[Idyllchat] just flew British Air this week

[Marilee Taussig]

Although BA is normally my favorite airline....I can't say Heathrow 
was a lot of fun.  Most of the trip was just fine, but lines are long 
for transferring and one quite important detail that is worth knowing 
is that they are VERY strict about the size restrictions on the carry 
on, but just once you are in Heathrow, not before.

But the size limitations are not the only restriction....you can find 
those sizes on the web site....(in short a very modest laptop sized case.)

My daughter and I had bought a case specifically for these 
restrictions.  We even had a tape measure and the printed out size 
restrictions to prove we were in compliance.

But what we didn't know is that there are no wheels allowed on any 
carry on luggage, so even though our carry on was regulation size, it 
had wheeels , so we had the choice of abandoning the bag, in the 
transfer from our transAtlanatic flight to the one to Paris and 
keeping as much of the contents as could be held in a plastic bag, or 
completely exiting the flight and going through check-in (of the 
offending carry on) again.  We chose the second because we had a long 
layover, but it meant LOTS more lines and no fun at all.

But mostly things were orderly, and on time.  And no luggage 
lost.  But LONG lines for the transfer and the workers at Heathrow, 
be they airport personnel or  BA all look like whipped dogs.   I 
didn't even have the heart to complain.  They all looked so worn out 
coping with it.

It took two days of fabulous french bread and some wonderful berg 
kase from Switzerland to make me forget all about it.

good luck!

Marilee

Marilee Taussig
Director
The Right Vacation Rental
An Idyll Ltd. Venture