Opens Oct 17.

Brand sentiment analysis

What does the world think of British Airways?

The sentiment score is available in the full report.

Mixed, leaning negative

Score in full report

British Airways sits on a split reputation right now: heritage affection, heavy investment news and the occasional viral service save on one side, and persistent anger about the loyalty tier overhaul, app and IT failures, service recovery and route cuts on the other. Independent coverage is telling both stories at once, with the Guardian openly asking whether BA is finally getting better while MoneySavingExpert flags questionable upselling and consumer surveys still rank it at the bottom of long-haul satisfaction. Aggregate signals are contradictory too, with a strong 4.5 App Store rating agai

Visible reinvestment and goodwill service stories

Coverage highlights a major widebody order for BA (787-10s, 777-9s and A350s), a new A380 First cabin, new Heathrow routes including Portland that customers publicly celebrated, and a multimillion-pound Cardiff engineering investment. Social posts also carry genuine praise, including a widely shared

Detected concerns (locked)

Loyalty tier revamp backlash
App and IT breakdowns
Service recovery and complaint handling
Based on 107 independent public sources, brand-owned content excluded. As of Aug 9, 2026, from a free snapshot reading news and web search results, Bluesky, Mastodon, Hacker News and App Store reviews. A full report also reads X, YouTube videos and their comments, Reddit discussions, TikTok, Instagram, Amazon ratings, Google Reviews, and podcast episode titles and show notes, with no cap on the number of sources. How this score is calculated

Run a full British Airways report

See every negative theme, platform-by-platform breakdown, competitor comparison, audience profile, and a step-by-step improvement plan.

Generate the full report

Show your score

Embed this live badge on your site - it updates automatically and links back to this page.

British Airways sentiment score
<a href="https://pollyx.org/en/sentiment/british-airways" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
  <img src="https://pollyx.org/api/badge/british-airways" alt="British Airways brand sentiment score by PollyX" height="28">
</a>