DYKWIA | 2023 edition
Jan 7, 2023, 10:16 am
#16
Join Date: Feb 2022
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 737
Just had my first, that I can recall, DEKWWA (Does EVERYONE Know Who We Are) experience.
Arriving into the lounge in Dublin, doing my usual of finding the darkest, quietest spot available. My hatred of phones not on silent is something I'm unable to describe with words, but this is my reason for avoiding everyone. I digress.
Arriving into the lounge in Dublin, doing my usual of finding the darkest, quietest spot available. My hatred of phones not on silent is something I'm unable to describe with words, but this is my reason for avoiding everyone. I digress.
Have you considered noise-cancelling headphones?
Jan 7, 2023, 10:26 am
#17
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: London
Programs: BA GGL (for now) and Lifetime Gold, Marriott fan thanks to Bonvoy Moments
Posts: 5,115
I hope I have more social awareness than that! If I was being vaguely charitable I’d blame BA’s rubbish boarding process for someone assuming they’re not supposed to join a large queue for their priority boarding, and the invertebrate tendencies of some staff in not educating them…
Jan 12, 2023, 7:55 am
#18
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 1,060
This could go in so many threads…
She said: "He told me he had a problem, that he was being harassed by other passengers, that he was famous and asked did I know who he was." Ryan asked to be upgraded from economy to business class but was refused as the plane was full, it was said. The flight attendant said: "He was angry, saying he was a gold card holder and that he needed to be moved because of this." The singer, 39, was "slurring his words and staggering around" after drinking a whole bottle of port before a British Airways flight from Glasgow to London City Airport on July 31 last year.He said he drank a whole bottle of port and ate cheese in the BA lounge after the flight was delayed.
The trial continues.
Will he still be eligible forcompensation for the delayed flight?
She said: "He told me he had a problem, that he was being harassed by other passengers, that he was famous and asked did I know who he was." Ryan asked to be upgraded from economy to business class but was refused as the plane was full, it was said. The flight attendant said: "He was angry, saying he was a gold card holder and that he needed to be moved because of this." The singer, 39, was "slurring his words and staggering around" after drinking a whole bottle of port before a British Airways flight from Glasgow to London City Airport on July 31 last year.He said he drank a whole bottle of port and ate cheese in the BA lounge after the flight was delayed.
The trial continues.
Will he still be eligible forcompensation for the delayed flight?
Jan 12, 2023, 8:33 am
#19
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Devon, UK
Programs: VS Silver; Matmid Silver, BA Bronze; Accor Plat.
Posts: 957
This could go in so many threads…
She said: "He told me he had a problem, that he was being harassed by other passengers, that he was famous and asked did I know who he was." Ryan asked to be upgraded from economy to business class but was refused as the plane was full, it was said. The flight attendant said: "He was angry, saying he was a gold card holder and that he needed to be moved because of this." The singer, 39, was "slurring his words and staggering around" after drinking a whole bottle of port before a British Airways flight from Glasgow to London City Airport on July 31 last year.He said he drank a whole bottle of port and ate cheese in the BA lounge after the flight was delayed.
The trial continues.
Will he still be eligible forcompensation for the delayed flight?
She said: "He told me he had a problem, that he was being harassed by other passengers, that he was famous and asked did I know who he was." Ryan asked to be upgraded from economy to business class but was refused as the plane was full, it was said. The flight attendant said: "He was angry, saying he was a gold card holder and that he needed to be moved because of this." The singer, 39, was "slurring his words and staggering around" after drinking a whole bottle of port before a British Airways flight from Glasgow to London City Airport on July 31 last year.He said he drank a whole bottle of port and ate cheese in the BA lounge after the flight was delayed.
The trial continues.
Will he still be eligible forcompensation for the delayed flight?
Jan 12, 2023, 8:39 am
#20
Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: UK
Programs: BA Silver, IHG Platinum
Posts: 942
https://news.sky.com/story/lee-ryan-...light-12785121
Convicted of three offences in total.
