British Airways launches First Class flight deals for autumn

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• Andrew says:

  2 May2 May 11:45

  There is a core of First travel that is for the few remaining contracts that permit/require it for business travel, for the segment of public figures/celebs that particularly need the privacy, or those where their net worth, at least flying commercial, means book the highest available cabin.

  Even on short flights like the East Coast those groups will continue with BA’s poor but often very reasonably priced offering.

  • Kraut says:

    2 May2 May 16:26

    Would love to know how senior you’d have to be at a company to be able to book First Class

    • Throwawayname says:

      2 May2 May 17:57

      Not all organisations have rigid rules in place. For example, where I work there’s limited need for international travel, and virtually nothing outside Europe, but we don’t have restrictions on class of travel, let alone seniority-based ones. There’s only an expectation to be sensible and to obtain approval in advance from the line manager over a certain amount of trip cost. The policy actively encourages staff to look for value for money – e.g. in getting a First Advance train ticket instead of an Anytime second class one.

    • PH says:

      2 May2 May 20:19

      I’ve worked for a company where the c-suite who were also Board members could fly First where available, believe it was just the CEO and General Counsel…not sure why this was mentioned in the global policy for all employees

      In other (flashier?) industries like entertainment some execs (apparently) negotiate this in their contracts

    • WiseEye says:

      2 May2 May 21:25

      At a global top tier bank, the top 150 execs globally flew in First. As the CEO of a medium sized organisation, with operations in 50 countries, I would normally pay for First and expense Business if difference was £1K or less. On BA to the US, it always was less than £1K.

• Badger says:

  2 May2 May 14:51

  Surely this is an offer without a home with the current state of tier points. I could easily have been persuaded last year, but now what’s the point?

  • Rob says:

    2 May2 May 15:27

    Some people do fly for reasons other than tier points, I believe 🙂

    Although I accept that only a person so motivated is likely to commit to such a transactions six to 11 months in advance.

  • Throwawayname says:

    2 May2 May 15:53

    A long-haul first class ticket is virtually certain to give you a large amount of tier points/status miles on any distance-based frequent flyer programme, and you can credit BA flights to a lot of those.

  • WiseEye says:

    2 May2 May 21:21

    I the same prices above, I absolutely would book First. The extra space, the more attentive service, the better champagne and wine would make it worthwhile. For the same reason I will generally still fly CE.

• PH says:

  2 May2 May 14:52

  I flew KLM business class long haul recently on the 787-10 and was genuinely surprised by how much better it was than BA. Two small examples: with the pre-departure beverages they brought round a tray with champagne, orange juice, water, a mocktail and beer…these days BA doesn’t even put water on the tray. Two, they served a proper second meal on an 8h flight.
  That said, KLM might use older equipment on Barbados with 2-2-2 config

  • PH says:

    2 May2 May 14:53

    Ah, no if it’s 787-9 per article that is reverse herringbone 1-2-1

  • RC says:

    3 May3 May 11:32

    Hard to be older than BA’s Jurassic 777s.
    Or risk the 25 years ancient club seats on the 787-9s, most 787-8s, all the A380s, 2 Heathrow 777s and all the Gatwick fleet.

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