On-board WiFi: soft launch is underway
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Aug 25, 18, 10:52 am
#286
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: Surrey
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 71
Originally Posted by FT01
Am I the only person on Earth who is delighted to be in a Wi-Fi-free zone, and not have people's phones beeping the whole time?
Aug 25, 18, 10:56 am
#287
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 47
Originally Posted by Ajm1987
Not the only one at all! It's terrible news.
Aug 25, 18, 11:12 am
#288
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: Belgium
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 73
Originally Posted by FT01
Good. Thought it was just my age. Glad to know at least one other person feels the same.
Aug 25, 18, 12:39 pm
#289
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: DFW or CPH or...
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 217
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Aug 25, 18, 2:53 pm
#290
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Burnham, UK
Programs: Yes
Posts: 258
Maybe this is not the right thread for you
Sep 2, 18, 12:32 pm
#291
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 30
YMMF has Wi-Fi. To be added in list in OP.
I was on this yesterday as BA244.
I was on this yesterday as BA244.
Last edited by mobpd; Sep 2, 18 at 12:33 pm Reason: Spelling
Sep 4, 18, 6:54 am
#292
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: London, Babylon-on-Thames
Programs: BAEC Bronze (!)
Posts: 688
I think we've a few more to add :
G-VIID / E / F and as mentioned, G-YMMF have all been to Shannon. They're turning a B777 around at the rate of one per week it seems.
G-YMMT is currently in Shannon, I assume being fitted.
Credit to thebasource.com
G-VIID / E / F and as mentioned, G-YMMF have all been to Shannon. They're turning a B777 around at the rate of one per week it seems.
G-YMMT is currently in Shannon, I assume being fitted.
Credit to thebasource.com
Sep 4, 18, 1:35 pm
#293
Join Date: Mar 2017
Posts: 106
It's been mentioned on here and elsewhere that the 787 installations are starting in September. The BA Source mentions that ZBJC went to Cardiff today for maintenance. I wonder if this is the first.
Sep 4, 18, 10:34 pm
#294
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 142
G-VIIJ and G-VIIL showing as unconfirmed on spreadsheet have had been in CWL recently for WIFI installation and it has been activated.
G-VIIM returned from CWL 30AUG with WIFI installed.
G-YMMU is expected to arrive in SNN of the next couple of days for WIFI Installation
G-VIIM returned from CWL 30AUG with WIFI installed.
G-YMMU is expected to arrive in SNN of the next couple of days for WIFI Installation
Sep 5, 18, 7:24 am
#295
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 2
Originally Posted by corporate-wage-slave
Greetings sixcolours, and welcome to the BA forum here on Flyertalk, it's great to see you here. Thanks very much for the observations there, and I would certainly suggest setting up an account in advance. I navigated around the fields by using the Tab button, it's not very well designed.
(denizined: removing link as I don't have enough posts to submit links even though i'm quoting original link. Original link is shop dot ba dot com forward slash hash forward slash register)
(denizined: removing link as I don't have enough posts to submit links even though i'm quoting original link. Original link is shop dot ba dot com forward slash hash forward slash register)
Sep 5, 18, 1:21 pm
#296
Moderator: British Airways Executive Club, Iberia Airlines, Airport Lounges
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: London, UK
Posts: 18,519
Originally Posted by Denizined
When trying to register with an .air account (while on the ground) the security question bug still seems to be there. I can fill out everything on the registration form but the 'Please choose a question' drop-down for both Security Question 1 and Security Quesiton 2 is not populated with anything. A few other people in this thread mentioned the same experience. Anyone have any insights/solutions for this issue?
Sep 5, 18, 4:22 pm
#297
Moderator, Iberia Airlines, Airport Lounges, and Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Feb 2010
Programs: BA Lifetime Gold; Flying Blue Life Platinum; LH Sen.; Hilton Diamond; Kemal Kebabs Prized Customer
Posts: 36,849
Originally Posted by Denizined
When trying to register with an .air account (while on the ground) the security question bug still seems to be there. I can fill out everything on the registration form but the 'Please choose a question' drop-down for both Security Question 1 and Security Quesiton 2 is not populated with anything. A few other people in this thread mentioned the same experience. Anyone have any insights/solutions for this issue?
OK, just to reconfigure my advice: to anyone who wants to use BA's wifi, you best register before flying, you can do it just in case, and use a full spec PC/laptop rather than a tablet, even though it was written for tablets. This is quite important since on every BA wifi flight I have been on I have seen at least one person struggle with it, and have now on several occasions walked people through it on my laptop (and they were all a lot younger than me, where I reckon I'm a dinosaur in IT terms since I use the pipe command in DOS prompts)
1) Use Internet Explorer if you can, this was the browser that was used in their test program
2) Go to initially
https://shop.ba.com/#/no-connection
3) Then click Sign In (top right)
4) Then switch to the second tab, Register, and you should get this:
5) This tricky bit is that it moves ok (ish) for tablets but on on laptops the scroll bar is, would you believe, blue on blue! It is there but you have to guess its location. Now I know how to switch the Accessibility Colours around, but let's leave that for the moment. You can see this in the next screenshot. The easiest way to handle this, if you can't spot the blue on blue arrow in the bottom corner is to use the tab button, however be very careful to enter your date of birth - year - month - day - carefully since the field flow is also wonky, to use a technical expression.
6) Then you get to the two sets of security questions, and the options for both are as follows:
What is your favourite outdoor game?6) Enter in the details and you should see a small green bar along each field to show it has gone ok, then Register.
What is your favourite child’s toy?
What is your favourite pet’s name?
What is the name of a memorable place?
What is your memorable date?
What is your favorite food?
What is your favorite drink?
What your favourite book?
What is your memorable holiday destination?
What is your memorable event?
What is your favourite hobby?
What is your least liked food?
What is your favourite TV show?
What is your favourite radio programme?
Who is your favourite celebrity?
Who is your favourite musician?
What is your favourite flower?
7) Finally, and you can / should do this on the ground - and check it all works by signing in. If you get this, you can sail straight into BA's wifi in the air without too many further problems.
8) At the risk of repetition, it's a lot easier to do this well before travel and using a full PC using Internet Explorer.
Sep 5, 18, 6:45 pm
#298
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Channel Islands
Programs: BAEC Gold, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Plat Premier
Posts: 174
Anyone heard anything about the Short Haul
wifi?
wifi?
Sep 5, 18, 10:43 pm
#299
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Coventry/Faro
Posts: 4
G-VIIM can be aded to the list i believe. I was on BA199 on Saturday and they announced it was available, i didnt try it myself though.
Sep 6, 18, 6:08 am
#300
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Channel Islands
Programs: BAEC Gold, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Plat Premier
Posts: 174
Originally Posted by mmogdan
Anyone heard anything about the Short Haul
wifi?
wifi?
