BaxterStorey scores 2/5 hygiene rating for some British Airways lounges

I wrote back in June about the wall of criticism that had met the switch of British Airways lounge catering from Compass Group to BaxterStorey.  Although, when I tried it, it had settled down a bit.

The results, as per the picture below, certainly weren’t pretty.  However, I didn’t think that the problems were more structural.

Courtesy of IThink at Flyertalk, though, we now have the food hygiene certificate that was issued to BaxterStorey for the British Airways First Class lounge and Concorde Room catering in July:

Ever seen a venue with a ‘2’ rating before?

Interestingly, Plane Food in Terminal 5 also scores a ranking of 2.

Since some pressure appears to have been brought to bear on FlyerTalk to change the heading of the relevant thread on that forum to something less likely to attract a lawsuit, I would suggest that comments to this post are carefully considered before pressing ‘Submit’ ….

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How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (April 2024)

As a reminder, there are various ways of earning Avios points from UK credit cards.  Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses!

In February 2022, Barclaycard launched two exciting new Barclaycard Avios Mastercard cards with a bonus of up to 25,000 Avios. You can apply here.

You qualify for the bonus on these cards even if you have a British Airways American Express card:

There are two official British Airways American Express cards with attractive sign-up bonuses:

You can also get generous sign-up bonuses by applying for American Express cards which earn Membership Rewards points. These points convert at 1:1 into Avios.

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You should also consider the British Airways Accelerating Business credit card. This is open to sole traders as well as limited companies and has a 30,000 Avios sign-up bonus.

There are also generous bonuses on the two American Express Business cards, with the points converting at 1:1 into Avios. These cards are open to sole traders as well as limited companies.

Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which earn Avios. This includes both personal and small business cards.