British Airways

[LBA4EVER]

No better time to start building a new terminal with all them jobs when 1/ 5th of the economy has gone!

 

[Jerry]

Unrelated, but I wouldnt be surprised if the goverment abolished APD post Covid + Brexit

I'd be surprised if they did. They'll need all the money they can get and they don't seem to be that interested in helping the aviation industry.

 

[Aviador]

They would argue we are stuck in a pre covid bubble, but we could argue the same. So many people objecting to any airport expansion at a time when the economy is on its arse. Just what exactly do these people do for a living to earn money.

 

[paully]

Extinction Rebellion won't like it. They won't want anything that helps aviation recover. They are loving seeing it decimated.

Personally I`d like to see ER decimated. Most of its supporters are too stupid to know how to tie their show laces unaided

 

[airforced]

They would argue we are stuck in a pre covid bubble, but we could argue the same. So many people objecting to any airport expansion at a time when the economy is on its arse. Just what exactly do these people do for a living to earn money.

Mostly either srounge or study at Uni.

 

[Sherburnflyer92]

They would argue we are stuck in a pre covid bubble, but we could argue the same. So many people objecting to any airport expansion at a time when the economy is on its arse. Just what exactly do these people do for a living to earn money.

As long as we live in a Carbon Free/Carbon Netural world - who gives a f about peoples jobs, the economy, the money made by the Government to pay for NHS, Schools and the list goes on from aviation etc. That is all they care about. Forget about the rest. Idiots.

 

[Len Fish]

Certain pressure groups are lobbying for the economy to be kick started post COVID by green initiatives. One suggestion is that instead of investing in much needed infrastructure and road repairs the Government should instead concentrate its efforts on house insulation. Seems like they left the asylum door unlocked yet again.

 

[XEROX]

Certain pressure groups are lobbying for the economy to be kick started post COVID by green initiatives. One suggestion is that instead of investing in much needed infrastructure and road repairs the Government should instead concentrate its efforts on house insulation. Seems like they left the asylum door unlocked yet again.

Another angle to look at.....how much money will the treasury lose by going green? There's a time and place for this, but not when the economy is taking the worst hit since the last 300 years.

As an example.....

electric cars poses a big financial problem for the government – because every time a driver switches from a petrol or diesel car to an electric vehicle, the government loses 59.9p per litre in fuel tax at every fill-up. That's about a £30 Billion hit each year!!

 

[lbaspotter]

Well the British Airways London Heathrow - Leeds/Bradford route suspension didn't go down with this reader well. Oh also see the letter underneath by yours truly which was also published online and in newspaper print.

Regret as British Airways pulls out of Leeds Bradford Airport – Yorkshire Post Letters

From: David Spenley, Leeds.

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk

 

[dan9999]

They screwed be over I was surpose to use it in December to connect to my flight from Heathrow so they changed me to Manchester no compensation for my travel to Manchester there a joke of an airline

 

[LBA787]

They screwed be over I was surpose to use it in December to connect to my flight from Heathrow so they changed me to Manchester no compensation for my travel to Manchester there a joke of an airline

Reading between the lines they’re screwing over most if not all of their entire workforce, I don’t think they care about the passengers affected at LBA or any other.

BA is extremely profitable but to me is a total wreck of a national airline....

 

[KARFA]

Seems to be fine when I search.

The direct BA option LGW-MCO for those dates is £29.6k in total.

If you want to go on EI you may be better off pricing it on the EI - BA will only offer BA codeshares which will have different (and possibly more limited) far class availability.

There also seem to be some much cheaper fares from MAN on VS (£21.1k) although it looks like it would not be direct on the return for that date and you would have to connect in the US somewhere.

 

[JENNYJET]

Enough to make one weep, these birds served us only to be obliterated. Could not anyone have purchased or leased one for preservation at some airfield or leisure park and repurposed them as a point of revenue or educational tool? Conversion to a B&B or eatery or observation platform at an airport unwilling to provide infrastructure for enthusiasts?

Watching Plane Reclaimers was painful last night , one wonders how much was recovered in cash terms for the owners of the aircraft?

 

[LBA4EVER]

Enough to make one weep, these birds served us only to be obliterated. Could not anyone have purchased or leased one for preservation at some airfield or leisure park and repurposed them as a point of revenue or educational tool? Conversion to a B&B or eatery or observation platform at an airport unwilling to provide infrastructure for enthusiasts?

Watching Plane Reclaimers was painful last night , one wonders how much was recovered in cash terms for the owners of the aircraft?

Have a mate who is a train spotter and we have discussed this a number of times. On a large plot of land with a large customer base use a train carriage as a bar and a widebody aircraft as the main club. A B747 would be ideal with mass space inside and the VIP area could be upstairs, the aircraft would be in one piece so all wings,tail,wheels etc would be there to give a great effect and a fancy club design on the fuselage. My mate wants to use a class153 train as the bar as im told these are gradually going out of service. Anyway I will keep dreaming!

 

[Seasider]

I used to buy AVIOS points with my Tesco clubcard vouchers (good value), no point anymore.

 

[XEROX]

I used to buy AVIOS points with my Tesco clubcard vouchers (good value), no point anymore.

The minefield that is airmiles. There's still online market places that sell upto 100,000 miles for considerably lot less. A bit of a grey area.

 

[Seasider]

Haven't they just signed a deal Amex that nets the IAG several million pounds to use the system as part of the Amex rewards.

 

[rollo]

A little matter of $955 million or £750 million over the next few years that will help keep the wolf from the door.

 

[KARFA]

The Amex deal is just a renewal of the existing deal.

There's still online market places that sell upto 100,000 miles for considerably lot less. A bit of a grey area.

Not really grey area, it is explicitly against the terms and conditions of the exec club to sell avios.

 

[XEROX]

The Amex deal is just a renewal of the existing deal.



Not really grey area, it is explicitly against the terms and conditions of the exec club to sell avios.

It maybe so, but how many people have been cought out? I know someone who bought 300,000 Emirates airmiles for a very low price. If its against T&Cs then why do companies like ebay host such items?

In this person's instance when it was transfered to his account, it was deposited via a merchant chase acc that I'm guessing deals with EK miles.