Had the opportunity to travel on a BA 737-400 the other day in Club Europe. The plane had wind out seats in a 2-2 configuration, but a weird one. The left side had the middle seat wound right in like on a QF 400, but the right side just had the standard three seats with the arm rests wound out into the aisle a bit - lopsided. I was in 1 D and found the seat so uncomfortable that I asked to move to 2A (1A does not exist due to a coat cupboard). The Purser let me move. Unfortunately he let me move into someone else's seat and then asked me to move into row 3, even smaller. I asked for my original seat back, and he told me that it was his mistake but unfortunately he had already invited someone else to sit in my original booking so I couldn't have it. Unusual since I had paid cash for my ticket and was in possession of a numbered boarding pass. The Purser was some mid twenties Scottish jerk who later started telling me about his ideas for Scottish independence (with which I disagree) and his other socialist political views, unsolicited.
The food was rubbish, the glassware chipped, paper napkins, coughpy cutlery and crockery, horrible little trays, mean service, no IFE or even radio, and a plane that was older than any I have ever been on. I was not addressed by name or even politely, and the crew were like school children manning a Jet2 flight to Ibiza.
However, there were some good points. The pictures in the business class cabin are hilarious, like flying in a 1980s hotel lobby. The Champagne is Pommery and is in abundance. And a woman who came through the curtain to use the front toilet was immediately sent away.
The worst domestic J flight I have ever had was at least twice as good as this BA offering. I am not a snob, it's just that when I pay for something I expect to get value for money.
The food was rubbish, the glassware chipped, paper napkins, coughpy cutlery and crockery, horrible little trays, mean service, no IFE or even radio, and a plane that was older than any I have ever been on. I was not addressed by name or even politely, and the crew were like school children manning a Jet2 flight to Ibiza.
However, there were some good points. The pictures in the business class cabin are hilarious, like flying in a 1980s hotel lobby. The Champagne is Pommery and is in abundance. And a woman who came through the curtain to use the front toilet was immediately sent away.
The worst domestic J flight I have ever had was at least twice as good as this BA offering. I am not a snob, it's just that when I pay for something I expect to get value for money.
