DYKWIA | 2018 edition
Sep 24, 2018, 10:44 am
#601
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: UK
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Posts: 2,267
Brentford - as a Brit, I think I would have asked him what it was like to push in all the time. Could he give you lessons in "How to push In" as Brits are not taught how to.
"Fisticuffs/pirouettes" getting off is not worth it.
"Fisticuffs/pirouettes" getting off is not worth it.
Sep 24, 2018, 10:52 am
#602
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Effectively grounded
Programs: BA GGL for a little while longer
Posts: 844
Just waiting for the BA782 at gate B44. About a dozen dutifully queuing at gate for group 1. Some gent in a suit just wandered past all of us to the desk and they boarded him. No movement for anyone else in the queue yet. I salute you sir for the thickness of your skin or for having a far higher status than any of the rest of us. Still, I’m in row 1 and I’m darned if you’ll get off quicker!
update: yikes it’s 1C vs. 1D ladies and gents. Place your bets please. I think I’m fitter than him and intend to encourage him to have the bangers and mash option...
update: yikes it’s 1C vs. 1D ladies and gents. Place your bets please. I think I’m fitter than him and intend to encourage him to have the bangers and mash option...
Sep 24, 2018, 12:37 pm
#603
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: Mucci, BAEC GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond, IHG Diamond Ambassador, Stena Gold
Posts: 1,086
Just waiting for the BA782 at gate B44. About a dozen dutifully queuing at gate for group 1. Some gent in a suit just wandered past all of us to the desk and they boarded him. No movement for anyone else in the queue yet. I salute you sir for the thickness of your skin or for having a far higher status than any of the rest of us. Still, I’m in row 1 and I’m darned if you’ll get off quicker!
update: yikes it’s 1C vs. 1D ladies and gents. Place your bets please. I think I’m fitter than him and intend to encourage him to have the bangers and mash option...
update: yikes it’s 1C vs. 1D ladies and gents. Place your bets please. I think I’m fitter than him and intend to encourage him to have the bangers and mash option...
(getting up before the sign goes off would be cheating......)
Sep 24, 2018, 1:30 pm
#604
Moderator: British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Jan 2009
Programs: Battleaxe Alliance
Posts: 22,127
I wonder what people thought of that situation. I must have looked rather DYKWIA as the gate agent even walked me down the steps (it was a walk-boarding - not even a bus!).
Sep 24, 2018, 1:34 pm
#605
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: JER
Programs: BA Gold/OWE, several MUCCI, and assorted Pensions!
Posts: 32,140
Probably just getting rid of a potential troublemaker, LTN 
Sep 24, 2018, 1:35 pm
#606
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Join Date: Sep 2017
Programs: M&S, Radisson
Posts: 758
You guys are pretty much confirming all stereotypes regarding the British and queues. As a group 2 man, next time I'm not gonna wait my turn just to upset some Brits
Sep 24, 2018, 1:43 pm
#607
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Sep 25, 2018, 4:49 am
#608
Join Date: Nov 2017
Posts: 386
Phew.. it was a close shave coming back from BLQ this weekend. Mrs Y almost had a DYKWIA moment. The CC served rows 1, 2, then skipped right past Mrs Y and me in 3, to serve row 4 before, having run out of the chicken, offering her the remaining option of a lentil and goats cheese salad. Now, those of you who know Mrs Y will know that goats cheese would be the last choice of food she'd ever make. She would rank liver cooked like shoe leather above goats cheese.
There was a bit of a stand off.. a silent stare from Mrs Y....blood quickly draining from the CC's face. Negotiations were opened as to what the offered Ł10 BOB credit would buy, followed by a withering "we're well over an hour into the flight....you'll have run out of BOB by now" before pow!.. a chicken dish magically appears from the galley and we're all friends again.
Meantime, I'd wolfed down the salad, goats cheese and all, and was contemplating licking the plate. Delicious!
There was a bit of a stand off.. a silent stare from Mrs Y....blood quickly draining from the CC's face. Negotiations were opened as to what the offered Ł10 BOB credit would buy, followed by a withering "we're well over an hour into the flight....you'll have run out of BOB by now" before pow!.. a chicken dish magically appears from the galley and we're all friends again.
Meantime, I'd wolfed down the salad, goats cheese and all, and was contemplating licking the plate. Delicious!
