confirm that Bronze members will not be able to pre-board, sorry.


JoeJet - I'm told the crew bag issue is being addressed imminently and I have to agree with your point. Glad you made it home OK without fog.

dewidaniels

I'm fine with that, sunrisegirl. The introduction of the new Bronze tier was an unexpected and pleasant surprise for me.

Lack of priority boarding is only an issue on domestic AA flights, where every man and his dog seems to be at least AA Gold. Travellers in the US also seem to carry much more carry on luggage than is the norm in Europe, where people seem to be much more willing to check in luggage. I've never had any problem finding space for my carry on bag on a BA flight (or an EasyJet flight for that matter).

User Name

The travel "experience" in the US is one huge advert for why hand luggage restrictions need to be in place and enforced as necessary.

All that remains is for the airlines to allow at least one bag to be checked without any ridiculous surcharge and sanity will return to the American skies.

(Well, it will once they reinstate special meals in F, but that's another rant for another day).

hrnt

I think the confusion here is that BA does not have priority boarding for BA Bronze, but AA does. Please see http://www.aa.com/i18n/urls/priorityaaccess.jsp (note the oneworld Ruby members)

If AA didn't let you priority board, then a) this has changed recently and they haven't updated their website or b) (more likely) the AA agent did not recognize that the card is OW Ruby.

dewidaniels

Thanks for pointing out that useful link. It's good to know that AA gives priority boarding to BA Bronze card-holders. That's very good news indeed!

I was still BA Blue when I last flew AA in September, since BA Bronze was only introduced in October.

stifle

That'll be at least in part because the majority of airlines in the US charge to check luggage on domestic flights.