I fly BA because.....
Oct 9, 2021, 10:23 pm
#3
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: BKK
Programs: Mucci Chevalier de la Brosse a Cheveux Dore, SK *GfL, BA Gold, WY G, HH DIA, IC Plat Amb., Hertz PC
Posts: 3,726
Why flying BA? I have always found them very reliable in general, and the crew are most of the times great.
Oct 9, 2021, 10:43 pm
#4
Join Date: Feb 2008
Programs: BA GGLFL, LH Sen, Alitalia Platinum, Hilton Plat, SPG / Marriott / Carlsson Gold
Posts: 259
GGLFL so always well looked after even when something goes wrong (as they often do these days). Good schedule. Usually great crew. Love the CCR. Avios can work out well …
Oct 10, 2021, 12:06 am
#5
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: LHR / LAS
Programs: BA GfL, GGL/CCR
Posts: 2,409
Started flying BA again when the LAS route opened up. Used to fly Virgin Atlantic for my sins.
Still fly BA now for a number of reasons.
Some emotional attachment. My first ever job was at BA. I joined BA just after privatisation and worked there for 6 years or so. Loved it and still keep in touch with old friends who's still work there.
BAEC . Great scheme.
AA alliance
CCR
Finally the people who work for BA who we interact with. Generally 99% great.
Still fly BA now for a number of reasons.
Some emotional attachment. My first ever job was at BA. I joined BA just after privatisation and worked there for 6 years or so. Loved it and still keep in touch with old friends who's still work there.
BAEC . Great scheme.
AA alliance
CCR
Finally the people who work for BA who we interact with. Generally 99% great.
Oct 10, 2021, 3:56 am
#10
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 1,358
Primarily because with BA Hols I can throw down a deposit on a trip rather than paying thousands up front for a flight 6 months + later.
On top of that, J fares ex DUB where I’m based are usually excellent, there’s plenty of flights and the extra avios for Gold really stack up
On top of that, J fares ex DUB where I’m based are usually excellent, there’s plenty of flights and the extra avios for Gold really stack up
Oct 10, 2021, 3:58 am
#11
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: South London
Programs: British Airways Executive Club
Posts: 215
The price difference between them and LCC are minimal these days (for the routes I fly anyway) and what you get for paying extra is a bargain in comparison. Then there's the whole BAEC business and (again only in my experience) decent customer services when things go wrong. I love 'em!
Oct 10, 2021, 4:22 am
#13
Join Date: Nov 2005
Programs: BA Exec
Posts: 647
Heathrow is my local airport, service generally good , good frequent flyer programme , good list of destinations and frequencies (well, the latter under normal circumstances).
Generally easy to upgrade via a variety of methods.
I’ve flown low cost and other full-service airlines and in general I’ve found BA aren’t any worse and in some cases much better. The only exception is some of the Middle Eastern and south East Asian airlines.
Generally easy to upgrade via a variety of methods.
I’ve flown low cost and other full-service airlines and in general I’ve found BA aren’t any worse and in some cases much better. The only exception is some of the Middle Eastern and south East Asian airlines.
Oct 10, 2021, 4:44 am
#14
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Morbihan, France
Programs: Reine des Muccis de Pucci; Foreign Elitist (according to others)
Posts: 19,180
When things go wrong - they sort them. They try and help and put things right. I have never had a problem to which they have not helped. Cancelled flights - this is pre-covid - they rebook what you want rather than what suits them, Every airline that is run by human beings will go wrong and will make mistakes - it is how they try to recover from that which matters most to me.
I can fly point to point without stop-overs. I am not so fussed if this is a seat that turns into a bed as I sleep in any position and Him Indoors is dead to the world wherever he is. I do not mind Ying-Yang as long as he is opposite and even then I have had some lovely people opposite me.
I can honestly think of one BA flight as a passenger where the CSD or whatever he was had clearly graduated from the Faculty of Rudeness at the University of High Handedness.
One of the best reasons is no more - Can I help you has left BA and now there is no one who will shuffle off to the galley to get me a G&T when I snap my fingers. His like are irreplaceable but they are at least trying to do their best.