T8191

First look is NOT encouraging!

DYKWIA

Why on earth would you go to IAD via DOH? Or are you trying to prove a point?

Andriyko

And that is your choice to make. But please do not speak for me or other passengers. Like you, we have a right to decide what is the best option for us.

You predicted in an earlier post that BA would lose all of its premium passengers, but surely you meant to say that BA would lose you as a passenger? You have no idea where the needs and preferences of other passengers lie and you can't speak for them.

T8191

I was just wondering if I could use QR to the USA. It seems I can, albeit expensively and inconveniently.

More interesting was LGW-CPT, at 'only' £3,216 ... albeit with a long layover in DOH on the way out.

dougzz

I don't want to take the thread off topic, but the piece you point to is from a travel site comparison, which I'll bet didn't measure the seat themselves, they took the seat width from the airlines own websites, the BAsource, seatguru, who knows where. Many of these pieces are not thoroughly researched, as the prime purpose of the site is to drive clicks and revenue. I can't speak directly for HfP, but reading something on the Internet does not make it a fact. If you read HfP regularly you know that the comments sections offer many corrections, some factual. I'm not judging HfP, and it's a site I read pretty much daily, and enjoy.

For clarity I accept that the Virgin seat maybe wider, but given the 747 aircraft width is the same, and the layout for both is 2 4 2, I do not believe Virgin have magic'd up an addition 20 inches. They may have gone for narrower aisles, mounted the windows seats further into the bulge of the fuselage, resulting in reduced foot and shoulder width, or have thinner arms on the seats, all of which doesn't really give you a bigger seat, you only really get that from having less of them across. For you to state as fact that the seats are the widths claimed, and base this on what is probably the marketing of the airlines is a degree of trust I personally don't have. Do you not think that possibly the method of measuring might be accounting for much of the difference.

Beano HK

I actually have 3 valid UK passports...(You are allowed up to 5) however Im told they are linked. (Before anyone asks, I travel to countries that are not necessarily straight forward in visa processing, often putting superfluous barriers in the way, and I still need to travel. As I use a company to process these visas for me, it adds a couple of days to the process but worth it.

Must admit, Ive never put it to the test though. For a US visa though, you need to attend the interview in person I understand.

simons1

I would say BA Source is a reliable source of information on such things. Quite rare that it is not accurate.

Also I don't agree that you can only get bigger seats with fewer abreast. Isn't it about being inventive? So if they have narrower aisles, staggered seats etc so be it, I don't sit in the aisle.

If the suggesting here is that nothing on FT can be believed unless it has been personally measured then the forum will dry up quite quickly. Either than or sales of tape measures is about to boom.

AnaTravel

CupAndSaucer, "None of that however detracts from the fact that the hard product is just very poor. Much poorer than many other airlines."

This goes to the heart of the matter. The hard product is a problem in F and J. BA have taken too long to address this. Instead big build ups have been made for new amenity kits and trivial trolley displays. They roll these out inconsistently. Clearly BA never considered how difficult the CW configuration is for staff, let alone passengers. I bet the crew will cheer more than anyone when practical new seats are installed. When J class is better in rivals than BA F, that is something customers like me take into account. I want BA to be better.

BertieBadger

Except when you do?

PUCCI GALORE

Dear Mr WB

Over the years I have read many such threads, although none quite as insulting to others as this, Frankly, any credibility that might have been present ceased as I read that, It reads as though those people who are bound by corporate policies are losers, and pathetic at best. Maybe that it is not what you intended but that is the impression that it gives. I am unsure whether Mrs WB would also, doubtless be flattered to read of herself as a serial moaner. She may indeed be able to give Degrees in the subject, but we will only have your word to accept.

I find tedious in the extreme the notion that anyone who might disagree with your opinion is an idiot, again I may be reading more into your diatribe than you intended but that is how it reads to me. Frankly, I long since stopped believing in Father Christmas (albeit reluctantly), the Tooth Fairy, or most of what I read about flouncing out of the BA door here. Safe in the anonymity of the internet we can say whatever we like and no one can gainsay this. The reason is that the evidence is, from my own eyes on the flights that I use, that whoever is leaving is being quickly replaced. What I cannot understand is this, why should the opinions of people that I would not know if they fell through the ceiling ont my dining room table matter to me, or affect my purchasing habits. When I want to buy anything, I read Which? as the product has been thoroughly tested, but sometimes I have seen, heard, tasted or driven something that did not perform so well under these tests and yet seemed a perfectly good product that pleased.

Ultimately, I am uncertain as to the point of these exit speeches but I wish you and your Better Half God Speed wherever you travel. I am not a monkey myself, but I do sometimes think that some days that I have married one hybrid with a pig (you've not seen his appetite (Yes, he is well aware of my opinions but then love is blind they say), but we muddle along quite happily in sties (is that the plural of sty?) provided by British Airways. As others I read until my boredom threshold was breached ( it decreases with age), QR may be the best carrier ever, but it doesn't help me much shuttling to and fro Alicante, Nice or Honolulu, I have properties there that I

Do excuse me not addressing the opinions of others, but as this was the trigger thread for the opinion storm, I thought that I'd address that. Oh, and in case you think that BA is particularly cherished by me, be at peace. I am one of those silly idiots that they have not succeeded in upsetting and usually leave quite contented, but then as my choice of husband proves, I am easily satisfied.. Like BA, he always gets there, is dependable, and as nothing for me hss broken nothing needs replacing. I may be alone but that concerns me not.

Best Wishes

Miss Idiot aka Pucci Galore

twincheeks

WorldLux

Given that the question is "Have you travelled to ... ?" and not "Have you travelled on the passport you're currently applying for an ESTA to ... ?", using a second passport would still require you to lie to CBP. Not a great idea...

HIDDY

Aye...tier points.

DYKWIA

I wouldn't do that itinerary for all the tier points in China

dougzz