See the ‘Pay with Avios’ for food and drink prices

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• Andy says:

  29 Sep29 September 11:27

  I can see the screen the only people buy food on board will be those paying with avios points!

• Dwadda says:

  29 Sep29 September 11:35

  They bloody better provide free food to status holders that have lounge access otherwise I’m taking a bottle of champagne and a picnic with me from the lounge when I fly economy and I expect thousands of other status holders will too.

  I just flew Club Europe on a short trip. The outbound was on an ex-BMI A319, it had the blocked off middle seat but the larger (34″?) seat pitch. It was OK, though I missed the wider, more comfortable, 2×2 seats. The seat and the meal reminded me of what it was like to fly economy 15 years ago. Standards have fallen but it was OK.

  The return leg was unacceptable. The A320 had the new 29″ seat pitch. It’s one thing to offer club passengers a decent meal on porcelain plates, and it was a good meal. However, I’m 5’9″ and not pudgy and I had to eat with my elbows out to the side because the plate was too near. It was awkward to eat and no one else was able to eat with dignity either.

  Speaking of dignity, I was on another club Europe flight in March. An large but not obese American was in 1D in front of me. The seats are narrower in the first row because of the tray tables in the arm rest. The poor man literally whimpered while stuffing himself into his seat (I would have offered to swap but I was travelling with my partner). He probably booked club expecting a true 2×2 layout as the US carriers have, and a couple years ago he would have been able to fly comfortably with his dignity intact.

  I spend 10k+ a year on flights. Less of that will go to BA. If you are going to give me the same mean space as a low cost carrier, not provide me food or even with complimentary soft drinks, and charge 50% more for the privilege why should I fly BA. Oh of course, it’s the bottle of champagne from the lounge..

  • Callum says:

    29 Sep29 September 13:23

    I think they’ll just about manage to cope without you…

    • Cate says:

      29 Sep29 September 13:59

      But it isn’t only one person BA are alienating., it’s people paying biz rates.

      Put together with the lounges being full of third party payers to the point that biz custs can’t get in then what’s left for biz pax apart from the little dividing curtain between Club Europe and econ?

      • Rod says:

        29 Sep29 September 20:07

        Free food.

• CV3V says:

  29 Sep29 September 11:47

  What is not mentioned that you will have to pay tax, handling fees and service charges in cash, about £3.50 per item.
  😉

  • CV3V says:

    29 Sep29 September 11:50

    Also, on the last flight each night, will the food be reduced to clear, with yellow stickers?

    • David says:

      29 Sep29 September 13:06

      Whoops! 🙂

    • YL says:

      29 Sep29 September 17:47

      LOL!!

    • Mark says:

      29 Sep29 September 22:38

      When I was on the last passenger* flight of the day on Jet2 they sold off the fresh food cheaply after the trolley made its first pass.

      *the seats were removable and the aircraft chartered by Royal Mail at night.

• Egg says:

  29 Sep29 September 12:07

  going to be cheaper to pay for lounge access & fill your pockets

• David says:

  29 Sep29 September 13:06

  Whoops! 🙂

• British Airways continues to blur the lines between Full Service and LCC - Buy on Board coming - Economy Class & Beyond says:

  29 Sep29 September 13:17

  […] how many Avios you earn in Economy Class these days, using it on food is a VERY poor use of Avios. Head for Points has done the mathmatics already calculating it at […]

• tim says:

  29 Sep29 September 13:19

  So what about existing bookings. I have 4 return flights coming up which promised free food and drink when I paid for the ticket and entered into a contract with BA.

  I typically have 2 G+Ts on a flight plus a snack.

  (2( £6 G+T) + £2 snack)8 = £112 BA has cheated me out of. And the same again for each of my three family members.

  £112 x 4 = £448 which is enough to make a Small Claim Action worth it.

  Any chance of getting £448 out of BA (or 60,000 ish Avios if they would prefer)

  • Alan says:

    29 Sep29 September 13:26

    Zero chance – they’ll give you a refund though! (see Twitter)

    • tim says:

      29 Sep29 September 13:49

      Thanks for that Info. I might be able to replace them with Norwegian on a couple of trips.

  • Archie says:

    29 Sep29 September 14:28

    Threaten them with legal action and they will settle. They always do.

    • tim says:

      29 Sep29 September 18:09

      letter before action sent.

• Rob says:

  29 Sep29 September 14:22

  I will cover it tomorrow. Even I’m jumping in at 40k, should be worth £400 if used smartly.

  • Clive says:

    29 Sep29 September 14:28

    You can use Nectar for Easyjet flights can’t you

    • Save East Coast Rewards says:

      29 Sep29 September 15:22

      Just at the usual Nectar rate of 1 point = 0.5p. It’s best to use them for offers where you get more than the base rate. For example the past two summers they’ve offered 2 pizzas (at Pizza Express) or two cinema tickets for 1000 points.

  • Roger says:

    29 Sep29 September 20:07

    Yes .

    Please let us know how smart use of nectar points can be.
    I have offer showing on my app. I think the spend is £3000 in 3 months.

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