OF - anger induction, etc
Mar 6, 2015, 9:53 am
#16
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If you try booking on the BA website, F to CPT (which I assume you are going to!) is reinstated on 24 Oct.
Mar 6, 2015, 10:58 am
#17
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Mar 6, 2015, 4:13 pm
#18
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Whether you might get OF if you buy F for travel in November is unknown at present. As stated already, the last news was that OF ought to be out of the fleet by then. But nobody on the outside seems to know what is planned to achieve this.
Mar 6, 2015, 6:23 pm
#19
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CPT only has 'OF sold as J' on one of the daily rotations. The other has NF sold as F (I'm booked in F on Weds, so I'm hoping that's still the case)
Mar 6, 2015, 6:50 pm
#20
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People who send of intemperate emails regret that sooner or later. Tagged as a problem child, the day will come when the red-faced shaker needs some dispensation from BA because he made an error. A review by a manager will turn up 14 diatribes in the database and the answer will be a smug "no". Deservedly so.
Whatever the long-term, the options at the gate are to board or not. BA can't pull an aircraft out of a hat and the complaint will still be there once one is home.
Whatever the long-term, the options at the gate are to board or not. BA can't pull an aircraft out of a hat and the complaint will still be there once one is home.
Mar 6, 2015, 10:26 pm
#21
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I understood that flights that will be departing from LHR T3 from the end October this yesr e.g. LAS, were guaranteed to be NF. hence why BA are selling First tickets again on these flights from then on?
I have seats on BA275 in December and will be miffed if it is OF. Though maybe not enough to shake or turn purple.
I have seats on BA275 in December and will be miffed if it is OF. Though maybe not enough to shake or turn purple.
Mar 7, 2015, 2:50 am
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I understood that flights that will be departing from LHR T3 from the end October this yesr e.g. LAS, were guaranteed to be NF. hence why BA are selling First tickets again on these flights from then on?
I have seats on BA275 in December and will be miffed if it is OF. Though maybe not enough to shake or turn purple.
I have seats on BA275 in December and will be miffed if it is OF. Though maybe not enough to shake or turn purple.
Mar 7, 2015, 8:49 am
#23
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Expecting to receive the product paid for is reasonable; complaining strongly about being 'baited n' switched' is not the same as thinking they are special.
You have been brainwashed, my friend.
Mar 7, 2015, 9:02 am
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But what is reported to have happened here was neither of those things: neither "complaining strongly" on the passenger's part nor "bait and switch" on the airline's. This passenger's reported reactions are illuminating.
Mar 7, 2015, 4:39 pm
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Aircraft swaps are realities, but if the same route has frequent swaps then BA should let pax who will be affected know in advance.
We so not know what kind of a vist the pax had, what were his expectations......
So unless you can cross examine the pax, you have to take the eyewitness account.
Mar 7, 2015, 11:28 pm
#27
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First world problems. If the man reacts like that when NF is swapped for OF, a seat with identical dimensions and service let us not forget, I wonder how is he going to react when s**t really hits the fan in life.
It might be that I've been a little too unlucky in the past few years (grave illnesses, deaths and other major issues in my family), but being downgraded has become a minor nuisance, and this case wasn't even a downgrade at all.
I know I'm not going to be popular in a frequent flyer forum for saying this but... Let's remain real, guys.
It might be that I've been a little too unlucky in the past few years (grave illnesses, deaths and other major issues in my family), but being downgraded has become a minor nuisance, and this case wasn't even a downgrade at all.
I know I'm not going to be popular in a frequent flyer forum for saying this but... Let's remain real, guys.
Mar 7, 2015, 11:48 pm
#28
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I doubt that anyone on the Board would disagree with you. I had a 2 sec bout of disappointment when I saw it was BNLZ, since I wanted to work on my computer and watch a film. But, guess what, the seat was comfortable, I worked on my computer (spun out the battery time) and watched a film. As you said, let's remain real!!
Mar 8, 2015, 3:39 am
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I doubt that anyone on the Board would disagree with you. I had a 2 sec bout of disappointment when I saw it was BNLZ, since I wanted to work on my computer and watch a film. But, guess what, the seat was comfortable, I worked on my computer (spun out the battery time) and watched a film. As you said, let's remain real!!