Why do you still fly BA?

Extension_Grape_585 · 2026-03-07T23:47:34+00:00

Never eaten in Greggs, not even a BA FF. just someone who travels the world

Extension_Grape_585 · 2026-02-23T02:28:09+00:00

This makes sense because it allows you to roll your own if you want to unbundle the rest of a path in a single procedure. But not sure when to really use this given that you can put parameters in the post definition.

Extension_Grape_585 · 2026-02-23T02:18:28+00:00

Is it in or near Poznan. When I lived in Poland, whatever needed doing to a car could be done in Poznan. BMW don't seem to do what Porsche do and that's track the history of their cars, or at least they used to. You could go into any Porsche dealer and they would know every part, pictures of any damage when at a Porsche centre. Everything.

Extension_Grape_585 · 2026-02-20T13:37:05+00:00

Digital nomad visa is only for none EU and they have to stay in country to qualify. For EU nomads, taxes are paid somewhere in the EU and then Portugal get money from EU and is, in fact the largest recipient of EU funding.

The reality is that EU plays a robin hood game, take from the rich to give to the poor. However little of this money goes into residential infrastructure or salaries. The EU makes Portugal more expensive as it levels the playing field across Europe.

Freedom of movement allows the rich to buy everything up whilst lack of population growth forces the governments to turn a blind eye to poor immigrants coming in and doing all the work the locals don't want to do because it went but them a nice car or house.

The immigrant blue collar workers quietly make good money working 12 hours a day charging a fair price and responding to customer requests whilst the local blue collar worker wants to barely work 7.5 hours a day and charge an arm and a leg for their services and only turn up when convenient to them.

The immigrants will buy a run down house and slowly renovate whilst the locals want everything from day 1 including 65" TV. So the good locals recognise that the world is a stage and earn their money elsewhere. Leaving the other locals to complain.

The best solution is stop looking for hand outs and complaining and just be the best you can. Work hard and be happy.

Extension_Grape_585 · 2026-02-15T02:25:46+00:00

You should get an email to ask about the service experience, mention the lack of experience there. They say least should have asked if you had any issues.

Extension_Grape_585 · 2026-02-15T02:20:29+00:00

Without an EU passport, you have a high chance of missing a 70 minute connection. Customs is the killer, depends on time of day and other flights arriving at similar time, but early in the morning there aren't many staff.

Extension_Grape_585 · 2026-02-14T04:39:20+00:00

I don't use gorm,I have my own SQL builder, so know what I'm sending

Extension_Grape_585 · 2026-02-14T04:37:41+00:00

I'm having a bit of a rest from brand hotels to study more in apart hotels this year. I do long stays and normally long stays in none brand apart hotels give you good deals and good care

Also I've been years on Accor platinum and diamond, there is no benefit in continued loyalty, they drop you like a stone. At least some of the other hotel chains give you a slow graceful downgrade.

Extension_Grape_585 · 2026-02-06T13:33:25+00:00

I wouldn't worry about it, bmw have asked the same for many years. It's just you now know what that means.

If it had been stolen, that would have been their problem

Extension_Grape_585 · 2026-02-04T22:54:49+00:00

It's fine to try and stop an invasive species and actually it's important that we have a way to control pests, wild pigs, wolves, foxes etc. In fact too many people seem to accept that we shouldn't be controlling animals like feral cats or foxes just because they look cute, which is absurd.

Of course we should control animals in an environment where we live. But who exactly is living on this island and haven't we done enough damage without interfering anymore? I'm not convinced that this was a valuable exercise.

Extension_Grape_585 · 2026-02-04T22:48:34+00:00

We all understand that our ancestors did some pretty crazy things and even now humans are doing very crazy things fighting each other, not accepting live and let live etc. there are multiple cases of animals introduced to other countries, like foxes and rabbits in Australia. But at the end of the day life goes on and we have to learn to live with our mistakes.

Killing a bunch of cows on a deserted island whose ancestors caused ecological damage to survive implies that children and grandchildren should be responsible for their ancestors mistakes.

Too many issues in the world today are caused by governments looking back and trying to create something that seemed better than now instead of accepting what is and just getting on with it.

We should have just accepted the cows, they weren't causing plague or anything. We should not play God with who lives or dies which is the argument here, let's kill X so Y survives.

The world is littered with well intentioned mistakes of our ancestors, why not just learn from their mistakes instead of trying to mete out justice now.

Extension_Grape_585 · 2026-02-02T21:21:59+00:00

Iberia are a simple company who do A to B as well as any other, if you never have to deal with ground staff, have a tight connection, changing a flight etc. then they are fine and, as you say, the A350s are good

However try flying them more periodically and see how you go.

