That doesn't surprise me to be honest. I can just imagine the local outcry if Lufthansa tried to start selling food to the locals on board. It would not go down well with the passengers at all! ;) :D

Any insights on how CC will be compensated for this?

I can't imagine they'll be paid commission on top of existing pay deals as that would make them better off. So no commission? Or a future 'enhancement' of their existing deal?

Well done. I will be following you. Now that BA and Easyjet/Ryanair are equivalent, we should lobby our politicians to open up slots to low cost carriers at Heathrow. BA is high cost, low service and an airline which survives because of their slot advantages.

But to keep the comparison valid, you have to add in the extra £20 for the stuff-on-BA-that-previously-was-free-but-now-isn't. [that extra £20 was factored in to the LCC cost for comparison purposes because, as you rightly point out, they already charge for food and drinks. It must now be factored into the BA price differential, as they have said they are not reducing their fares]

I think my blind mate might be a bit annoyed he'll not be able to hand over cash, the amount of which he can be sure of (unlike a card transaction).

Can anyone with a reservation in First, but with a Domestic connection after this loco launch, share their 'Bespoke' email with us. Id like to see how the explanation to their F pax affected has been handled.

Oh don't you worry, it will continue worsening: wastage will lead to reduction of offer, insufficient profit will lead to price increases. The script is all written but BA just think we are sufficiently idiotic not to know how this will develop.

Well this will be just hilarious on JER flights. On busy flights the crew barely get through the cabin as it is. I wouldn't bank on getting a g&t if you're in row 22...

The suggestion that they are not going to lower their fares is bonkers. I am currently looking at flights next week Jer-Lgw. EZ are much cheaper, at a comparable time. I have a PP card so have lounge access anyway. How on earth are BA now intending to compete at LGW??

They could have; but that would have made the job of the already-embattled staff even harder, faced with irate passengers being refused free F&B when others around get stuff for free.

I'm sorry, Sir. Yes, that gentleman got a free G&T and that lady got a free sandwich and coffee, but you see, they bought their ticket before 29 September 2016, so not only did they get a cheaper price for the flight, they also got free onboard catering. You, Sir, only booked last week, so although you paid twice as much as they did, you have to pay for your food, Sir!

They better chain all the alcohol bottles to the walls too!!!

Club Europe always had a different "menu" than Euro Traveller.
Longhaul always had a different "menu" than Euro Traveller.

You previously did not have the choice of selecting from the "menu" of a different cabin - and that won't change.

And there won't be a BoB offering on longhaul anyway, so there is no way anyone on a longhaul flight could "pick from the BoB menu or the standard hot/cold menu" anyway.

The catering provided for Club Europe and for Longhaul is in no way affected or changed - just because people behind the curtain on shorthaul will start to be plied with chargeable M&S items.

BOAC and BEA maybe?

I was thinking more along the lines of implementing this at d+355 when all tickets purchased in SH Y would be in scope for BoB

I once selected from the WT menu when they ran out of everything in the WT+ cabin :eek:

And in that screengrab from the BA website, they can't spell "Stansted".