World in shock as the improved British Airways economy food turn out to be quite good

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• Andrew W says:

  25 Jan25 January 09:05

  Flew BGI to LGW on 19th Jan in WT.
  Pretzels offered, Meal was pretty good.
  No Cadbury’s tuck box and no English breakfast. A cheese crossiant or banana bread was offered… Crew were fantastic though.

  Also was a bug with the moving map which would crash IFE on my outbound and still hadn’t been fixed three weeks later on my rt.

• Dr Alan Fix says:

  25 Jan25 January 10:24

  Good news. It’s very dispiriting to see how BA’s reputation has fallen over the last few years. Now that BA the management Has started to appreciate that some of their cuts have gone too far I wonder if they could spare a thought also for those who pay First Class fares or, like me, are lucky enough to have enough Avios to fly First occasionally. At the moment it appears to be policy not to stock enough food in First for everyone to have their first choices which is very mean when charging in the thousands of pounds.

  • Paul says:

    25 Jan25 January 11:25

    Currently in Buenos Aires, club, was nowhere near full outbound, but my wife asked for the vege option, and apparently the 2 portions they had onboard had already been taken. Was offered the WT version which apparently was the same but smaller! As it happens whoever ordered one of them changed their mind when they saw it, so she ended up getting their portion. Food I’m not so fussed about especially overnight, but IFE truly hopeless….

  • Kingy says:

    25 Jan25 January 18:16

    If i was ever in a position to fly First class like Dr Alan then BA wouldnt even be on my list of potential carriers.
    Still enjoying my Lufthansa experience via FRA and MUC.
    Once you get used to the airports the Ghastly T5 seems a world away.

• James says:

  25 Jan25 January 11:36

  Good Lord, a genuine improvement from BA.

• Robert says:

  25 Jan25 January 14:04

  Coincidentally I was also on the Muscat flight last Friday in WTP. Improvements were broadly the same.
  – Inclusion of pretzels with the first drink run
  – Main meal was served on the same tray with cheese/crackers, chocolate pot and a bottle of water, albeit with metal cutlery and an improved entree in a porcelain dish. Bread was served out of a basket rather than pre-wrapped as in WT (!).
  – Breakfast was the same sandwich and cereal bar combo.

  • Robert says:

    25 Jan25 January 14:05

    Flight back in WTP on Sunday – will keep you posted on the ‘day’ changes. Will be interested to see how the changes are manifested from outstations.

    • Paul says:

      25 Jan25 January 19:37

      Snap ! I was on that flight last Friday and fly back on Sunday too… but in economy (let’s hope the engines are in better shape ). I think perhaps we should swap seats going back so that you can get the full World Traveller experience !

      Enzo… if you’re reading apologies we got back late on the Tuesday night but glad you loved Salalah it’s an amazing place !

      • Jim says:

        26 Jan26 January 14:43

        Are you working out there? What’s amazing? Isn’t it just mostly desert?

      • Rob says:

        26 Jan26 January 15:19

        Haha Paul – I’ve spent my fair share of time in WT so will give your offer a miss :p. There seem to be a few avios seats open in WTP so see if you can grab yourself an upgrade. Give me a shout if you want access to the lounge in Muscat also. R

• S says:

  25 Jan25 January 14:21

  Just flew to Cape Town in economy unfortunately. Unreferbished 747, Very Old uncomfortable seats with tiny screens that have the chessboard lines. Food very poor only one drink served prior to meal. Looking forward to CW on the return. Will use points for Qatar Airlines out of Mcr in future. Particularly when BA switch to “dynamic” pricing redemptions.

• PRF says:

  25 Jan25 January 23:06

  I have to say I remain a loyal BA fan. Not everything is perfect or to my liking but overall I think they are good. The new T5 Gold check in and security is amazing. I find all the sledging of BA on HFP a bit sad – including the sarky headline for this article!!!

  • Rob says:

    26 Jan26 January 08:25

    Flown BA economy recently?

    There is a BA internal video of Troy Warfield (now gone) discussing how he made a kid cry when he tried being cabin crew for the day because he had to enforce the ‘only one fun size Mars Bar per person or we are turning this plane around’ rule. He wasn’t sad about it, by the way.

    I would note that the editor of Business Traveller congratulated me on the headline yesterday as a good piece of writing.

    I would suggest that a quick run through Qatar Business, Emirates Business and Etihad Business (or even Aer Lingus or Iberia Business staying within IAG) may reset your expectations. And Norwegian Premium blows WTP – and Virgin PE – out of the water.

  • Chris L says:

    26 Jan26 January 11:33

    I’m sure HFP see it as part of their mission to hold BA management to account on some of the decisions they make – both to praise the positive and slate the negative. They have a platform to do this because BA know that many of the readers are frequent flyers who spend a lot of money with them. If we just sit back and let them take the flower out of the first class toilet without making them think twice we are doing ourselves a disservice and we are doing them a disservice.

    I want our national carrier to be the best in the world
    – it’s good for our economy and good for me as I use them. BA are at the top of the tree when it comes to safety but their service has stagnated while others have raced ahead. BA used to be the innovators, but now they are playing catch up. Let’s help them be a great airline again!

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