Airlines sometimes send interesting little things to make you feel loved. For example, in Aegean’s Miles+Bonus, you get 500 miles on your birthday. I never thought British Airways did anything, so imagine my surprise when an e-mail unexpectedly arrived marking the 20th anniversary of my membership with them.
As anyone who regularly reads my work knows, I have flown a lot with BA. I’ve always been a fan of their Club Europe product, particularly the food and Champagne, though that has changed over the years.
Happy 20th Anniversary
As you can see, for the 20th anniversary I received a little e-cake with a candle, complete with British Airways colours. It’s all quite cute and it certainly made me feel all warm and happy inside. It brought back memories of wonderful on board service, being plied with Champagne, and fun banter with the crew. To this day I love “landing Champagne” (that’s bubbles in a plastic tumbler you can hold on to and drink through to the gate on arrival!), and I have fond memories of most of my flights with the airline.
Overall Thoughts
While it’s sad that I’ll not darken the doors of a British Airways aircraft anytime in the foreseeable future, I’ll always have the memories. And 174,130 lifetime tier points, which will sit and look at me forever more.
For those wondering, I was never angry at BA. I was just very, very disappointed and saddened that their decision meant that I would no longer get to indulge in flying with the company for the sheer enjoyment of it… and the Avios and Tier Points, of course!
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