Originally Posted by
HamishMcBush
However now that BA seems keen on cutting costs and level of service (eg no food included on domestic and short-haul flights, pay to choose your seat and even then, no guarantee that you will actually get the seat you paid for) what is there left to distinguish it from many other carriers? What incentive is there to fly BA over any other airline any more?
It's not just that. I'm currently looking into booking flights for a group of people, work related travel. To get to the destination the options are Ryanair, Easyjet, BA and Cityjet (to another airport, actually closer to the destination). BA is likely to have a cabin crew strike during the dates the group needs to travel, and Cityjet only have 2 flights/week to that destination. So you end up looking at this from the "what's the least worst option" angle rather than "which airline do I enjoy flying with". What's going to piss off your co-workers the least, because there's no way they will not be pissed off.