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Advantages: Reasonable levels of service
Disadvantages: Cost and timekeeping

British Airways is the World's Favourite Airline? How can they get away with this claim? Surely this is marketing hype in the extreme. Maybe its favourite airline not to travel on, favourite airline to slag off, favourite airline to arrive late, favourite airline for masochists who enjoy being extorted...... I really resent British Airways unfair position. They have a monopoly on a lot of routes and they extort money from passengers. Take ... Read review

Advantages: If you book early enough, you can get a really good price
Disadvantages: If you get cheap tickets, they will never upgrade you

...to Dallas Fort-Worth, Texas, on British Airways. I booked my ticket just after Christmas, so about 4 months prior to travel, and i got a really good deal. As I was staying with relatives, there wasn't any need for me to book any hotels or cars through BA. The online booking was really easy. Just fill in the boxes and they email you with your e-ticket, debit your card and then you're all ready to travel. Make sure you print off your e-ticket, and don't ... Read review

Advantages: Friendly staff, comfy seats and good entertainment
Disadvantages: Veggie food

...this time I flew with British Airways. Having had bad experiences with other airlines, I was interested to see how they compared. British Airways has a large fleet of aircraft, including Boeing 737-777's, Airbus A319 and A320 and the Concorde. They fly to over 200 destinations worldwide, but are also part of One World, which includes Aer Lingus, American Airlines, Quantas and Iberia. As part of One World, they can now fly to 570 destinations worldwide. Our ... Read review

Advantages: Nice redheads
Disadvantages: Didnt fancy me at all

...flying with and I replied British Airways to which he said"You are lucky you will be the first out of here,they are the best airline in the world"and he was right we were the first out. BRITISH AIRWAYS..THE FLIGHT.. ------------------------------ We had won a trip to New York and went to London by a B.A shuttle from Belfast.The plane we boarded at London was a British Airways jumbo jet and we were seated at the top of the plane right up ... Read review

Advantages: Improved Aircraft
Disadvantages: a little cramped but no worse than other economy seats

...of the day was a British Airways Express flight from leeds/Bradford to Gatwick which we purchased at a special price of £19 return which was absolutely excellent for BA.. the flight from Leeds Bradford was in an ATR42 twin prop and the food and service on board was fabulous, we though if this is the standard then its going to be better than Virgin Atlantic( whom we normally fly with )....sadly how wrong we were going to be on this thought.. when ... Read review

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...Lufthansa, KLM, Monarch, Air 2000, British Midland… the list is endless (well sort of), and I can’t compare them all (except to say that British Midland are terrible, and I will never, ever fly with them again), but none come close in my opinion. For my needs, as a frequent, fussy, non-business traveller, British Airways win hands down. Do you want to know the story of what happened when I flew home from Italy? Do you? Do you really? ... Read review

Advantages: Online Check-in, Staff very good
Disadvantages: I tried but I could not really see any

...job this time. For some reason British Airways (BA) came to mind and so when I was looking for the flights I went straight to their web-site. I got a reasonable price and checked it out with the disgraced budget carrier. Imagine my surprise when it turned up cheaper. Yes, not pennies but nearly £50 cheaper. I tried the other carriers that went to the same destination and they were around £100 to £150 more expensive. So dropping my earlier pledge ... Read review

Advantages: Ummmmmmmmmmmm I survived??
Disadvantages: See op, way too many to list here

...by the time we reached British Air space. ~ In-flight Entertainment ~ Now this on the surface at least looked promising. Each seat had its own personal television screen inserted into the back of the seat in front. Headsets were given out free of charge and did seem to be fairly well insulated; in other words you couldn’t hear what your neighbour was listening to. That’s unfortunately where the good times ended. The movie selection was pretty ... Read review

Advantages: Fantastic way to travel
Disadvantages: None

CONCORDE – THE EPITOMY OF ELEGANCE The recent news that Concorde has been flight-tested with a view to resuming normal service, after the terrible disaster in Paris last year, was eagerly welcomed by the many aviation followers and admirers of this beautiful aircraft. My wife and I were fortunate enough in 1993 to book a flight, albeit a short one, on Concorde when it visited Humberside Airport (the old WW2 RAF station of Kirmington). ... Read review

Advantages: ?
Disadvantages: The Service, flies from Heathrow Terminal 1, the bread, no newspapers

Until quite recently I flew weekly from London to Copenhagen, and back. At first, as a patriotic Brit, I wanted to use BA. Then I realised it offered me nothing. SAS is much better... (All these comments relate to trips to and from Copenhagen). First as a holder of discounted economy tickets I would get precisely NO air miles/executive member points even flying every week - discounted tickets don't count for this on BA. SAS (Skandinavian Airlines) ... Read review

Advantages: Everything
Disadvantages: Nothing, well, maybe the price!

After getting a rather large bonus, my boyfriend decided he was taking me away..........to New York!!! --Booking-- Booking is extremely simple. The best way to book is through www.ba.com . BA have a very simple website, the prices which are shown include VAT and taxes and charges so are easier to compare than some other airlines. BA also give the prices of flights 3 days either side of the one you requested which is fab if you arent fussy in ... Read review

Advantages: generally good service
Disadvantages: little things could be better

...my first ever flight with British Airways recently on their Birmingham/Amsterdam service. My partner Jayne and I had arranged a short break holiday in Amsterdam with Cresta holidays and BA were the airline used. As I don't fly for work (I should be so lucky), all my previous flights have been with charter airlines such as Air2000. Jayne and I arrived early (4.45 am) at the BA check-ins at Birmingham's Eurohub. The first thing we learned is that ... Read review