British Airways in general Reviews

I had rarely used British Airways before this trip and I won’t be in a rush to use them again! I was flying to Havana, Cuba. I bought the ticket months ago because it was with BA and not Iberia (didn’t want to go via Madrid) and this meant I was paying a bit more for the direct flight from Gatwick. What I would say to others – ...  Read the complete review

I was a little 8 year old, excited about my first plane trip. I had just spent the last few days doing upward circles outside Buckingham Palace (and showing my knickers to anyone who cared to look – oh the days when I wore skirts), shopping in Hamleys and feeding the squirrels in Hyde Park. In those days (it was the 90s, but only just) you ...  Read the complete review

It has been suggested that I have a bee in my bonnet about this, which may well be true, but I feel I have to speak out. Previously, when travelling BA on the Shuttle routes (Heathrow-Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen, and Gatwick-Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh), you were given afternoon tea on all flights after 10am (prior ...  Read the complete review

I recently flew from London to Florida on the Boeing777 with British Airways and unfortunately I have to say it was of a very poor standard. The seats were very uncomfortable and there was barely room to move you legs, and I'm 14! The seats seem to have some sort of hole at the back of them where you kept sliding into, other ...  Read the complete review

Just a quick opinion about the London-Athens route with BA. If you have to book a ticket at a fairly late stage, say 1-2 months before flying then you will not get a bargain price from Go or EasyJet...You will end up paying 200 pounds minimum. With such prices I decided to look for other airlines (on Expedia.co.uk) and found that ...  Read the complete review

As some of you will be aware, I've been to Spain and Italy this year. Although my town of departure is a major city, I've been forced to take connecting flights to and back. This means I've been on a total of eight British Airways flights this year. I think I can comment on BA in a fair manner: they're rubbish. When I ...  Read the complete review

THE BEGINNING.. ------------------- It was when I was sitting in Kennedy Airport in January 1996 a guy from Boston who was sitting beside me stranded in the Blizzard of 1996 that hit New York and that whole part of America.The guy asked me who I was flying with and I replied British Airways to which he said"You are lucky you will ...  Read the complete review

British Airways is the World's Favourite Airline? How can they get away with this claim? Surely this is marketing hype in the extreme. Maybe its favourite airline not to travel on, favourite airline to slag off, favourite airline to arrive late, favourite airline for masochists who enjoy being extorted...... I really resent ...  Read the complete review

Ive been flying with BA for year - around 2-3 flights a year, usually to the US. Half of my flights have been wonderful - great service, no delays, good food. And the other half... oh dear. Unfriendly staff, seat reservation messed up, veggie meal forgotton, and annoying delays. Its almost as if BA are toying with me. ...  Read the complete review

I have been on at least 4 flights on British Airways in the past 2 years, 3 of which were long haul flights. In each instance, I have called ahead of time to order a vegetarian meal. When the customer service rep asks, 'Is that a Lacto-ovo, Vegan or Asian Vegetarian?' and I always say, 'Lacto-ovo.' Every single time, I have been ...  Read the complete review

In order to understand the behaviour of BA lately (some people think it is great, some terrible) we must understand waht BA thinks it is doing. Basicaly they are trying to identify there most profitable customers and then spending there efforts on wooing them. If BA believes we may have the potential to be one of these customers then they will ...  Read the complete review

Over the last couple of years we have travelled a number of times with British Airways with our young daughter who is now nearly three. Each time we have been extremely impressed with BA's attitude to young children and also the assistance we have been given in making our life easier. For example, when checking in for long-haul ...  Read the complete review

I have seldom had any trouble with B.A. until they closed the Heathrow route to jersey and there for cut us off from accessing the rest of the world with out using the great car park A.K.A. the M 25.They have used the slot to service the U.S.A. and now leave us in line for double the tax to get in and out of England. Even for all the ...  Read the complete review

Last year used BA for the first (and last!) time. After an hour delay boarding the flight, one of the engines would not start. After waiting on board while engineers looked at it, they announced it needed a new 'starter motor' which they would fit with us still on board. All this took about 90 minutes (on top of the delay boarding). ...  Read the complete review

I have used BA for several years now, mainly on business in Club class from London to Lisbon & Vienna, although I have also flown with them recently to Tokyo, Washington, Stockholm, & Brussels. The thing I like most about BA is that, wherever you are in the world, when you step on the aircraft it feels like home, comfortable and familiar. ...  Read the complete review

After reading several DooYoo opinions on British Airways, you can hardly blame me for not being too thrilled when I was told I was booked to fly to San Francisco and back on “The Worlds Favourite Airline”. I arrived at Heathrow on Saturday morning in plenty of time, and expected the usual curt reaction from the check in ...  Read the complete review

British Airways and I no longer get on, I fly Economy and I'm a vegetarian. Something that BA seems to have a problem with. The last time I flew with BA I booked my ticket on the internet and then rang up about a week before to book a vegetarian meal - no problems. However, when I got to check in I was told that I couldn't have a ...  Read the complete review

I fly BA at least twice a month within Europe in Business Class (or Club World as they call it). The basics are all there. The setup is typical business class with wide seats and good leg room. As BA admits that they concentrate on Business and First class customers you'll find that more than half the plane is allocated to Business ...  Read the complete review

There are a few sure fire ways to get an upgrade from BA, but you need first to understand the way that things work with them. Firstly they, like all airlines oversell if they can on all flights...i.e. if there are say 200 seats on the flight, then they will sell 220 tickets, banking on 10% of the people not showing up, the most common of ...  Read the complete review

This is how I usually get to fly on British Airways, and I think it's absolutely great. The reason I get this perk is either for business purposes or because of frequent flyer miles. Let me explain: it takes 80,000 frequent flyer miles to fly to and from the US coming from the UK. But I have my trusty British Airways VISA card. This ...  Read the complete review