Sep 25, 2018, 9:27 am
#609
Join Date: May 2006
Location: UK London / Salisbury
Programs: BA GGL, CCR, LTG
Posts: 542
Thanks for the helpful advice. He beat me off, but hey, we brits have stamina and I overtook him on the airbridge. As I roared up the stairs to passport control I thought about doing Mo Farrar's 'mobot'...but then quickly realised it would be unbecoming
Sep 28, 2018, 11:31 pm
#610
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Surrey, UK
Programs: BA Gold, *A Gold, IHG Platinum
Posts: 653
At T3 fast track this morning.
When I arrived, a guy was being quite assertive with the agent - and I definitely heard the phrase "I am a top frequent flyer with British Airways". The agent was having none of it though. As the auto gates weren't working (what's new?!) there was a bit of a queue behind this guy now. As he stormed off, I may have caught a glimpse of the brown boarding pass on his phone. And I definitely caught a glimpse of the bronze tag on his bag.
When I arrived, a guy was being quite assertive with the agent - and I definitely heard the phrase "I am a top frequent flyer with British Airways". The agent was having none of it though. As the auto gates weren't working (what's new?!) there was a bit of a queue behind this guy now. As he stormed off, I may have caught a glimpse of the brown boarding pass on his phone. And I definitely caught a glimpse of the bronze tag on his bag.
Sep 29, 2018, 2:20 am
#611
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: GLA
Programs: BAEC: Silver. Nothing else as TopCashBack trumps all hotel programs
Posts: 801
At T3 fast track this morning.
When I arrived, a guy was being quite assertive with the agent - and I definitely heard the phrase "I am a top frequent flyer with British Airways". The agent was having none of it though. As the auto gates weren't working (what's new?!) there was a bit of a queue behind this guy now. As he stormed off, I may have caught a glimpse of the brown boarding pass on his phone. And I definitely caught a glimpse of the bronze tag on his bag.
When I arrived, a guy was being quite assertive with the agent - and I definitely heard the phrase "I am a top frequent flyer with British Airways". The agent was having none of it though. As the auto gates weren't working (what's new?!) there was a bit of a queue behind this guy now. As he stormed off, I may have caught a glimpse of the brown boarding pass on his phone. And I definitely caught a glimpse of the bronze tag on his bag.
Sep 29, 2018, 2:28 am
#612
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: GLA
Programs: BAEC: Silver. Nothing else as TopCashBack trumps all hotel programs
Posts: 801
Not really a DYKWIA moment but one of the craziest things I've seen on a BA flight, last year flying back to LHR from Tokyo. Coming in to land, Literally 1 second (and I am not exaggerating) after the wheels hit the runway a guy popped up and started opening the overhead locker. Like seriously we were still doing 160mph and reverse thrust wasn't even engaged yet. I couldn't believe my eyes.
Que a very forceful shout from the CC to "SIR SIT DOWN NOW!!!" to with which he meekly sat down again. I mean what was he thinking!
I've seen people popping up pre-seat belt sign, but never literally on wheels contacting the tarmac.
Que a very forceful shout from the CC to "SIR SIT DOWN NOW!!!" to with which he meekly sat down again. I mean what was he thinking!
I've seen people popping up pre-seat belt sign, but never literally on wheels contacting the tarmac.
Sep 29, 2018, 2:38 am
#613
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 1,749
Not really a DYKWIA moment but one of the craziest things I've seen on a BA flight, last year flying back to LHR from Tokyo. Coming in to land, Literally 1 second (and I am not exaggerating) after the wheels hit the runway a guy popped up and started opening the overhead locker. Like seriously we were still doing 160mph and reverse thrust wasn't even engaged yet. I couldn't believe my eyes.
Que a very forceful shout from the CC to "SIR SIT DOWN NOW!!!" to with which he meekly sat down again. I mean what was he thinking!
I've seen people popping up pre-seat belt sign, but never literally on wheels contacting the tarmac.
Que a very forceful shout from the CC to "SIR SIT DOWN NOW!!!" to with which he meekly sat down again. I mean what was he thinking!
I've seen people popping up pre-seat belt sign, but never literally on wheels contacting the tarmac.
Sep 29, 2018, 2:41 am
#614
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: BKK
Programs: Mucci Chevalier de la Brosse a Cheveux Dore, SK *GfL, BA Gold, WY G, HH DIA, IC Plat Amb., Hertz PC
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Sep 29, 2018, 2:44 am
#615
Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club, easyJet and Ryanair
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: UK/Las Vegas
Programs: BA Gold (GGL/CCR)
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