Well, what a day.
Having delivered some rolling stock to its new owner First Great Western in Exeter yesterday I had a night in the HIX and was due to fly back to GLA with flyBE today. It was not to be due to fog in the west so I hopped aboard a train to Paddington then back to LHR on the HeX.
My boss told me he'd booked me in "Premium Economy" on the 1405 bmi to Edinburgh for the princely sum of £191 and seemed to be suggesting I be grateful for it. I thanked him profusely but suggested he speaks to me before being so "benevolent" as a restricted business fare is exactly the same!
Now, why do bmi call this ticket "premium" economy? It is a fully flexible (Y) economy ticket and nothing more. You don't even get water in economy on bmi any more without paying £1.50 per bottle for it. [V]
Punctual flight though and it certainly beats 7 hours on a Virgin Voyager (but perhaps not at the price).
Regards
John
Having delivered some rolling stock to its new owner First Great Western in Exeter yesterday I had a night in the HIX and was due to fly back to GLA with flyBE today. It was not to be due to fog in the west so I hopped aboard a train to Paddington then back to LHR on the HeX.
My boss told me he'd booked me in "Premium Economy" on the 1405 bmi to Edinburgh for the princely sum of £191 and seemed to be suggesting I be grateful for it. I thanked him profusely but suggested he speaks to me before being so "benevolent" as a restricted business fare is exactly the same!
Now, why do bmi call this ticket "premium" economy? It is a fully flexible (Y) economy ticket and nothing more. You don't even get water in economy on bmi any more without paying £1.50 per bottle for it. [V]
Punctual flight though and it certainly beats 7 hours on a Virgin Voyager (but perhaps not at the price).
Regards
John