Morning all,

I've been away for a while but thought I'd share my summer experience with BA when flying back from Santiago via Madrid. I decided to stop for a few days in Madrid to break up the journey on the way back during the middle of the Mixed Fleet strike. I was flying back on BA459 when I noticed my aircraft changed to a 757 - which I thought was strange as BA have no 757s in their fleet. Turned out I'd be flying on Titan Airways. When I checked in online, they upgraded me to Club Europe, too, with no warning.

I got to Barajas and there was an apology letter on the check in desks for customers on my flight - saying that it would be operated by Titan and that they'd have the same levels of standards etc. I pondered this in the Iberia lounge. When I boarded the 757, it was really beautiful inside. Legroom was stunning and the cabin staff bringing drinks before take off. I was speaking to the cabin staff who said the aircraft gets charted by people and the likes of the Queen had flown on it (G-POWH) and that it often goes to extremely remote places around the world. The service was far better than BA; all customers got food (albeit that it was limited as someone had a severe nut allergy) as they couldn't operate the M&S buy onboard programme. Obviously our drink selection in Club Europe was better (with alcohol!) than Euro Traveller.

I wasn't sure about flying with Titan when it first came up; but what an absolute treat it turned out to be.