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British Airways cabin crew member Amy Hart will appear on Love Island

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There is a British Airways cabin crew member on Love Island ….

We are probably barking up the wrong tree here in terms of what appeals to the HfP readership, but if you tune into Love Island on ITV next week you will see a Gatwick-based British Airways Customer Service Manager featured.

(EDIT: it seems that she may have left BA to do this, although Love Island talks about her crew role in the present tense.)

British Airways Amy Hart Love Island

26 year old Amy Hart, pictured below, is one of the new contestants trying to find love for the next two months.  You are more likely to recognise her from the photo below than the one above.

Given the shenanigans that happen on Love Island I’m sure the British Airways PR team are keen to keep this quiet, although they may be fighting a losing battle.  Amy has already told the tabloids about accompanying Piers Morgan on a flight and her Instagram feed includes a link to her agent ….

If you’re desperate to keep up (and I know you are) Love Island starts Monday at 9pm on ITV.


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Comments (158)

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  • Sam G says:

    @ Rhys. You’d be surprised. I know of at least three readers of this site who are avid fans!! I won’t out/shame them here 😉

    Luckily I am currently not living in the UK so I am spared the ordeal…..

  • Sorin says:

    Super minor feedback – would be worth mentioning she’s now left BA according to her last Instagram post in uniform.

    • Rob says:

      She is still listed as airline cabin crew on the Love Island PR …

      • Chrisasaurus says:

        Much as a plumber is still a plumber between jobs, it’s fair to call her airline crew still, though not *BA* crew if that part is correct

        • John says:

          Doctor Alex didn’t do any doctoring during his LI stint…. I only know about him because my friend was his boss.

  • Paul says:

    Rob think there is a typo for Melbourne fare from Germany .. otherwise €1399 is an absolute bargain

  • GS says:

    EUR1399 to Melbourne would be too good to be true! (It’s EUR2499 unfortunately).

  • TripRep says:

    Give the tragic deaths of former contestants and current zeitgeist against similar exploitative programmes, I’m surprised it’s still running. Hopefully they have improved their support for mental health.

  • Marcw says:

    Changes coming in Priority Pass memerbeshiop issued by Amex Platinum?

    • Go says:

      ?

    • PF says:

      ?

    • Go says:

      End of restaurant use? Comments on flyertalk.

    • JM says:

      So far that just looks like it’s just the US program. Nothing reported in UK yet. And it sounds like it’s just cutting non lounge spend, so PP restaurant partners.

    • Johnny5a says:

      Tell more rather than make statement like this…

      I think it might be this “Priority Pass memberships will no longer offer a credit at Priority Pass restaurants.” That is HK cards and soon USA cards from 1 August 2019

      • Prins Polo says:

        I believe in the US this only relates to PP cards issued in conjunction with Amex, not other providers (eg Chase). It also seems that the restaurant credit is very widely offered ($28 per person), and in the UK I’m only aware of Grain Store at LGW. There are some good stories on VFTW, eg the Chase PP cards didn’t have a limit on the number of guests until recently and someone invited 35 guests into a lounge…

        • Rob says:

          I was in a group of 15 guested into a PP lounge on a Chase card once. We stayed 10 mins as plane was boarding. Very easy £200 for the lounge!

    • pixielott46 says:

      ?

    • Travel Strong says:

      This would be a big change at some terminals, and for some restaurants.
      At the Southwest terminal (T1) at LAX the PP restaurant is the only choice – there is no lounge. The other week there was a wait to be seated, and it appeared that every person was using PP credit! T1 does have a restroom for dog’s though.

  • Alan C says:

    Please don’t lower the standard of your prestigious site – which is ostensibly serving the ‘upper-class’ – with stuff that belongs in tabloids!
    You’re doing a great job! Please do not deviate from your own ‘mission statement’.

    • Ben W. says:

      Couldn’t agree with you more!
      HFP please take note!

    • Jordan D says:

      Clearly, it’s half term, it’s a quiet week clearly, and there’s a few filler items thrown in. Not that much an issue, really, come on!

  • BS says:

    Urgh.

    This is headforpoints. Not headforcabincrew.

    • LB says:

      “Upper Class”…If you go to work, you’re not Upper Class!

      • TripRep says:

        Someone should tell Jacob Rees Mogg

        • Chrisasaurus says:

          Broadly I’d say its best we all ignore him in the hope he goes away…

        • Hmmm says:

          My grandfather used to say that if you have to work for your living then you are working class by default.

      • Mr Entitled says:

        If you identify yourself as Upper Class you are clearly not Upper Class. All this new money does lead to a lot of ordinaries having ideas above their station. Now, I see a rambler over on my west lawn, where is my elephant gun?

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