[SunGuy]

Andrew. wrote:

If so, you must always collect your bag, take it through customs and re-check when arriving in the USA. It’s not a BA or Alaskan policy, it’s a CBP requirement.

I get where you are coming from but Im not a novice traveling to the US (neither is my wife), first port of call is your entry to the US…..unless of course you go through CBP at an offshore location such as SNN or DUB.

So…Nope…. BUD-HNL (actually KOA) route …. (BUD-LHR (BA) , LHR-JFK (BA) (overnight @ JFK and transited CBP and customs here), JFK-LAX (AA), LAX-SEA (Alaska), SEA-KOA(Alaska) …. so, the bag was with us all the way to SEA….and wasnt even an interline bag … just Alaska-to-Alaska within the same terminal…..

[SunGuy]

Alaska are absolute pants … full stop….

…to expand … not only did they reroute me (and wife) to go via Seattle (okay – a month or so notice) but then – after checking at Seattle lounges (2 of them – and to be told everything was good – twice) – their baggage handlers decided to put both of my bags on baggage reclaim in Seattle, rather than to our final destination. Bags were there for 2 hours, during that time, 1 bag was stolen f…. (photographic proof from police) so arrived in Hawaii with no luggage, 1 arrived following day, the other, luggage tag suggests it made it to downtown Seattle and is now in a waste dump in Eastern Washington….oh thats also not to mention the difficulties actually boarding due to some oddity with the ticket number not appearing (due to their changes….and having to be last to board the flight ….and the plane – no IFE and very old!)

…the points also should have made my wife Gold … but despite many, many phonecalls, emails, (to BA) and provision of boarding passes and even a printout I had previously taken from the Alaska website showing ticket class….(which was oddly required) … it took from August to November to be credited….

PS. this was on a BA issued 125- ticket stock!

Never, ever, again will I travel Alaska, I will actively avoid them.

Send a copy of your boarding pass to BA using their site and mentioning your case number…. http://www.britishairways.com/ecsupportingdocs

[SunGuy]

StanTheMan wrote:

The Savage Squirrel wrote:

They say you can tell a lot about a person by what steak they order and how they have it cooked. I really find it eye opening……… “ooooh I dont want to eat any blood” errr, you aren’t going to.

As for blood – Im one of “them” – when there is red “juice” oozing out of a steak, its a bit underdone for me – dont get me wrong, I do not like it well done and dry – but “medium plus” – medium is too little generally – and medium well – way too much….so, basically I like medium without oozing the red stuff all over the place and making for soggy chips!

[SunGuy]

I have to admit, I have never found a good stable steakhouse in central London – there are a few that arrive then go…

The big brands – STK, Goodman et al, they never quite seem to get it right. Whether it be overcooked, or not-so-great quality of meat, or just ridiculously sloppy service, there is always something – everytime!

There was mention above about “Buenos Aires” steakhouse – the one in the city has never been as good as the original in Purley – which they closed down – however, it was bought out by the local management…..and is still as good as it ever was – now called 4 Locos:

4 Locos

So, its a bit outside the centre, but still one of the best out there….