Priority Luggage never offered?
Jun 4, 2018, 4:53 am
#16
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Good to know, thanks. That's been my experience fairly consistently with Comair/BA in Club, especially into SA airports.
Jun 4, 2018, 5:01 am
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Jun 4, 2018, 5:08 am
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I knew the word meretricious but not the term "AKE bin".
Googling that led me here so I am now much better informed about cargo containers than I was when I woke up this morning
Googling that led me here so I am now much better informed about cargo containers than I was when I woke up this morning
Jun 4, 2018, 5:11 am
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Jun 4, 2018, 6:41 am
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I very rarely check bags - I only do so when I have been shopping and have foodstuffs or other items that would not go through security. I am also persuaded that the length of time that one waits for one's belongings depends rather on when the baggage Shift is near and Overtime beckons. OP it's a status item and nothing more.
I recall when there were different colour BPs in Europe - Blue for CE and Brown for the others.
Jun 4, 2018, 7:57 am
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Very useful word round these parts. There was a great exchange on That Was The Week That Was - as recounted by Rt. Hon Lord Hattersley:
Originally Posted by Roy Hattersley
Ned Sherrin - producer, 30 years ago, of That Was The Week That Was - recalls a programme in which Richard Adams, author of Watership Down, told Vidal that his work was meretricious. "I beg your pardon," said Gore. "Meretricious," Adams repeated. "Meretricious." Vidal smiled - like many handsome men he smiles a lot. Then he replied: "Meretricious to you and a happy new year."
Jun 4, 2018, 8:24 am
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What are the four routes in the First baggage trial? I thought it was just JFK..
I'm flying IAD - LHR next week in F - will I get my small bag unnecessarily taken off the carousel for me
I'm flying IAD - LHR next week in F - will I get my small bag unnecessarily taken off the carousel for me
Jun 4, 2018, 8:33 am
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Jun 4, 2018, 8:35 am
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Does anyone happen to know if the Club/Priority tags on Comair-operated BA flights actually get the bags expedited? They appear to come out ahead of the rest (in DUR/CPT/JNB anyway). Mind you, I find the whole BA/Comair Club experience significantly better than BA CE in most instances.
Jun 4, 2018, 8:44 am
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I don't see the point. BA should address the slow delivery of bags first. What's the point in having priority tags if they take 50 minutes to get the first bags of the flight onto the belt?
Jun 4, 2018, 10:44 am
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I don't see the point. BA should address the slow delivery of bags first. What's the point in having priority tags if they take 50 minutes to get the first bags of the flight onto the belt?
Jun 4, 2018, 11:18 am
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The GF checked a bag the other week on our CE ABZ-LHR and got a Priority tag.
i was sitting thinking “Hold on, I’m pretty sure FTers have highlighted before that there is no Priority Handling SH into LHR”.
Well sure enough her bag was third last bag to appear on the belt, and the first one with a “Priority” tag lol 😂. Leaves you wondering sometimes if the handlers see the tag and deliberately shove it to the back of the queue, heaven forbid such an attitude could exist in our esteemed handlers....
i was sitting thinking “Hold on, I’m pretty sure FTers have highlighted before that there is no Priority Handling SH into LHR”.
Well sure enough her bag was third last bag to appear on the belt, and the first one with a “Priority” tag lol 😂. Leaves you wondering sometimes if the handlers see the tag and deliberately shove it to the back of the queue, heaven forbid such an attitude could exist in our esteemed handlers....