Laptop ban still in force at AMM
Mar 20, 2018, 3:16 am
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Laptop ban still in force at AMM
Royal Jordanian has long had the laptop/electronics ban lifted on their flights from AMM, but BA still refuse to pay for the extra security there. Every time I fly with BA it's packed in both Y and J, so why can't they cough up the extra dough to give their passengers a better experience??
Mar 20, 2018, 3:21 am
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Even wierder is that, based on my recent visit, RJ is using racial profiling for secondary screening. As caucasian I was told not to waste my time being screened again and to head straight down to the plane. Heaven knows how little BA would need to spend given how low the bar is set (ie pick out anyone who isn't white and/or on a UK passport, have a quick ruffle around their bag, let them on).
People were getting more security grief at the antiques fair in Chelsea I went to yesterday.
People were getting more security grief at the antiques fair in Chelsea I went to yesterday.
Mar 20, 2018, 10:12 am
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I think there must be more to it as from IST, there is a similar security team for TK (who allow laptops/electronics) and BA (who don't). Can't be a dissimilar cost.
Mar 20, 2018, 11:02 am
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I took a whole gang of people, along with a whole gang of laptops, to and from AMM last month on RJ. Laptop ban was not even mentioned.
Lord only knows why BA bans laptops when other carriers do not.
Lord only knows why BA bans laptops when other carriers do not.
Mar 20, 2018, 3:56 pm
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Was on the AMM-LHR RJ flight this morning and had no idea any additional security measures were in place.
Do they have it by the little desk you pass through just before the gate? Just thought it was a lady checking BP's and ticking off a number on a sheet (She ticked off the number 1 from her grid, I'm taking that as a good sign
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Do they have it by the little desk you pass through just before the gate? Just thought it was a lady checking BP's and ticking off a number on a sheet (She ticked off the number 1 from her grid, I'm taking that as a good sign
)
Mar 21, 2018, 2:34 am
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Was on the AMM-LHR RJ flight this morning and had no idea any additional security measures were in place.
Do they have it by the little desk you pass through just before the gate? Just thought it was a lady checking BP's and ticking off a number on a sheet (She ticked off the number 1 from her grid, I'm taking that as a good sign )
Do they have it by the little desk you pass through just before the gate? Just thought it was a lady checking BP's and ticking off a number on a sheet (She ticked off the number 1 from her grid, I'm taking that as a good sign
)
Mar 21, 2018, 2:46 am
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Mar 21, 2018, 4:49 am
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Mar 21, 2018, 4:59 am
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Unbelievably, when I checked in at AMM last week, the BA check-in agent advised the disgruntled couple in front of me to fly RJ next time, if they didn't want to check-in their laptops. So not only is BA being tight with money, but they're recommending passengers to switch to competitors. I realise the check-in agent probably isn't employed directly by BA, but still...
Mar 21, 2018, 6:29 pm
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You do trade away EU compensation rights and, I feel, a certain amount of timeliness, for carrying your laptop and iPad onboard when you take RJ to LHR instead of BA. You also suffer a 9-across 787 in economy.
RJ will still be my choice for a trip there later this year, unless something changes about BA and security.
Mar 21, 2018, 7:17 pm
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I don't see what's wrong with that. The check-in agent is likely to be employed by a subcontractor. IMO it's very helpful to point out that a competitor flying the same route will allow laptops/tablets in the cabin. Not everyone is up-to-date re: those bans and that couple may have ignored the competition assuming that they would have to comply with the ban too.
Mar 21, 2018, 11:34 pm
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The unfortunate thing is not only that BA is too cheap to cover the security costs its competitors cover (meaning BA passengers can’t carry laptops aboard while RJ, ME, TK etc passengers can), but that whoever the bureaucratic busybody in the UK government was who came up with this farcical rule has long since forgotten about it and moved on to other projects, leaving BA passengers holding the bag.