The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - our 17 hour day with BA
Sep 25, 2020, 8:24 am
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Ahh yes, good ole' BA. Two decades of declining standards.
I'm honestly surprised they're even able to sell and F seats these days, but I guess their J product is so bad people have to decide which is worse, overpaying for a 2-4-2 J coffin or overpaying for a halfway decent J seat at F prices with a Y cabin service.
It is comical how the western world just can't really do airlines outside of a handful of limited exceptions. Looking at what passes for a 'premium' experience on a US airline or BA is truly just embarrassing. I long for the day we see more EK and QR 5th freedom flights from Europe to the US, one can only hope.
An entertaining report nonetheless SFO777 and we're glad to see you survived the ordeal that is a BA product in 2020.
I'm honestly surprised they're even able to sell and F seats these days, but I guess their J product is so bad people have to decide which is worse, overpaying for a 2-4-2 J coffin or overpaying for a halfway decent J seat at F prices with a Y cabin service.
It is comical how the western world just can't really do airlines outside of a handful of limited exceptions. Looking at what passes for a 'premium' experience on a US airline or BA is truly just embarrassing. I long for the day we see more EK and QR 5th freedom flights from Europe to the US, one can only hope.
An entertaining report nonetheless SFO777 and we're glad to see you survived the ordeal that is a BA product in 2020.
Sep 25, 2020, 9:17 am
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Personally, I'd have happily sacrificed a couple of hours in bed in return for a proper first class long-haul experience.
Sep 25, 2020, 9:25 am
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The OP said that he chose BA because it was the only departure that didn't require a 4am wake-up call. And that was despite knowing in advance exactly what to expect in terms of onboard service and comfort.
Personally, I'd have happily sacrificed a couple of hours in bed in return for a proper first class long-haul experience.
Personally, I'd have happily sacrificed a couple of hours in bed in return for a proper first class long-haul experience.
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Sep 25, 2020, 10:08 am
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I knew that this was gonna be good when I saw it had a separate post. If you had a 2am wakeup for LH/AF F, should have enjoyed a couple espresso martini's and stayed up!
Sep 25, 2020, 10:16 am
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Sep 25, 2020, 10:17 am
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But, presumably, not quite so happy that you bought more at 178p a month ago.
- clearly my glass ball predicting a V shaped recovery in air travel was overly correct 
Sep 25, 2020, 10:31 am
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Sep 25, 2020, 11:10 am
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Sep 25, 2020, 11:51 am
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Sep 25, 2020, 1:31 pm
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I'm not sure it is a great report. It just repeats (again and again) all that we know from the COVID catering thread where I expect this belongs. It doesn't add to what we know, or indeed as the OP acknowledges, what he knew, before taking the trip and I can't help thinking some of this is on him.
By the third pic of Split's decidedly uninteresting airport terminal, I was begging for him to have taken the alternative 4am departure. All the faux shock-horrorr-lols is crying out for some therapy or a 16 year's old diary.
By the third pic of Split's decidedly uninteresting airport terminal, I was begging for him to have taken the alternative 4am departure. All the faux shock-horrorr-lols is crying out for some therapy or a 16 year's old diary.
Sep 25, 2020, 1:47 pm
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Is it a trip report?
It seems to me that it is a description of the food and drink currently provided on two BA flights.
You seem to be suggesting that all discussion of an airline’s inflight service should happen in the Trip Reports forum and not in the airline’s forum. I disagree.
It seems to me that it is a description of the food and drink currently provided on two BA flights.
You seem to be suggesting that all discussion of an airline’s inflight service should happen in the Trip Reports forum and not in the airline’s forum. I disagree.