BA - why are you so hard to love?
Apr 29, 2022, 5:56 am
#16
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Vale of Glamorgan
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 2,990
Oh, that's easy - It's probably easier to achieve worthwhile status in BAEC than in any other major loyalty programme, and the value of the benefits can easily outweigh the cost of getting them.
Apr 29, 2022, 5:59 am
#17
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: East Anglia UK
Programs: BA-S UA LH-Sen KLM/AF-Plat.
Posts: 1,627
It would be nice, once in a while, to be able to say "I'm staying, they're doing their best and need our support" whereas it's very difficult to see them as doing anything to mitigate the present problems for their paying customers.
Of course if one doesn't like BA then the best thing would be to fly another airline but it's a sad thing when you see what was a great airline - and yes I really think it was - beset with so many problems, many of which are of their own making.
Of course if one doesn't like BA then the best thing would be to fly another airline but it's a sad thing when you see what was a great airline - and yes I really think it was - beset with so many problems, many of which are of their own making.
Apr 29, 2022, 6:23 am
#18
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Krakow
Programs: BAEC Silver, Miles and More(FTL), IHG(Platinum), Accor, HHonors(Diamond), SPG, Hertz Five Star
Posts: 5,896
status us not much use if the flights keep being cancelled so you cannot fly
Apr 29, 2022, 6:27 am
#19
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: 4éme
Posts: 12,026
Apr 29, 2022, 7:27 am
#21
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Location: 4éme
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If my employer dictates that I fly a specific airline and that airline is not able to consistently transport me, that is my employer’s issue. OTOH if I am given the freedom to use any airline and I continue to book flights on an airline that isn’t able to transport me, that is my problem.
Apr 29, 2022, 7:33 am
#22
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: LHR, LGW
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 3,418
If you were to chat with most people in service industries from the NHS, to pubs, to Costa coffee, there’s clear frustrations, strains, knock affects from the last 2 years of severe upheaval to all our lives. In the context of BA, they are not unusual, some are self fulfilling in the actions they have taken in the last 5 years, sadly but there is a balance between global issues and those decisions which are impacting many businesses.
Apr 29, 2022, 7:51 am
#23
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: BER
Programs: BA GGL, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,843
why are the first reactions to this post "fly something else then"? I don't get it.
there are many reasons to fly BA. the network, the flight times, maybe even a Brit wants to support British Companies.... I can imagine a bazillion reasons for someone to prefer BA.
Can't we just focus on the objections he made?
there are many reasons to fly BA. the network, the flight times, maybe even a Brit wants to support British Companies.... I can imagine a bazillion reasons for someone to prefer BA.
Can't we just focus on the objections he made?
Apr 29, 2022, 7:59 am
#24
Join Date: Feb 2016
Programs: BAEC GGL
Posts: 843
Though I'd bet there are no issues with easyJet not serving breakfast in the Concorde Room (or equivalent)!
Apr 29, 2022, 8:01 am
#25
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: 4éme
Posts: 12,026
why are the first reactions to this post "fly something else then"? I don't get it.
there are many reasons to fly BA. the network, the flight times, maybe even a Brit wants to support British Companies.... I can imagine a bazillion reasons for someone to prefer BA.
Can't we just focus on the objections he made?
there are many reasons to fly BA. the network, the flight times, maybe even a Brit wants to support British Companies.... I can imagine a bazillion reasons for someone to prefer BA.
Can't we just focus on the objections he made?
Apr 29, 2022, 8:03 am
#26
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: BER
Programs: BA GGL, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,843
Apr 29, 2022, 8:04 am
#27
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: BER
Programs: BA GGL, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,843
Apr 29, 2022, 9:33 am
#29
Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club, easyJet and Ryanair
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: UK/Las Vegas
Programs: BA Gold (GGL/CCR)
Posts: 15,922
Apr 29, 2022, 9:37 am
#30
Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club, easyJet and Ryanair
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: UK/Las Vegas
Programs: BA Gold (GGL/CCR)
Posts: 15,922
Indeed, or any Lounge easyJet offers for that matter. The OP doesn’t offer any meat on the bone, the kind of service s/he mentions is very much out of the ordinary especially so early in the early morning.