terbear1225
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anyone have experience with british airways? flying with them THursday and wondering what to expect.
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anyone have experience with british airways? flying with them THursday and wondering what to expect.
awpitt
Main Streeter
We fly them every year when we do our Atlantis trips. Fly the same flight each year. Has always been on time. Have had no issues with customer service. If you found a cheap flight than go for it.
Chasey_Lane
Salt Life
Do you fly out of DCA or BWI? The flight is out of DCA which I'm nervous about (just a phobia I have), but I know it'll be fine. I haven't flown out of that airport in ages, so I don't even remember what it's like.
Beta84
They're out to get us
It's been ~6 years since I flew with them, but I had a pleasant experience. I enjoyed my flights, at least compared to the domestic crap. I believe their one drawback was food. Don't expect anything edible.
DCA isn't so bad. The only issue I have is trying to get there during rush hour.
itsbob
I bowl overhand
Well, Delta did it for me again.
From BWI to SLC, overnight, then off again to SAN the following day. Return trip SAN-SLC to BWI same day.
Free upgrade to 1st class for every leg, along with free food and drink. Priority check-in, priority security, bags were the first ones out at every stop.. They spoil me..
Flew out on SuperBowl Sunday, and had the seat back entertainment with Satellite TV but they don't carry FOX so missed the big game. Did get to watch the movie TOWN, and the sequel to Wall Street for free. Flight from SLC to San Diego was a smaller plane A319(?) and of course only a 1.5 hour flight.
The only complaint I had was the flight back from SAN to BWI the static on the headsets was so bad couldn't listen to it, and apparently it only affected me and the person sitting next to me. So I chillaxed with some Baileys instead..
AND I made it home in time to spend Valentine's with my sweetie..
San Diego was BEAUTIFUL. Perfect weather the entire week, and I forgot to pack shorts!!
From BWI to SLC, overnight, then off again to SAN the following day. Return trip SAN-SLC to BWI same day.
Free upgrade to 1st class for every leg, along with free food and drink. Priority check-in, priority security, bags were the first ones out at every stop.. They spoil me..
Flew out on SuperBowl Sunday, and had the seat back entertainment with Satellite TV but they don't carry FOX so missed the big game. Did get to watch the movie TOWN, and the sequel to Wall Street for free. Flight from SLC to San Diego was a smaller plane A319(?) and of course only a 1.5 hour flight.
The only complaint I had was the flight back from SAN to BWI the static on the headsets was so bad couldn't listen to it, and apparently it only affected me and the person sitting next to me. So I chillaxed with some Baileys instead..
AND I made it home in time to spend Valentine's with my sweetie..
San Diego was BEAUTIFUL. Perfect weather the entire week, and I forgot to pack shorts!!
Beta84
They're out to get us
awpitt
Main Streeter
We fly out of DCA. About a 50 min to an hour and ten minutes between the house and DCA. I used to have a phobia about DCA until they did the big expnsion around '98. Everything is close in together. Even the long term parking is about a two minute shuttle ride. If you're doing rentals, they're right next to the terminal. There's also a METRO station right there if you go that route. The nice thing is that everything is within walking distance protected from the weather. Except for getting to and from long term parking where you ride the shuttle but it's a short ride. Just one thing, don't time your flights so you have to travel to and from DCA during the rush. We've managed to time our flights away from the rush so it's always been a quicker ride. It's about 20-30 minutes quicker for us than when we fly out of BWI.