I wonder if AS will honor the bonus of 150% on the BA segments. I just got off BA F, which was barely an acceptable J. I’d rather fly mainland chinese carriers than BA F. They’ve really bad it a bare bones experience.

I can only imagine how bad BA’s J is.

You must be joking. I’d rather take any of the US3 J than BA’s F. The poster above explained perfectly how outdated BA’s J seat is. It’s embarrasing that they shove that many passengers into one row. Especially recently where BA’s in Flight Service in both J and F have gone very downhill. Im not exaggerating when I say I’d take a mainland China carrier in J over BA (including F) anyday of the week. I just flew LHR-PHX on BA in F and was starving. They had no food or in flight snacks in the middle of the flight in F. I don’t even think I’ve ever seen that before in J let alone F! Flights over 10 hours always (especially in F) have hot “lite bites” or snacks on demand in F. It was totally unacceptable. The FA did her best to try and find something for me to eat between what she could find in J and whatever was lying around in F but it was off the very limited menu. She was actually really apologetic which I appreciated. She was a much older FA, very friendly, and you could tell she had been with the airline for a long time. She was obviously embarrassed by the offerings of what BA has turned into and mentioned how she was upset they took away the tea time offering in F.

Hainan J is 100x better than BA F. The bed is better, the food is better, the lounge is better, they have meals on demand. I would absolutely take them over BA F, and even with Hainan’s 2x2x2 layout. It’s a real shame because I have been flying BA for over a decade and have seen that airline just get worse and worse every year.

Frankly I would do my absolute best to avoid any BA segments in this itinerary because I want to arrive at my destination well rested, and not starving.