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• Tom says:

  8 Nov8 November 04:17

  Erk..pressreader. Does this spell the end of free newspapers?!

  • HAM76 says:

    8 Nov8 November 06:03

    That’s what happened with Lufthansa… One or three free downloads depending on the ticket and newspapers only available in a few places outside of lounges. The same happened in my IHG hotels. IC Berlin has unlimited downloads, but no physical newspaper anymore.

  • Andrew says:

    8 Nov8 November 09:09

    At Edinburgh Airport, out towards gate 20, there is still a broad range of free newspapers in the departures area. Scotsman, Times, Super Soaraway Sun and others as well as a selection of content-light free magazines.

    I usually walk along to kill time and grab a Scotsman.

    I’m not sure who pays for them or why they are there. The WH Smith opposite sells them!

    • Nigel the Pensioner says:

      8 Nov8 November 11:40

      ………kill time and grab a Scotsman. Remind me not to wear a kilt next time I’m at EDI !!!

    • Lady London says:

      8 Nov8 November 21:14

      Gatwick has surprised me by having some nice freebie newspapers on the way to the departure gates. The Sun, The Times, Evening Standard, Metro (I think!) plus a few other niche things, seems best selection in the middle of the day.

      It’s come to something when the newspapers on the way to the gates available for everyone, are better than the selection has sometimes been in BA lounges!

• ChrisC says:

  8 Nov8 November 04:27

  I’m sure someone will complain that they can’t find Serbian Mountain Walkers, Lake Swimmers and Accordian players Monthly in the download list and that once again shows how far BA has fallen and they’ll never fly BA ever ever again.

  • Peter K says:

    8 Nov8 November 10:49

    I love reading SMWLSAAP! I didn’t know it had any other readers in the UK ????

    • ChrisC says:

      8 Nov8 November 18:51

      It’s not the same since they replaced the editor.

      There is now far too much attention to the accordion for my taste.

• Sam Wardill says:

  8 Nov8 November 05:06

  Qantas offered Pressreader for 6 months last year then abandoned it. It was a shame. Much easier to read on a plane than a newspaper (and much more variety). Less weight too

  • Jon says:

    8 Nov8 November 13:27

    Agreed. Tried it there and thought it was great. Much better than the Aussie tabloids on offer, or a 3-day old copy of a UK broadsheet.

  • Alan says:

    8 Nov8 November 13:27

    Agree, really enjoyed having access to it on all my internal Avios-booked QF flights!

• BJ says:

  8 Nov8 November 05:49

  $1,600 / £614!

  • Mike says:

    8 Nov8 November 07:18

    oh that will be the Intern ……oh wait they don’t start until Monday…….

• SG says:

  8 Nov8 November 06:32

  Read some people have done quite well with 29 ways Marriot online game!50 points or an entry almost every other day here!
  Let’s wait and see when the points will be posted!!

  • Mike says:

    8 Nov8 November 07:19

    Thanks Rob without you / HFP I would not have known about the 29 ways Marriot online game. Of course without HFP i would not have known about many things that have made my life better

    • Genghis says:

      8 Nov8 November 07:44

      Last day today. 29/29 Sheraton

      • Nigel the Pensioner says:

        8 Nov8 November 11:45

        Yes…..hard to believe there are more Sheratons worldwide than Marriotts – even excluding JW’s and other derivatives with the word Marriott in them!

    • Anthony says:

      8 Nov8 November 07:51

      +1

  • Lumma says:

    8 Nov8 November 09:20

    Ended up with 4100 points in total from the promotion, two 50, two 500, one 1000 and one 2000. The rest were either prize draw entries or I forgot

  • Andrew says:

    8 Nov8 November 09:39

    I think I’ve totted up about 5000+ points altogether – Played about 21 days out of 29.

    Looking at the days I played, it’s clear that HfP is part of my weekday morning routine as it’s mostly Saturday and Sundays that are missing.

  • KevMc says:

    8 Nov8 November 09:52

    I haven’t totted them all up exactly, but I think I won about 2,000, and Mrs Mc about 5,000, so it has been a decent promotion for us.

