Bits: BA removes newspapers from inbound short haul, Etihad 10% discount code

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• Nick says:

  12 Aug12 August 05:53

  Allegedly BA are sponsoring a new Olympic Games event this year, “Race To The Bottom”.

• paul mc evoy says:

  12 Aug12 August 06:22

  From Dub the etihad discount is 20%
  sportie is the code

  • bsuije says:

    12 Aug12 August 09:54

    20% from Germany, too. Code is SPORTDE.

    • flyforfun says:

      12 Aug12 August 13:52

      See what happens thanks to BREXIT!!! 🙂 We haven’t even left and already we’re being ripped off!!

      • Zander says:

        12 Aug12 August 14:42

        We’very always been ripped off

• Cheshire Pete says:

  12 Aug12 August 06:25

  Newspapers , Really. Desperate times. So, I presume short haul Manchester to London is included in this……….

  • Rob says:

    12 Aug12 August 09:27

    Might not be, because they can source those locally and not need to fly them up (which costs due to weight).

• Frankie says:

  12 Aug12 August 06:34

  The CW starter has gone. I’m off to Newark in a couple of weeks on the annual 2 for 1 and can order my meal online now, but only the main. Previously I could also order my smoked salmon starter from the other starter choices.

  • Nick Haley says:

    12 Aug12 August 09:34

    I travelled CW to LAX back in June and was only able to preselect a main back then but starter choices were offered on board.

  • Alex W says:

    12 Aug12 August 14:19

    I travelled CW last week and I quite liked the starter. But then again I would never choose salmon if I had the choice.

  • Simmo says:

    12 Aug12 August 15:51

    It’s started did LHR-BKK 3 days ago and was presented with the Avocado* Mozzarella and Tomato salad

    *Mine was missing the Avocado !!!

• Emily says:

  12 Aug12 August 07:06

  Month after month more cuts, and the product is visibly and physically getting worse when you travel, both in lounges and in the air. It wouldn’t seem so bad if they made some attempt to make ‘improvements’, but absolute silence on that. Surely they need to give us a carrot, or explain the cuts, or reduce prices. BA needs a competitor as clearly they are seeing no drop in passenger numbers with each cut, and I can almost hear the gleeful eureka as they come up with the next idea. Ok maybe a small overreaction for a removal of a paper, but I always assumed that was a marketing tie-in anyway, and my comment is more in anticipation of the next cut which, let’s face it, is probably already lined up for release….

  • Callum says:

    12 Aug12 August 15:31

    They have plenty of competition. What you are looking for is a different public who shares your quality concerns.

    • Genghis says:

      12 Aug12 August 16:00

      Completely disagree. BA is the only “go to” carrier for direct flights from London to many destinations.

      Also in my co’s individual case, we have to boycott Virgin as Branson “really annoyed” our Chairman a few years ago

      • John says:

        12 Aug12 August 16:20

        Tell us more…

        • Genghis says:

          12 Aug12 August 16:33

          I think I’ve already said too much. I know – what a tease I am… 🙂

• Gin and Tonic Please says:

  12 Aug12 August 07:08

  OT: I see last year’s rubbish Apple offer (1000 bonus MR points on £500 spend) is back on my Amex Plat.

  • Johnnycl says:

    12 Aug12 August 08:17

    Esso spend £50 get £5 back is also showing on my PRG. Sure this was £10 back last year!

    • Brian says:

      12 Aug12 August 09:03

      I think it was £5 last year, too. The good thing is that it’s valid every time until the offer expires, not just once.

    • Peter K says:

      12 Aug12 August 09:19

      It was £5 off of £50 last year if it was the reoccurring offer. Some had a one-off £10 of a £45 purchase.

    • mark2 says:

      12 Aug12 August 09:43

      Isn’t this the one where you can go to an Esso/Tesco petrol station and buy a Tesco gift card and get the cash back?

  • Arun T says:

    12 Aug12 August 09:45

    Less rubbish when you combine with Avios.com 7 Avios per £1 offer on Apple.com spend.

• Concerto says:

  12 Aug12 August 07:37

  Yes, and you’re all stuck, aren’t you? Now BA has been allowed to become the monopoly it always wanted to be, you don’t have a huge amount of choice if flying from the UK. So even if they cut it down to easyJet levels a large majority will still have to fly BA to get where they need to be. I watched this happen from the takeover of Dan Air right up to bmi. That final cherry on the cake is Virgin Atlantic, so let’s be glad that Delta has a finger in that pie. And I’ve long had a theory that BA has a major finger in the easyJet pie.

• Leo says:

  12 Aug12 August 07:54

  I can live without the Daily Mail.

  • Chris R says:

    12 Aug12 August 08:11

    Why is every service cut announcement on this site followed up by a comment like this?

    Are you so naive to think that service cuts will never affect you? And even if they didn’t affect you, do you have no empathy for those who are affected?

    (Unless you’re merely being sarcastic about the Daily Mail, in which case I am sorry for replying so bluntly)

    • Leo says:

      12 Aug12 August 08:50

      Apology accepted

    • Callum says:

      12 Aug12 August 15:35

      Do I have empathy for the suffering inflicted on the well off from principally trivial service quality cuts on aircraft? I can’t say I do…

      • Genghis says:

        12 Aug12 August 16:02

        We generally discuss first world problems here…

  • Rob says:

    12 Aug12 August 09:20

    You should read it once a year just to see what they are churning out. No need to have it in the house of course.

    (You can tell I’ve never been asked to do anything for the Mail can’t you 🙂 I need to be nice to the Express now as they have started quoting me in their travel articles online!)

    • James67 says:

      12 Aug12 August 09:38

      Whst about the express!?

    • Londonbus says:

      13 Aug13 August 12:07

      But Rob – you don’t have anything on how immigrants, house prices and cancer might impact how you get Avios…

    • Luke says:

      14 Aug14 August 13:00

      http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3739860/British-Airways-stops-serving-second-meal-certain-flights.html

      I cant think of anything to add.

  • Jason says:

    12 Aug12 August 10:39

    You’ve seen Dan and Dan Film’s The Daily Mail Song on YouTube I hope.

    • Riaz says:

      12 Aug12 August 12:13

      Love it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eBT6OSr1TI

  • Rob says:

    12 Aug12 August 15:22

    I will miss the Daily Mail. Not the news of course as I don’t read that but I need a crossword to pass the time between take off and landing.

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