Blue singer Lee Ryan has been found guilty of the racially aggravated assault of a female cabin crew member on a British Airways flight. It comes following an incident on a journey from Glasgow to London in July last year. The court heard that the singer was "slurring his words and staggering around" after drinking a whole bottle of port before the flight.
Jan 12, 2023, 9:20 am
#21
Join Date: Jul 2013
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond *, IHG, Couples Romance Rewards
Posts: 2,350
Jan 12, 2023, 10:29 am
#22
Join Date: Nov 2006
Programs: Seniors Bus Pass
Posts: 5,529
... and probably banned from flying BA anymore after that offence.
Jan 12, 2023, 11:47 am
#23
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Surrey, UK
Programs: BA Gold, *A Gold, IHG Platinum
Posts: 654
To be fair, with the absolute mess that has been priority boarding since it was re introduced after Covid, it can be a case of every man/woman/whatever for themselves these days.
Jan 14, 2023, 1:31 pm
#24
Join Date: Mar 2020
Programs: British Airways GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond & Marriott Gold
Posts: 2,612
This could go in so many threads…
She said: "He told me he had a problem, that he was being harassed by other passengers, that he was famous and asked did I know who he was." Ryan asked to be upgraded from economy to business class but was refused as the plane was full, it was said. The flight attendant said: "He was angry, saying he was a gold card holder and that he needed to be moved because of this." The singer, 39, was "slurring his words and staggering around" after drinking a whole bottle of port before a British Airways flight from Glasgow to London City Airport on July 31 last year.He said he drank a whole bottle of port and ate cheese in the BA lounge after the flight was delayed.
The trial continues.
Will he still be eligible forcompensation for the delayed flight?
She said: "He told me he had a problem, that he was being harassed by other passengers, that he was famous and asked did I know who he was." Ryan asked to be upgraded from economy to business class but was refused as the plane was full, it was said. The flight attendant said: "He was angry, saying he was a gold card holder and that he needed to be moved because of this." The singer, 39, was "slurring his words and staggering around" after drinking a whole bottle of port before a British Airways flight from Glasgow to London City Airport on July 31 last year.He said he drank a whole bottle of port and ate cheese in the BA lounge after the flight was delayed.
The trial continues.
Will he still be eligible forcompensation for the delayed flight?
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Jan 14, 2023, 1:46 pm
#25
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: UK - Hampshire & London
Programs: Mucci de Guardian des Celliers des Grands Crus 1e Classé, plus BAEC.
Posts: 2,734
Jan 14, 2023, 1:52 pm
#26
Join Date: Mar 2020
Programs: British Airways GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond & Marriott Gold
Posts: 2,612
Jan 14, 2023, 4:22 pm
#27
Join Date: Jan 2023
Location: ORK
Posts: 68
I very much enjoyed post number 7. I can assure the poster that Mr and Mrs Brag are not FT'ers because if they were I doubt any of them would have been so confident as to utter the words "DO YOU WANT SOME FOOD? REMEMBER WE'LL BE FED ON THE FLIGHT - WE'RE FLYING CLUB"
Jan 14, 2023, 5:34 pm
#29
Join Date: Aug 2022
Programs: United GS, BAEC GGL, IHG Diamond, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 463
I'd much rather (and it would be much more efficient) if they actually boarded the groups in order. On Friday morning there was a gent with his proudly displayed silver bag tags who tried to push Infront of the 4 pax in wheelchairs to get in front of the queue.
Jan 15, 2023, 12:49 pm
#30
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: SEA
Programs: BA GGL, Hyatt Globalist, HH Diamond, Marriott Gold
Posts: 187
After calling the GGL line recently I got a survey to fill in. This was one of the questions and it exactly shows what PGberkshire calls out 
The real top is the top 1% of the 1% of the 1%
Where GGL really sits
The real top is the top 1% of the 1% of the 1%
Where GGL really sits