CW - Very disappointing
May 19, 2019, 4:47 pm
#61
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Cambridge, UK
Programs: Mucci, BA GGL/CCR
Posts: 761
BA J is woefully off the mark these days, both in terms of hard and soft product. I flew out to the USA last week with AA on their 777 in J and the hard product is light years ahead of BA. It's not QR and their amazing Q Suite product but it's a perfectly acceptable J product. In my opinion CW isn't and I now do everything I can to avoid flying it.
BA crew are often very good but it is hit and miss as mentioned by many posters. I much prefer Asian carriers in this respect, particularly CX whose crew almost always get it just right from my perspective. I'm flying with them to Perth next month and am actively looking forward to it whereas I certainly wouldn't if I were flying BA.
BA crew are often very good but it is hit and miss as mentioned by many posters. I much prefer Asian carriers in this respect, particularly CX whose crew almost always get it just right from my perspective. I'm flying with them to Perth next month and am actively looking forward to it whereas I certainly wouldn't if I were flying BA.
May 19, 2019, 5:13 pm
#62
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold; FB Silver; SPG; IHG Gold
Posts: 2,991
OP's experience sounds underwhelming rather than terrible.
I used to love the Club Kitchen, but it does seem to be a rather pointless these days as there seems to be anything there.
I used to love the Club Kitchen, but it does seem to be a rather pointless these days as there seems to be anything there.
May 20, 2019, 6:26 am
#64
Join Date: Jul 2018
Programs: Aadvantage platinum; IHG Spire
Posts: 546
We recently flew LHR - SYD via PVG in CW - one leg on BA and one leg on Qantas each way. BA was acceptable - didn't wow but perfectly acceptable. Very good at topping up drinks etc.
Qantas was excellent. I hadn't flown Qantas biz for 10 years and the difference was night and day to both the previous experience and BA. The hard product seemed new and was very well laid out with good storage, and the seats had a massage function built in :-) The food was excellent, great wines which were well presented and the staff were faultless.
The Qantas lounges are also excellent both in Sydney and LHR.
Qantas was excellent. I hadn't flown Qantas biz for 10 years and the difference was night and day to both the previous experience and BA. The hard product seemed new and was very well laid out with good storage, and the seats had a massage function built in :-) The food was excellent, great wines which were well presented and the staff were faultless.
The Qantas lounges are also excellent both in Sydney and LHR.
May 20, 2019, 6:35 am
#65
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Spitalfields, London
Programs: BA Gold, KFC 'The Colonel's Club' Palladium tier, Mucci des Visions Célestes du Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Posts: 2,330
We recently flew LHR - SYD via PVG in CW - one leg on BA and one leg on Qantas each way. BA was acceptable - didn't wow but perfectly acceptable. Very good at topping up drinks etc.
Qantas was excellent. I hadn't flown Qantas biz for 10 years and the difference was night and day to both the previous experience and BA. The hard product seemed new and was very well laid out with good storage, and the seats had a massage function built in :-) The food was excellent, great wines which were well presented and the staff were faultless.
The Qantas lounges are also excellent both in Sydney and LHR.
Qantas was excellent. I hadn't flown Qantas biz for 10 years and the difference was night and day to both the previous experience and BA. The hard product seemed new and was very well laid out with good storage, and the seats had a massage function built in :-) The food was excellent, great wines which were well presented and the staff were faultless.
The Qantas lounges are also excellent both in Sydney and LHR.