William and Kate (I'm not good with formal titles, sorry!) were flying back from Los Angeles to London on British Airways a couple of nights ago in first class, when their in-flight entertainment system wasn't working. Customers were offered the choice between frequent flyer miles or a duty free voucher. William and Kate each received…
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I wonder what they bought....perfume? chocolates? a purse? a texas mickey of vodka?
Well at least BA can tell people even when they aren't at their best, at least one can sleep like a princess in first class.
My first thought was "didn't they learn ANYTHING at university? They should have taken the miles!"
For BA F, they should have been given a minimum of £500; otherwise, maybe VS is the way to go next time.
Why would they want miles? It was the British taxpayers that paid for their tickets anyway! If taxpayers don't pay for a trip then the palace pays for it.
I was on the same BA flight LAX - LHR a week before and our entertainment system wasn't working either. It only worked half way thru the 10 hour journey but we weren't offered anything. i would have gladly accepted some free miles! boohoo 🙁
1) What are you doing reading People? [I say having blogged TMZ last week on the Octomom's transcon]
2) They don't say HOW MANY miles. Perhaps they're savvier than you think, I mean BA might not have been offering that many...
@ John -- It was a joke!
@ LA Backpacker Chick -- I would write BA, you should be given some compensation for no IFE.
@ Gary -- LOL!
Worse, they flew over from LHR, across Canada and to LAX on a Canadian military A310 -- no miles earned!
me too! I can't believe they don't have their own plane. They're not keeping up with the royal Joneses.
@LA Backpacker Chick - Their flight was actually 10th July. I was on it too. BA posted me £30 of duty free vouchers because I gave an AAdvantage number, but I asked for that to be revoked in favour of BAEC miles.
You should be able to do the same