With some budget airlines, you expect the cut backs. The no-frills flights aren't designed to be luxurious, but so long as you can get a bevy, a bit of food and not get sucked down the toilet, it's okay.

Yet, with British Airways, and other long-haul companies you do expect some upgrade. Comfier seats, better food, and more legroom to name three.

One man, however, who was flying with BA from Heathrow to Cape Town, was left shocked when he was forced to sit in someone else's urine for the 11-hour flight.

Thirty-nine-year-old Andrew Wilkinson, who lives in London, pointed the stain out to a member of cabin crew who gave him toilet seat wipes and told him to clean it up himself.

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Sadly, it doesn't sound as if the BA representative was as welcoming as when Emma Bunton took on the role...

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Andrew was flying to South Africa to help his parents move to a new house, but said the flight was torture as he felt the urine seep into his jeans.

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"I got to my seat and saw that there was a wet patch," he explained. "It was about the size of two decks of cards laid side by side.

"At first I thought it was water but the smell was so distinct it could only have been urine."

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Andrew complained and asked for a free seat in business or first class but was met by a stewardess with attitude.

"I was in economy and it was full but they could have bumped someone up from business to first class and freed up a seat that way.

"I said to the stewardess: 'You're obviously going to move me into business, aren't you? I can't really sit here'.

"She said she would see what she could do but I wasn't moved. And then she commented: 'You are going to work me hard on this flight, aren't you?'.

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"So, I was left to sit in a urine-soaked seat for over 11 hours when I paid £1,242 for a return flight with BA."

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Thinking on his feet, Andrew managed to perch on a blanket but when he needed a fresh one, the stewardesses only half-heartedly made the effort to find another.

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When he officially complained to British Airways, Andrew was disappointed by the offer.

He said: "I was given 5,000 Avios points and I just do not think that is good enough compensation for sitting in someone else's wee for over 11 hours." - For reference, that's only enough points for a one-way flight to Paris.

A spokesperson for BA said: "We were very concerned to hear about this and have been in touch with our customer to apologise and make amends.