Just returned from Malta, a country with around one case a day, 14 day average of 9/100,000. To a country with 10,000 cases a day. I’m fully vaccinated but still have to take 3 tests and isolate for 10 days. Is it just me that feels the world has gone mad?
#amberlist
Nice view of
@British_Airways
A380as we took off today. On the A350 aircraft which is currently my favourite aircraft to fly on. Used to be the B747 upper deck but sadly no more. What’s your favourite aircraft to fly on and why?
#AvGeek
Been a while since I’ve done the older B777 first class! Great crew this morning. I always think you tell within about 60 seconds how the flight will be. This is going to be a good one
@British_Airways
Well, I'm somewhere mid-Atlantic right now, having a great time on BA1 with a party atmosphere and great crew. I'm in esteemed company now with
@British_Airways
CEO Sean Doyle on board who has been passing around the cabin chatting to us.
#ba1
#backtogether
#britishairways
Almost all
@British_Airways
short haul flights from Heathrow cancelled until 12pm today due to IT outage. How many more times does it need to fail before BA fix their IT properly once & for all? All airlines have failures but rarely. Feels like constant issues with BA recently.
So the UK has 11k Delta variant cases a day but it's fine for 60k vaccinated/tested fans to attend Euro 2020? But if I visit an amber list country with 1 case a day, no Delta variant, I need 3 tests & 10 days isolation?
Bravo
@british_airways
for a great lounge experience this morning. To be honest it’s probably better than it was before. You order the food on your phone and have it brought to your table.
#luxurytravel
#airportlounge
So after the WHO says their have been no none deaths from Omicron, two countries reduce travel restrictions while the UK introduces pre departure testing from Tuesday (after saying they wouldn’t) as well as isolating until day 2 PCR tests. I give up.
@grantshapps
I’m SHOCKED at my
@airfrance
flight from Dubai today. Had heard mixed reviews. But it was amazing. Such a wonderful crew. The champagne service, the food (including Foie gras and crab), the wines. Also liked the seat too on this B777-200.
#luxurytravel
I literally have no idea why anyone would vote the BA app the best travel app unless they’ve never used it. Or never used any other app. Works maybe 50% of the time. Prior to a couple of weeks ago it was more like 20%.
Now we have TV doctor
@DrHilaryJones
saying we shouldn’t go abroad due to sharing air on planes & crowded airports. In that case we shouldn’t use buses, tubes or trains either. Aircraft replace air every 2-3 minutes with HEPA filtered air. What other public transport does that?
Sad to see travel shaming is rearing it’s head again. The pandemic has turned everyone into opposing camps. Life is not black and white. Also for those that are anti travel, why do they follow travel websites? 🤔
Welcome aboard this B777-300ER to New York JFK with
@AmericanAir
Off on a press trip to see the official unveiling of the new AA and
@British_Airways
JFK T8 check in and lounges. Follow along for the unveiling tomorrow.
#LuxuryTravel
Part of the issue at Manchester is the ridiculous number of secondary screenings of luggage. I’ve never seen any other airport as bad for it. I’d love to know what criteria they are using versus Heathrow where I very rarely if ever get secondary screening.
Wow
@lufthansa
. Totally unacceptable. You are telling a deaf customer to keep trying to use the phone? Is their hearing going to suddenly come back?!
@British_Airways
has Twitter, BSL Video Relay Service with SignLive, Minicom and an email address for deaf customers.
An impressive flight with
@Finnair
so far. Lovely crew and received a message via the inflight entertainment screen that my connecting flight will wait. This is the way all airlines should handle it!
Update they
@HeathrowAirport
@British_Airways
have now announced pretty much that no more flights will get an luggage today. All told to go home and claim. Fine if you are going home which I’m not. No apology at all. Disgusted.
Track & trace call day 2. Ask all same questions as yesterday. Have I booked test to release? Funnily enough the answer is the same as yesterday. Having booked it I’m not going to unbook it. They have to ask you everyday!! Honestly this is such a waste of public money.
#amberlist
Well I have to say
@British_Airways
is back when it comes to first (Shame about Club). Service super friendly, food excellent, a GGL welcome and some great wine. Can’t ask for more. BA193 to Dallas.
