help! which flights!!!!

**shona** · 23-01-2009, 19:45

which flights should i choose! found two prices the same globespan & british airways, any advice from fellow travellers? globespan are direct, b.a. 1 change

**owensy** · 23-01-2009, 20:58

IMHO Globespan dont have a good reputation so I would go for BA!

**mfairhurst** · 23-01-2009, 21:14

We do not mind a change as long as it is long enough to get to next gate or have a snack in between .
We have not flown with BA for a long time and not flown with Globespan at all but read the bad expererance that some have had in the past .
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**carolmc** · 23-01-2009, 22:03

Go with BA - I would.

**ShirleyD** · 23-01-2009, 22:05

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by carolmc
Go with BA - I would.
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So would I [msnsmile2]

**Katys Grandad** · 23-01-2009, 22:12

I'm assuming that the change on BA is at Gatwick. I don't mind a change through there on the outbound but the inbound is usually a different matter. You arrive after a long overnight flight and then have to wait for a domestic flight (to Scotland?). That can be hard work, particularly if you have a lengthy drive home.

I'd always choose BA if it was like-for-like but when you've cleared immigration and customs in London on the way home and then have to go through security again to catch your domestic flight, you might wish that you'd taken the direct option.

**Snapper** · 23-01-2009, 22:31

I'd go BA every time, even if they were more expensive. They are still my favourite airline. IMHO the others just cannot match them for their consistently high quality of service.

**Katys Grandad** · 23-01-2009, 23:11

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Snapper
I'd go BA every time, even if they were more expensive. They are still my favourite airline. IMHO the others just cannot match them for their consistently high quality of service.
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If you live within the M25 that might have validity Steve. If you don't, BA offers very little these days. Our so-called National Carrier now limits its regional service to feeder flights and that's what the OP would have to take.

I don't know if you've flown from Manchester recently but you can't even check yourself or your bags without having obtained a boarding pass from a machine first. I turned up at the so-called Premium check-in desk there recently and asked why they couldn't check me in and was told that "BA don't want to have staff employed printing boarding passes when passengers can do it themselves".

Personally, I'm glad no other carrier can match their service.

**Snapper** · 24-01-2009, 00:20

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Katys Grandad
I don't know if you've flown from Manchester recently but you can't even check yourself or your bags without having obtained a boarding pass from a machine first. I turned up at the so-called Premium check-in desk there recently and asked why they couldn't check me in and was told that "BA don't want to have staff employed printing boarding passes when passengers can do it themselves".[/quote]
Funny you should mention Manchester - that's where I'm from - so the answer is a resounding yes. [msnsmile2]

**Sniff** · 24-01-2009, 01:06

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Katys Grandad
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Snapper
I'd go BA every time, even if they were more expensive. They are still my favourite airline. IMHO the others just cannot match them for their consistently high quality of service.
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If you live within the M25 that might have validity Steve. If you don't, BA offers very little these days. Our so-called National Carrier now limits its regional service to feeder flights and that's what the OP would have to take.

I don't know if you've flown from Manchester recently but you can't even check yourself or your bags without having obtained a boarding pass from a machine first. I turned up at the so-called Premium check-in desk there recently and asked why they couldn't check me in and was told that "BA don't want to have staff employed printing boarding passes when passengers can do it themselves".

Personally, I'm glad no other carrier can match their service.
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The self-check-in kiosks are getting more and more common these days and I hate them! The last time I flew the kiosks were reporting 0 bags into the booking record, despite passengers entering their number of bags correctly. This led to heated arguments between the check-in agents and passengers (myself included) when we were basically accussed of being idiots. I take exception to this particularly as I earn my living writing airline systems!

What made it worse was that because the airline took the view that they didn't need to employ experienced check-in agents if they had the kiosks, only one agent on shift actually knew the correct entries to add bags to a booking record after check-in, so you can imagine the queues this caused.

What makes me laugh most of all is that most carriers now have to employ people to stand by the kiosks to show people how they work, thereby totally defeating the purpose! They'd be better served employing these people as traditional check-in agents in my view.

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For the OP, I'd go BA if I had that same choice