BA, profit and ancient aircraft interiors (my 2cents)
Aug 14, 2018, 10:48 am
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BA, profit and ancient aircraft interiors (my 2cents)
I am reading this forum for quite a while, even I am not a freq traveler on BA but it is simply entertaining to read all your complains, excitement for your first first and crazy TP runs, I wish other forums will be so active... 
In the last period I was ”lucky” enough to get my flights booked with BA, so somehow I was a bit excited to try something new. I had my first intraEU flights in Y with BA and despite not flying them before, I didn't find anything new than many opinions how BA performs and yeah, people are right. If you fly point-to-point there is only one reason that can make you choose BA instead of any LCCs - and thats LHR.
Now, after my first intraEU flights I had a trip to NY and my luck strike again - booked in Y with BA... on their B747... ok, after some research I found out that I was lucky enough to fly with a B747 that has a refreshed cabin. I don't know what refreshed cabin means for BA but I don't want to know how other BA B744s that have the old cabin are looking like because the ones I flew are outdated... I flew LH's B744 and there was no big difference compared to their B748, but it is a huge difference between LH's B744 and BA...
There is also a big difference between BA and LH, and other carriers that are investing quite a lot to keep their planes nice and comfortable... BA's profits are much higher than other carriers' (% from income)...
Safe travels
In the last period I was ”lucky” enough to get my flights booked with BA, so somehow I was a bit excited to try something new. I had my first intraEU flights in Y with BA and despite not flying them before, I didn't find anything new than many opinions how BA performs and yeah, people are right. If you fly point-to-point there is only one reason that can make you choose BA instead of any LCCs - and thats LHR.
Now, after my first intraEU flights I had a trip to NY and my luck strike again - booked in Y with BA... on their B747... ok, after some research I found out that I was lucky enough to fly with a B747 that has a refreshed cabin. I don't know what refreshed cabin means for BA but I don't want to know how other BA B744s that have the old cabin are looking like because the ones I flew are outdated... I flew LH's B744 and there was no big difference compared to their B748, but it is a huge difference between LH's B744 and BA...
There is also a big difference between BA and LH, and other carriers that are investing quite a lot to keep their planes nice and comfortable... BA's profits are much higher than other carriers' (% from income)...
Safe travels
Aug 14, 2018, 11:48 am
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I am reading this forum for quite a while, even I am not a freq traveler on BA but it is simply entertaining to read all your complains, excitement for your first first and crazy TP runs, I wish other forums will be so active...
In the last period I was ”lucky” enough to get my flights booked with BA, so somehow I was a bit excited to try something new. I had my first intraEU flights in Y with BA and despite not flying them before, I didn't find anything new than many opinions how BA performs and yeah, people are right. If you fly point-to-point there is only one reason that can make you choose BA instead of any LCCs - and thats LHR.
Now, after my first intraEU flights I had a trip to NY and my luck strike again - booked in Y with BA... on their B747... ok, after some research I found out that I was lucky enough to fly with a B747 that has a refreshed cabin. I don't know what refreshed cabin means for BA but I don't want to know how other BA B744s that have the old cabin are looking like because the ones I flew are outdated... I flew LH's B744 and there was no big difference compared to their B748, but it is a huge difference between LH's B744 and BA...
There is also a big difference between BA and LH, and other carriers that are investing quite a lot to keep their planes nice and comfortable... BA's profits are much higher than other carriers' (% from income)...
Safe travels
In the last period I was ”lucky” enough to get my flights booked with BA, so somehow I was a bit excited to try something new. I had my first intraEU flights in Y with BA and despite not flying them before, I didn't find anything new than many opinions how BA performs and yeah, people are right. If you fly point-to-point there is only one reason that can make you choose BA instead of any LCCs - and thats LHR.
Now, after my first intraEU flights I had a trip to NY and my luck strike again - booked in Y with BA... on their B747... ok, after some research I found out that I was lucky enough to fly with a B747 that has a refreshed cabin. I don't know what refreshed cabin means for BA but I don't want to know how other BA B744s that have the old cabin are looking like because the ones I flew are outdated... I flew LH's B744 and there was no big difference compared to their B748, but it is a huge difference between LH's B744 and BA...
There is also a big difference between BA and LH, and other carriers that are investing quite a lot to keep their planes nice and comfortable... BA's profits are much higher than other carriers' (% from income)...
Safe travels
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Aug 14, 2018, 12:35 pm
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Aug 14, 2018, 12:51 pm
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Interested in what in particular is better about LH Y? I haven’t flown LH long haul in long time but I have a number of others and BAs latest Y is superior to most and at least equal to the rest. With the recent catering changes and magnums I’d actually go so far as to say that BA Y is the best I’ve flown on. (I’m not a BA apologist, I wouldn’t say that for any other cabin, where BA often isn’t even in the top half...)
Aug 14, 2018, 1:14 pm
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@RobDBA, yes, their catering is surprisingly very good, but in this post I am talking strictly about their cabin and pax comfort. @Prospero, LH's B744> better and more comfortable seats (including power outlet), working windows shades, cleaner cabin and overall it looks fresher than BA, at least thats my impression after flying both.
Aug 14, 2018, 1:25 pm
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Aug 14, 2018, 2:39 pm
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@RobDBA, yes, their catering is surprisingly very good, but in this post I am talking strictly about their cabin and pax comfort. @Prospero, LH's B744> better and more comfortable seats (including power outlet), working windows shades, cleaner cabin and overall it looks fresher than BA, at least thats my impression after flying both.