#luxurytravel
Great to be back on
@British_Airways
enjoying the afternoon tea. The scones may be wrapped individually but they taste the same and were warm and fluffy. Glad I missed the blustery weather this evening at
@HeathrowAirport
So good to see that
@manairport
isn’t in danger of loosing its award of “UK’s most unpleasant security experience” today. Massive queues, almost all bags having second screening, different rules to Heathrow on electrical items. 🙄🙄
Good to be back using the pods at
@HeathrowAirport
. Feels like travel is definitely getting back to normal. Ready for BA1 tomorrow morning.
#luxurytravel
.
First time on
@KLM
long haul and have a nice b787-10. So far pretty impressive. Boarding well organised. Friendly crew and good lounge. Love the glasses for the champagne 😍
Another pleasant surprise
@HeathrowAirport
with
@British_Airways
. Arrived almost on time. No delays to get off. No queues for immigration. Short wait and both bags turned up. Even got a GGL welcome onboard for the first time in nearly a year!
Amazing colours on
@VirginAtlantic
B787 mood lighting in Upper Class. Loved the mattress topper which was really thick and padded. Had a lovely sleep! 😴
#LuxuryTravel
Time to fly
@British_Airways
First class Avios redemption. Only my second time in the new First suite. Love all the different storage areas although I still love the A380 wardrobe the most.
#luxurytravel
The sun rises on a new chapter for
@virginatlantic
with their new A330neo “Billie Holliday”. It’s also a new destination for Virgin as we fly to Tampa.
Now 48 hours since I was told
@British_Airways
would not deliver my luggage to the baggage hall along with 25 other flights. Still says they are “looking for it”. Funny as I can see it’s been moved in T5 this morning then just been sitting there. So frustrating.
#noluggage
Apparently a 7 hour queue
@HeathrowAirport
T5 for immigration yesterday. This has to stop. It’s a disgrace. If you are trying to keep the country safe why would you cram people from all over the world into a massive queue for 7 hours?
@UKBorder
Short flight with
@British_Airways
but my faith in humanity is restored. My neighbour in 1D was a real gent. When we landed he notice I had had to put my bag in row 5 and he organised for the passengers to pass it over in crowd surfing fashion. 😍🥰
#actofkindness
#avgeek
For those that complain about Club Europe on BA, they should try
@SAS
Plus. I knew there was no meal. On my 1 hour flight they announced flight was too short to offer proper service. Yet in the same time BA would offer a full meal plus a couple of drinks. Here is what I got:
Home for the next 12 and a half hours! Strong head winds today with
@Finnair
. Departing late so feeling quite anxious about my connection. Hoping Finnair hold it or I’ll be stranded in Helsinki for at least 2 days with the general strike. Keep your fingers crossed for me.
Totally agree. BA has today removed the option to switch back to the old design. The new Manage my Booking is totally unusable. Can't find how to do basic things - you can't actually manage anything with it. All that will happen is more work for call centres. Your frequent flyers
First day of new
@British_Airways
Club Europe catering. Although the continental breakfast hadn’t changed much, everyone that had the other options were raving about them. My strawberries were delicious!
#LuxuryTravel
Let’s hope they improve Club World soon.
BREAKING: PM hopes to make announcement on foreign travel by 5 April, a week ahead of schedule. I hope so. All the speculation and rumours is killing the travel industry. And people's hope.....
What a stunning day in
#Jersey
for lunch by the beach. I think Jersey is really underrated as a destination. Sunshine, gorgeous beaches and amazing fresh seafood 🦞 What’s not to love?
Is it just me that sits at the gate watching multiple people trying to board from group 5 when they haven’t even started yet which is very obvious from the people waiting and the signs, and wonders how they actually manage to leave their house in the morning ? 🤨
Controversial thought of the day. Is it just me who hates travel influencers that just post videos of themselves prancing around barely dressed somewhere that you can barely see in the background. I just don’t get it. I want to see the destination not the influencer. Thoughts?
Just had an air-gasm! The feeling of relief when you take the mask off after nearly 14 hours in it! Totally worth it now - off for a dip. This is how you quarantine Barbados style!
#barbados
@bookbarbados
First time experiencing
@British_Airways
@AmericanAir
First check in at JFK since the press opening. Very easy and quick and it looks beautiful. But the agents were not exactly welcoming sadly!
Make your own burger station in
@British_Airways
galleries first T5 today. I quite like the idea if you just want something quick to eat. What do you think? (The first lounge is for gold card holders rather than actual first class passengers).
#PaxEx
@HeathrowAirport