DYKWIA | 2018 edition
#811
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: London
Programs: BA GGLFL, EK Gold
Posts: 108
Minor DYKWIA in T5. I was sitting in the waiting area of the First Wing yesterday afternoon. Two ladies walked into the area and one of the ground staff asked them if they would like to check in. 'No,' said one. 'I would just like to sit here and re-charge my mobile. I'm bronze, you see'. She was very put out when told that the First Wing was for First Class or gold exec card holders. 'But I'm bronze, and I should be allowed to do this'. Sadly for them, this cut no ice with the ground staff member who gently but firmly directed them elsewhere.
#812
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Brighton UK
Programs: BAEC-Silver, AMEX-BA Prem' Plus & Standard, Accor Gold, HH-Silver, IHG,IBIS On Business
Posts: 955
Well slightly ballsy imo but worth a try I guess although I wouldn't try it myself. As a Bronze ( soon to be Silver) with LGW as my home airport I prefer the J / BAEC approach taken there for the area although I'm sure the Gold's would rather a 1st wing like at LHR but it's just not practical there.
#813
Ambassador, British Airways; FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
Posts: 42,705
Minor DYKWIA in T5. I was sitting in the waiting area of the First Wing yesterday afternoon. Two ladies walked into the area and one of the ground staff asked them if they would like to check in. 'No,' said one. 'I would just like to sit here and re-charge my mobile. I'm bronze, you see'. She was very put out when told that the First Wing was for First Class or gold exec card holders. 'But I'm bronze, and I should be allowed to do this'. Sadly for them, this cut no ice with the ground staff member who gently but firmly directed them elsewhere.
#815
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2002
Programs: Mucci des Hommes Magiques et Magnifiques
Posts: 18,981
Of course they should, how silly not to have allowed them.
#816
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Wolverhampton
Programs: BA Silver, Hilton Diamond, Marriot Gold, Radisson Gold, Amex Platinum
Posts: 1,600
There is a definite inflated sense of self to some Bronze card holders. It might be that its first time with status, or they earned it on 5 tp return flights for as long as it took to get there, so really did put the time in. But I've seen more bronze (or brown as I refer to it) acting up than any of the rest... Well, apart from statusless CE flyers...
#817
Join Date: Jul 2013
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond *, IHG, Couples Romance Rewards
Posts: 2,317
Well slightly ballsy imo but worth a try I guess although I wouldn't try it myself. As a Bronze ( soon to be Silver) with LGW as my home airport I prefer the J / BAEC approach taken there for the area although I'm sure the Gold's would rather a 1st wing like at LHR but it's just not practical there.
#818
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Brexile in ADB
Programs: BA, TK, HHonours, Le Club, Best Western Rewards
Posts: 7,067
Oh for goodness sake Firstlight, you know the rules!! I hope you are going to kill all the non-Golds who have read this post as I did it last time and I am not doing it again.
#819
Join Date: Nov 2004
Programs: BA GGL, LH FTL
Posts: 3,576
Probably not "DYKWIA" but possibly a little anti social: Gentlemen in the B gates departures lift pressing frantically the "doors close" button and getting visibly upset about the number of people still getting in, with the doors attempting twice to close, until to be interrupted by yet another waving arm. As the doors are finally closed nothing moves. He had forgotten to press the floor button.
#820
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2002
Programs: Mucci des Hommes Magiques et Magnifiques
Posts: 18,981
What is it with the lifts in T5 that seems to bring out the worst in people?
#821
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold, Honors Gold
Posts: 227
The best thing about the T5 lifts is getting in first and pressing the button for the passage way on -4. Everyone else who subsequently piles in assumes that the button for the transit on -2 has already been pressed and so get very confused when there's no sign of a train.
#823
Join Date: May 2015
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 83
Not really a DYKWIA, but more an encounter with one of the guardians to the CCR at LHR during my first, and only time, of having entitlement to use the CCR.
My itinerary was a same day return from LHR-AMS in Club Europe, followed by an onward flight from LHR to JFK in First later the same day.
Got to LHR in the morning prior to my AMS flight and approached the CCR via the airside route (not via the First Wing, which at the time didnt exist). Erroneously showed my CE boarding pass for the AMS flight, which was sternly dismissed by the attendant with an I am sorry sir, this lounge is reserved for our first class ticket holders; the lounge you can use is our Galleries Club lounge which is located over there [emphasis added on the over there].
How the attendant was then surprised when I pulled out the subsequent LHR-JFK boarding pass. Oh, they then said in a somewhat reconciliatory and more cheery manner, Please do come on in!
Just made me chuckle how the attendants demeanour changed from me showing them the wrong boarding pass to the right boarding pass! 😀 To be fair to the attendant as well, I was dressed in jeans, trainers, and a hoodie, which probably didnt help my credentials.
My itinerary was a same day return from LHR-AMS in Club Europe, followed by an onward flight from LHR to JFK in First later the same day.
Got to LHR in the morning prior to my AMS flight and approached the CCR via the airside route (not via the First Wing, which at the time didnt exist). Erroneously showed my CE boarding pass for the AMS flight, which was sternly dismissed by the attendant with an I am sorry sir, this lounge is reserved for our first class ticket holders; the lounge you can use is our Galleries Club lounge which is located over there [emphasis added on the over there].
How the attendant was then surprised when I pulled out the subsequent LHR-JFK boarding pass. Oh, they then said in a somewhat reconciliatory and more cheery manner, Please do come on in!
Just made me chuckle how the attendants demeanour changed from me showing them the wrong boarding pass to the right boarding pass! 😀 To be fair to the attendant as well, I was dressed in jeans, trainers, and a hoodie, which probably didnt help my credentials.
#824