British Airways

I just booked two roundtrip tickets from Chicago (ORD) to London (LHR) and was a bit shocked by the seat selection prices. BA wants over $100 per person per flight just to pick seats in advance. Since it’s roundtrip for two people, that would end up being around $400 just to sit...

Running into a stressful situation and hoping someone here has seen something like this before. My wife and I originally had a Lufthansa itinerary that got disrupted because of the strike. Lufthansa rebooked us onto a British Airways flight for the same route, departing in less...

I always see stories from people flying in the US where airlines offer hundreds or even thousands in travel credit if a flight is overbooked and they need volunteers. But I can’t remember ever hearing this happen on British Airways. Does BA actually do this? If so, how common is...

I’m flying London Heathrow → Madrid → Lima this Saturday and my connection at Madrid Barajas is only 1 hour 5 minutes, both in Terminal 4S. My arrival is 23:05, and the onward flight leaves at 00:10. It’s a BA/Iberia codeshare on the same ticket. Originally I had a 3-hour...

I booked a BA Holidays package to Abu Dhabi for late April, but the flights are actually operated by Qatar Airways via Doha. Since the regional conflict started, I’ve been waiting for BA to extend their disruption policy so I could cancel and get a refund. BA has now cancelled...

Just boarded BA48 from Seattle to London and was surprised by the Club World cabin layout. In the past this route had the usual CW setup, but this time it’s 7 seats across and the aisle seats have basically zero separation from people walking by. No divider, nothing. You’re...

SAN to LHR flight (about 10 hours) apparently had no business class meal service at all. Economy and premium economy still had their normal food. Passengers in business were sent a $30 voucher through an app called Swiipr to buy food at the airport before boarding. The issue was...

Flying BA15 from London to Sydney next week in Club World with the stop in Singapore. Flew this route years ago and if I remember right it was the same aircraft continuing on to Sydney. Curious if that’s still how they operate it now. If it is, is there usually enough time...

Currently booked in premium economy on a British Airways flight from Hong Kong to London and received an upgrade offer in the app. The upgrade to business class is priced at £882. The flight is still about six weeks away, so trying to decide whether that’s a good deal or if it...

Arrived at Heathrow Terminal 5 and realized a landing card for the destination country wasn’t printed. Looking for a place in the terminal to print a document from a USB. Access is available to most lounges in Terminal 5 except the Concorde Room. Trying to find out if any of the...

Last week I booked a return reward upgrade to Dubai for two of us. 24k Avios + about £2000 for Club World from London. Cancelled online about 12 hours later. Initially only got £124 back plus the Avios, which surprised me since I thought BA had a 24 hour cooling off period. Is...

Currently BA Silver and will requalify, but looking at chasing OW Emerald via Finnair Plus instead. I’ve got a D class RTW ticket issued by BA starting in April. Plan is to credit to Finnair Plus, but I’m holding off officially joining for timing reasons around the last long...

Had a big delay coming into LHR from Asia, around 20 hours, which obviously wrecked my connection to the US. I’ll admit I had the classic “this is why BA has a bad rep” moment. Called customer service and got through in about 10 minutes. Not instant, but totally reasonable....

I’m 29F and recently flew long haul with BA and used their flight provided oxygen. There’s not much info out there about how it actually works, so figured I’d share. BA allows one passenger per long haul flight to use their onboard oxygen. You have to submit medical forms ahead...

We got denied boarding at the gate about a month ago flying back to London. Had seats, boarding passes, everything. Then suddenly told it was a “weight issue”. Later they admitted it was overbooking. No BA staff to help, no number to call, nothing. We had to get home for work so...

My wife and I fly US–UK 3–4 times a year. Usually business one way, economy back. For the last six years that’s comfortably kept us at Silver without trying too hard. We’re not mileage runners, just steady transatlantic customers who occasionally splurge. With the move to...

Booked EZE–JFK (AA)–LHR (BA) in Business, ticketed by American. Before departure, BA offered a paid upgrade to First on JFK–LHR for $700. I paid, seat confirmed. Night before travel, AA rerouted me to EZE–MAD (Iberia)–LHR (BA) due to aircraft issues and misconnect risk. No other...

We booked MIA–LHR roundtrip back in June 2025 for May 2026. Outbound on AA, return on BA. Premium Economy, seats selected and confirmed at time of booking. Recently got notified the aircraft changed on the return. After that, our seat assignments disappeared. When we tried to...