Families first trip with BA a TOTAL disaster
Oct 1, 2006, 6:35 pm
#31
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Originally Posted by Smirnoff
Indeed. Lifting heavy furniture? Cleaning windows? Lifting weights? Sex in a strange position?
There are many ways of injurying your back.
Please feel free to tell me to mind my own business.....
There are many ways of injurying your back.
Please feel free to tell me to mind my own business.....
LOL bad back from fitting loft ladder, pulled a muscle or something
and yes routing was MAN-LGW-PRG
sorry was not trying to drip feed
And yes it was a huge pain by all accounts having to put on dirty clothes and smalls, after a very warm cramped flight, then to go to breakfast, then walk round town for 3 hours getting toiletries and clothes and the like. To then come back have a shower and get changed again.
Then the bag doesn't turn up before there cruise on the river starts (6pm the next day) so they had to go wearing the cheap clothes they had bought earlier in the day, there not snobs, nothing flash just be nice to have a shower and put on nice smart clothes to go for dinner and a cruise.
Least they had some clean clothes for this morning and to sit around airports in for 4 hours
BA gives a generous £35 per person to buy clothes and toiletries, I am not sure which century they are in as that would not even buy a pair of jeans and a tshirt, let alone underwear,socks and toiletries. I guess it could pay for cleaning if you stayed in the room naked
And here was me saying to the In-laws you will love Prague and how nice it is, I am told they will be remembering it for BA losing the luggage and the delays, wish I never opened my mouth now
I take it from a few of the comments there are issues with LGW
Oct 1, 2006, 6:42 pm
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Originally Posted by koksy
There have been weather problems in the South of England today delaying flights. Thunderstorms on and off here on the south coast all afternoon and also around LHR. ... The mother of all storms is hitting Brighton at the moment... it looks like the house is going througha car wash looking out of the window! Thunder and lightning and the windows are rattling with the noise!
Oct 2, 2006, 12:18 am
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Originally Posted by PUCCI GALORE
Given your first sentence would that not be Incontinence Airways? 
Oct 2, 2006, 12:23 am
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Originally Posted by The _Banking_Scot
Arriving at a foreign country ( where you probably do not speak the native language)
Oct 2, 2006, 2:32 am
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Dino:
Two words: Travel Insurance.
Do you have any? You can make a claim through them for a bit more for some decent clothes. Do you have Amex Plat? They allow you to charge (IIRC) up to 400 quid per day while your luggage is lost.
Two words: Travel Insurance.
Do you have any? You can make a claim through them for a bit more for some decent clothes. Do you have Amex Plat? They allow you to charge (IIRC) up to 400 quid per day while your luggage is lost.
Oct 2, 2006, 7:54 am
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Yes have a free annual policy that come with a bank account and gives a £150 if the bag is delayed by more than 10 hours, so will be claiming on that.
Shame no one pays for all the inconvenience
Shame no one pays for all the inconvenience
Oct 2, 2006, 8:14 am
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Originally Posted by Dino2020
Yes have a free annual policy that come with a bank account and gives a £150 if the bag is delayed by more than 10 hours, so will be claiming on that.
Shame no one pays for all the inconvenience
Shame no one pays for all the inconvenience
Oct 2, 2006, 8:36 am
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Originally Posted by aristoph
That's paltry! If you pay for the tickets with BA Amex they allow £750 after 6 hours delay and a further £1,000 after 48 hours.