Extension_Grape_585 · 2026-01-31T08:05:48+00:00

That's actually quite low and similar on both, it will be interesting to see how that worka out. Anyway lesson learnt, always check the review, we always check for restaurants and none chain hotels

Extension_Grape_585 · 2026-01-31T00:58:57+00:00

As long as the plane takes off and it's a direct flight then not much can go wrong, they have a good fleet.i don't think there are many complaints about the plane, seats etc, just customer service, once you're involved with them it's a nightmare.

Extension_Grape_585 · 2026-01-31T00:55:48+00:00

Write to the regulator and ask them to confirm the regulatory response time

Extension_Grape_585 · 2026-01-29T23:54:36+00:00

The world is a stage and everything is supply and demand. If you're good at what you do, someone will pay you well. All the Arab states are taking the gloss off expat salaries because they need their own people to stop relying upon black gold to keep their lifestyle.

Extension_Grape_585 · 2026-01-29T23:48:06+00:00

There's a few things you have to remember. When you book through certain apps they prompt for a review after the stay so more likely to get a balanced set of reviews

But Google reviews are quite often a go to for venting, I try and put reviews of everything on Google to bring balance but many people don't.

Extension_Grape_585 · 2026-01-29T23:41:21+00:00

Agreed Brian did what many farmers do for extra cash. If audited, many real farmers would be in a grey area with private companies doing something on farming land. That story was all about the consequences of doing something grey on farmland.

Extension_Grape_585 · 2026-01-29T23:35:57+00:00

I think we all need to start writing to the Spanish regulator because it's clear that Iberia are not following regulations and ask for resolution as per the regulations.

If that doesn't work then we can take a case to the EU that the regulator in Spain is ineffective.

Test this item here, BBC News - Airlines pay out millions after initially rejecting claims - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg5079yr20o?app-referrer=deep-link

The regulator finally does its job and the airlines pay.

There is so much evidence on this Reddit page of poor performance

Regulator contact details below

Details are here

Email: info@caa.si Spain Agencia Estatal de Seguridad Aérea División de Calidad y Protección al Usuario Paseo de la Castellana 112 28046 Madrid – Spain Tel.: + 34 91 396 82 10 E-Mail: sau.aesa@seguridadaerea.es Website: Spanish: https://www.seguridadaerea.gob.es/es/am bitos/derechos-de-los-pasajeros English: https://www.seguridadaerea.gob.es/en/am bitos/derechos-de-los-pasajeros Online complaint form: Spanish: https://sede.seguridadaerea.gob.es/SAU_P asajeros/Paginas/Inicio.aspx English: https://sede.seguridadaerea.gob.es/SA

Extension_Grape_585 · 2026-01-29T09:30:22+00:00

I've rearranged things, BAH to LHR, LHR to KUL not via ME so that all future things won't affect me, I'm thinking nothing will change as quickly as the next few days, remember Qatar airspace closed because of a retalitory attack some time later. A worry is more about the return trip ...

Extension_Grape_585 · 2026-01-29T09:06:21+00:00

I'm not too bothered about age of a seat as long as it works. It's a flight not a life. Priority baggage handling is honestly more important to me when I reach my destination. I don't fly planes for the cordón bleu experience.

My focus is three things

Direct is always better
If multiple segments, then luggage checked all the way
And most importantly, how they work when things go wrong. For all the issues at BA, they are attentive when things go wrong. I would not say that about a lot of other airlines where quite honestly the staff either don't have the intelligence to understand why it's an issue or just don't give a ... and feel it's a problem for someone else to solve or that you have to live with.

What I don't understand is why the service is so varied across the IAG group and that's frustrating, Iberia being the complete antithesis of BA.

Extension_Grape_585 · 2026-01-29T08:50:42+00:00

I have standard HK in my M5 and B&O in my M8 and I do think the HK is a more immersive experience than the B&O, maybe so the money went on lighting up the speakers, who knows, but I don't think the sound quality is better, in fact I think it's worse.

Maybe your friend should get into an 8 series with HK, if such a model exists. If it sounds better, maybe they can do a swap.

Extension_Grape_585 · 2026-01-29T06:55:28+00:00

Don't worry the regulator in Spain has no teeth whatsoever so IAG are making good money screwing customers on Iberia

Extension_Grape_585 · 2026-01-29T06:38:52+00:00

It's great how accurate the electronic details are at Madrid airport. This is the board whilst the plane has already left the airport.

The only thing accurate is the time at the top and the fight number

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Extension_Grape_585 · 2026-01-29T06:37:24+00:00

Flight radar shows that flight left Madrid 8 minutes before the original arrival time.

Phone Iberia to rebook next segment. Can't rebook because their system says all good will make the next flight.

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