When Premium Plus first came out we used to get the same meals and real silverwear as business class, then they cut that back to the coach meal. When they cancelled my flight in May I canceled them and flew Air France. I have had it UpToHere with British Airways. They did the same thing to me as others, simply cancelled my flights in May. I’m sitting on 300,000 miles, with 2 award vouchers that are worthless to me.
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I’m in the same boat as Manny, “upgrade vouchers but never found seats available to upgrade so most of them went to waste.” It is a complete waste of money to collect BA miles, as every single time I want to fly business class across the pond there are never any seats available. You’ll still want to avoid award redemptions for travel on British Airways, of course, because of fuel surcharges passed onto program members that are often several times as much as a business class base fare. American Airlines needs to step up its game. I’m actually excited for the British Airways business class trip I’ve got booked.Īnd what’s striking, then, with better seats now than American and more functional internet than American’s Panasonic, is that BA has better catering too – for many routes they’re now the preferred airline of the joint venture by a wide margin. It does seem like the airline is making strides towards improvement, so it’s no longer an airline to actively avoid unless the price gap is substantial enough. BA With New Seats Is Now Preferred Over American, Except For Award Travel British Airways lounges could be better.Īnd short haul catering still disappoints those used to European standards, but is better than what you’d see on a U.S. London Heathrow terminal 5 remains a suboptimal place to connect, transit security can be miserable and getting packed into a train to head to and from remote gates suboptimal. To be sure connecting flights in what passes for British Airways business class in Europe (Club Europe) are sad, offering less legroom than Ryanair. Heathrow And Intra-Europe Product Are Negatives On the return we had lamb shank and the best mashed sweet potatoes I’ve ever had in my life. The food on BA Do&Co catering last week was amazing. I keep getting comments from readers like, Food Is Getting Better ReviewsīA catering is now getting better reviews than meals served on American. Flying short haul you’ll probably have internet unless you’re on an Airbus A319 in which case you probably won’t. Their Airbus A350, A380, Boeing 777s all have internet. But there are many routes they try to keep all new business class (like New York, regardless of aircraft type) and if you’re booking close-in you probably won’t see your A350 or Boeing 787-10 changed to something else.īritish Airways also now has internet on most of its fleet, lack of which was a key reason I preferred to avoid them in the past. You can’t be guaranteed of new seats because of aircraft swaps (one Boeing 777 for another, the Airbus A350 you booked changes to something else by the time the date of travel comes around). The trick is to make sure that this is the product you’re getting.īoeing 787-10 and Airbus A350 aircraft have new seats. They’re similar to American Airlines (“Super Diamond”) seats but with the addition of doors for privacy and greater attention to detail. Make Sure You’re Flying The New Seatsīritish Airways’ new seats are competitive. British Airways is becoming flyable again. Whereas a couple of years ago it made sense to avoid British Airways even in favor of its joint venture partner American Airlines (for better seats and semi-functional internet on long haul) that’s no longer the case on many routes. While BA isn’t going to be mistaken for Qatar Airways business class, ANA’s new business class, or EVA Airways, it’s much improved. You didn’t choose to fly BA because of its product. You flew British Airways either because their schedule was most convenient to London Heathrow, or because they were cheapest – BA often was ‘the low price leader’ since they had so many premium seats to unload into the market. Catering was suffering from significant cutbacks, too.Boeing 777s had eight-across business class seating, while many airlines still had nine-across in coach. I actually liked the old lie flat business class seat that I flew fifteen years ago on British Airways (‘New Club World’) more than the seats that are now being phased out that are reminiscent of a sea of corporate cubes (‘Next Generation Club World’).įive years ago I offered, Just How Bad Is British Airways Club World Business Class? The seats weren’t wide or private, but they were classy with blue fabric and brown leather. British Airways pioneered lie flat seats in long haul business class.