).An 07.40 flight meant arriving at the North Terminal long term parking by 6 a.m. - at least no traffic at that time, and just time for some breakfast in the Terraces lounge before heading for the gate. The Terraces was a little more comfortable than I last recalled, possibly because it was quiet at that time, and the breakfast options while simple, were adequate (bread, croissants, yoghurts, fruit, cheese, coffee, juices, and the bar of course), and also help yourself. So snacked up we head to gate 61 and an old 737-400, into 1 D and F and a mostly empty Club Europe cabin.
The FA in Club was a riot, I am sure she spent more time lacquering her impressive hair than anything, and had probably worked with BA for centuries (
). Surprised that we weren't offered anything before take off, not even a water. Then took off after a delay for a baggage discrepancy, arrived after a 1hr 15min smooth flight almost straight south with a lovely view of Amboise, Tours, and the Loire Valley on the way. Offered the cooked breakfast and despite the Terraces tuck in we accepted it (palatable, no more), one BM and then it was seat belts on for landing. We circled around Bordeaux to arrive at Merignac and quickly off into a pretty grotty terminal, bags took longer than we did to walk to arrivals and no prioritisation at all, but not too long a wait.I'd say the £50 offer to upgrade to Club is well worth it, but on this basis a full price ticket would have been totally underwhelming, actually, on a par with US legacy domestic First but even not as good as that. Now for the return in Y
.There's a plane at JFK, to fly you back from far away
all those dark and frantic transatlantic miles
all those dark and frantic transatlantic miles