    • Robman says:

      8 Nov8 November 13:00

      You all must be very lucky so well done. I played probably 20 days for my wife and I but only got 50 points or an additional entry every day.

• IslandDweller says:

  8 Nov8 November 06:43

  What isn’t immediately obvious…. You won’t find press reader on the BA Web site.
  To gain access, you need to follow a link in your “get ready to fly” email, the one that they send as check in opens.

• Mr(s) Entitled says:

  8 Nov8 November 06:46

  I’ve used Pressreader previously and have never been able to find the excellent Serbian Mountain Walkers, Lake Swimmers and Accordian players Monthly. This is yet another example of BA devaluing my experience and points to further erosion of this once great flag carrier. I am so dissalussioned that I will state now that I will never fly them again whilst I continue to regularly give them my money and fly them again.

  • Genghis says:

    8 Nov8 November 07:07

    🙂 in all seriousness though, and I don’t know if it’s now a reflection on what I’ve become, but I can’t remember the last I picked up a physical newspaper. I have a free FT sub through work and get all other news via free outlets through my iDevices. Even when I decline papers at hotels they then appear and go unread.

    • Mr(s) Entitled says:

      8 Nov8 November 07:43

      Same. I havent bought or used a hard copy for years.

      • Lumma says:

        8 Nov8 November 09:22

        I’ve never understood why the free Metro/Evening Standard papers are still in existence. Massive waste of paper and transportation costs in this digital age

      • RussellH says:

        8 Nov8 November 12:33

        And I have never read a digital version of anything where there is a real, paper version available. I have tried to read short stories on my partner’s Kindle, but I lose interest after a couple of pages. And I find tablets nearly unusable.
        The only digital thing I read regularly is HfP. If the articles were available as pdfs I would probably print them out (on the back of scrap paper) and read them that way, except for the fact that the comments are at least as interesting as the articles (some of them, anyway!).

        As to why free sheets are still printed, it is simply a matter of seconds to pick up a copy, whether new from a stack or a copy that someone else has left on a bus or train. It must take much more conscious effort to download it. And I would guess that on average each copy will be looked at by 4 or 6 different readers. A downloaded copy is probably looked at by just the downloader. Further, if there is a single article or advert that you want to keep you just tear it out. You cannot do that with anything like as easily with a digital document.

      • Genghis says:

        8 Nov8 November 12:37

        @RussellH Print screen? At least that’s how I save interesting things before doing something about it (e.g. adding to holiday spreadsheet etc).

    • Tom says:

      8 Nov8 November 09:24

      I always read digitally too, but reading a newspaper on a plane is one of the last remaining non-digital pleasures!

      • Rob says:

        8 Nov8 November 09:31

        Agreed

      • Chris says:

        8 Nov8 November 13:23

        Or over a hotel breakfast on the mornings you have the luxury to spend a while.

        I otherwise have to read the comments on here ,:-)

    • Simon says:

      8 Nov8 November 09:27

      Sunday Times delivered to my house every week. Cant imagine cancelling it. I dont want to spend hours staring at a screen to read it. (Beyond the 60 hours a week I already do).

      • Kipto says:

        8 Nov8 November 10:06

        +1

      • Lady London says:

        8 Nov8 November 21:22

        +1 I see enough screens all day with my work. Need to switch off sometime and look at paper or a real book.

        Having said that I’ll probably spring for the new Kindle…. it save so much weight of books flying.

• Shoestring says:

  8 Nov8 November 06:47

  You can give http://library.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.aspx a free trial right now if you wish. It is ‘by’ Pressreader so presumably similar to the BA version. I’ve never tried downloading anything so not sure if that is an option. To get in, use your library card number or try a random one along the lines 800158741.

  • Shoestring says:

    8 Nov8 November 16:35

    Can confirm it has The Beano & Viz for free

  • Lady London says:

    8 Nov8 November 21:25

    Thanks H,

    no time right now. will hope the link you kindly give will work when I get to it.

    Wasn’t there something else libraries are also offering now for digital downloads?

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