I read somewhere that BA not put baggage for First pax on carousel upon arriving to Heathrow, but instead put it on special trolley in sort of hand handling manner.
I flew JFK to LHR with BA in first last year and my bags came off with everyone else's!
Thanks for input. Not a big deal, but I read some blog and they claim that they was waiting at carousel for a while and then asked at baggage office and been told that their bags nicely sitting on special trolley awaiting for collection :-) BA PR is not the best, this is for sure.
I've had that happen a few of times flying BA or QF First into LHR, and also QF or BA First into LAX (seems a bit hit or miss when they choose to do it). Not a big deal, and the trolleys (or a collection of bags with F tags) are usually sitting right next to the carousel. First time it was a bit stressful thinking I had to deal with a lost bag, but I know now to do a lap of the carousel if I don't see my bag in the first couple of cans unloaded.
Another helpful thing is to have an electronic bag tracker with a secondary bluetooth function, so you get increasingly rapid beeps on your phone as the bag gets closer. Also handy for knowing your bag is onboard the aircraft prior to departure, as I was once able to show the cabin supervisor on a domestic flight that my bag was not onboard after they shut the cargo door, and they checked and realised their error, and sent somebody to fetch it - it helped that I could also see the distinctive ribbon on my bag sitting on a nearby baggage trolley that had not been loaded.
I have had that experience arriving in LAX off QF11, for there are always several QF staff on hand at the carousel. Their role seems to be to explain how LAX works and to retrieve any bags from the carousel having the Yellow tag.
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I read somewhere that BA not put baggage for First pax on carousel upon arriving to Heathrow, but instead put it on special trolley in sort of hand handling manner.
Anyone can confirm?
NB. Ha-ha! "Baffage" :-)))) Can I edit it?
nmalon
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I flew JFK to LHR with BA in first last year and my bags came off with everyone else's!
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Originally Posted by nmalon
I flew JFK to LHR with BA in first last year and my bags came off with everyone else's!
Thanks for input. Not a big deal, but I read some blog and they claim that they was waiting at carousel for a while and then asked at baggage office and been told that their bags nicely sitting on special trolley awaiting for collection :-) BA PR is not the best, this is for sure.
born2fish
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I've had that happen a few of times flying BA or QF First into LHR, and also QF or BA First into LAX (seems a bit hit or miss when they choose to do it). Not a big deal, and the trolleys (or a collection of bags with F tags) are usually sitting right next to the carousel. First time it was a bit stressful thinking I had to deal with a lost bag, but I know now to do a lap of the carousel if I don't see my bag in the first couple of cans unloaded.
Another helpful thing is to have an electronic bag tracker with a secondary bluetooth function, so you get increasingly rapid beeps on your phone as the bag gets closer. Also handy for knowing your bag is onboard the aircraft prior to departure, as I was once able to show the cabin supervisor on a domestic flight that my bag was not onboard after they shut the cargo door, and they checked and realised their error, and sent somebody to fetch it - it helped that I could also see the distinctive ribbon on my bag sitting on a nearby baggage trolley that had not been loaded.
Skylight
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Both times BA And QF First came out with all the other other baggage. Also QF First came out last in SYD.
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I have had that experience arriving in LAX off QF11, for there are always several QF staff on hand at the carousel. Their role seems to be to explain how LAX works and to retrieve any bags from the carousel having the Yellow tag.
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An update. Baggage arrived on carousel and we was waiting for it quite a bit of time.