BOB Snack Trial on Long Haul
Aug 18, 2016, 1:46 am
#61
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Any BoB offer was always going to be similar to what LCCs sell today.
Aug 18, 2016, 1:55 am
#63
Join Date: Jan 2016
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I appreciate the sarcasm, but surely when you book with a "premium" airline for a longhaul flight, paying in excess of $1100 for the privilege, it's not unreasonable to expect to not have to buy snacks onboard. There are many, many LCCs that serve that particular market, and you can expect to pay a whole lot less. At least when you book with a LCC you expect less, and aren't being lead astray by decades of branding and marketing.
Don't like it? Don't buy it.
But of course the overwhelming majority will still fly BA. And BA profits will rise further thus vindicating the decision as the bottom line is the only metric that matters.
Aug 18, 2016, 1:58 am
#64
Join Date: Jul 2013
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My god, they are actually going to do it. norwegian product with the price tag of a full service airline.
The truth is, this won't affect me directly as I don't fly economy if I can help it and I would even then only fly WT If BA were the cheapest, and they rarely are. But it bothers me that a once-decent option for long haul economy is getting hammered. I won't always be lucky enough to fly in premium cabins. I dread to think what WT will look like next time I have to fly it.
The truth is, this won't affect me directly as I don't fly economy if I can help it and I would even then only fly WT If BA were the cheapest, and they rarely are. But it bothers me that a once-decent option for long haul economy is getting hammered. I won't always be lucky enough to fly in premium cabins. I dread to think what WT will look like next time I have to fly it.
Aug 18, 2016, 1:58 am
#65
Join Date: Mar 2014
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So it's finally happening. Can't say I'm surprised.
One thing I used to like about BA was the idea of buying your ticket, then not having to worry about getting your wallet out again for the rest of the trip - vs hidden charges round every corner on the LCCs.
Clearly BA are now going down the latter route, but I'll admit I would rather they sold us decent food than offered ambient nonsense FOC.
Not a premium airline, rather a 'normal' airline.
BA associate with Tesco - this is how much of a premium brand they are. BA might have CW and F, but Tesco have their Finest range.
Think LCCs as being Lidl/Aldi and BA as being Tesco and I think that is the correct expectation. Maybe Emirates would be Waitrose, but having never tried them I can't vouch for that.
Indeed. Maybe they'll recover, maybe they won't. However as it stands they are in the same position as Tesco were, playing on their market position to cut corners and fuel greed. One day they'll suddenly realise that their customers have disappeared.
One thing I used to like about BA was the idea of buying your ticket, then not having to worry about getting your wallet out again for the rest of the trip - vs hidden charges round every corner on the LCCs.
Clearly BA are now going down the latter route, but I'll admit I would rather they sold us decent food than offered ambient nonsense FOC.
Not a premium airline, rather a 'normal' airline.
BA associate with Tesco - this is how much of a premium brand they are. BA might have CW and F, but Tesco have their Finest range.
Think LCCs as being Lidl/Aldi and BA as being Tesco and I think that is the correct expectation. Maybe Emirates would be Waitrose, but having never tried them I can't vouch for that.
Indeed. Maybe they'll recover, maybe they won't. However as it stands they are in the same position as Tesco were, playing on their market position to cut corners and fuel greed. One day they'll suddenly realise that their customers have disappeared.
Aug 18, 2016, 2:04 am
#66
Join Date: Jan 2010
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Not a premium airline, rather a 'normal' airline.
BA associate with Tesco - this is how much of a premium brand they are. BA might have CW and F, but Tesco have their Finest range.
Think LCCs as being Lidl/Aldi and BA as being Tesco and I think that is the correct expectation. Maybe Emirates would be Waitrose, but having never tried them I can't vouch for that.
BA associate with Tesco - this is how much of a premium brand they are. BA might have CW and F, but Tesco have their Finest range.
Think LCCs as being Lidl/Aldi and BA as being Tesco and I think that is the correct expectation. Maybe Emirates would be Waitrose, but having never tried them I can't vouch for that.
Aug 18, 2016, 2:08 am
#67
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Aug 18, 2016, 2:12 am
#69
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Aug 18, 2016, 2:12 am
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Aug 18, 2016, 2:14 am
#71
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I flew Monarch (Gatwick-Rhodes) recently and found that the experience from checkin to arrival was far better than my recent flights on BA.
Aug 18, 2016, 2:17 am
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Aug 18, 2016, 2:19 am
#74
Join Date: Feb 2008
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Why aren't they trialling selling actual food? They cut the second meal and replaced it with a snack. Now they want to sell more snacks. Why not try selling sandwiches/wraps now that they are not available anymore?
Aug 18, 2016, 2:21 am
#75
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Wow, just wow.
Cruz is the devil and will oversee to the total brand destruction of BA. It might just be a little thing like this but on top of the already scrapping of the second meal it is making BA worse then LCCs. They have no identity at all and don't know what they want to be.
I had a great chat with a CSM on Monday about all the little cuts and he is embarrassed by them and it makes their tough job even harder apologising all the time. It isn't as if BA are cheap.
By contrast a Friend flew VS Y recently and raved about the ice cream during the meal, the snack
Cruz is the devil and will oversee to the total brand destruction of BA. It might just be a little thing like this but on top of the already scrapping of the second meal it is making BA worse then LCCs. They have no identity at all and don't know what they want to be.
I had a great chat with a CSM on Monday about all the little cuts and he is embarrassed by them and it makes their tough job even harder apologising all the time. It isn't as if BA are cheap.
By contrast a Friend flew VS Y recently and raved about the ice cream during the meal, the snack
