Bits: British Airways finally signs wi-fi deal, Four Seasons hotel coming to Biarritz

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• Aliks says:

  6 May6 May 14:47

  I’ve used Qatar wifi a couple of times recently and it varies between OK and useless from London to Doha.

  Further East its non-existent. There was no signal at all over India and China, and the stewardess blamed lack of ground links in those two countries.

• AndyGWP says:

  6 May6 May 15:10

  I was more than happy with the $3 (£2) I spent on Gogo “Messaging” wifi on the AA LAX-> JFK transcon service. It provided me with Whatsapp functionality for the whole 5’ish hour flight, and was more than helpful enough for me to pass the time chatting away with people / groups of people 🙂

  There used to be a ‘cheat’ to get 10 minutes free Gogo Wifi on AA planes, but I don’t know if it still works (involved mucking about in the app store) –> worth a google if you’re interested in ’10 minute’ chunks of data access (if it still works!)

  • r says:

    6 May6 May 17:24

    That’s different from what BA is getting though. Go go service in the US is effectively a cellphone service (which generally is fast and reliable), but on transatlantic routes they have to rely on a satellite connection which makes it much slower. I’ve used Go go and the new Panasonic system on AA thought and connection has been good and pretty reliable for work email, whatsapp etc. I just need it so I’m not out of pocket for 8-9 hours. Don’t care about streaming movies etc.

• Rimas says:

  6 May6 May 16:51

  OT: Europe to New Zealand on Qatar have interesting prices on Business Class return from December 2016. Secret Flying info.

• harry says:

  6 May6 May 17:29

  OT pat on the back time – let me hear your pat on the back, too 🙂

  Half term in a couple of weeks – 4 of us, current tickets price @ nearly £2700.

  I guess we paid 60000 Avios + £140 = £542.

  Avios value = (£2700 – £140) = £2560
  £2560/60000 = 4.2p/ Avios 🙂

• Gavin says:

  6 May6 May 23:57

  I used wifi on a flight from ORD-SFO. Was it worth the expense? Arguably not. However novelty factor and the fact it killed a few hrs were valuable. Would I use it again? No? But I’m not important enough to need to use it really!!

• World Traveller says:

  7 May7 May 08:51

  I think IAG have been quite smart with this; by doing it across the group they have the economy of scale for the installation.

  By being a late adopter they immediately jump the pack in terms of speed, sometimes being an early adopter puts you at a disadvantage once the technology develops. Some of the current onboard wifi offerings are barely fit for purpose. The GoGo option promises up to 70MBps… better than pretty much anything out there currently.

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