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Myself and ms Hingeless had to make a quick trip to visit family in Yorkshire this weekend. We had the normal choice of driving or getting the train. And for the first time the choice of flying on BA! As our destination was only a quick cab ride from LBA we decided to take the longest route and fly.
In order to make this trip even longer we got the tube from north London to LHR at a cost of £1.40 each, arriving in plenty of time to use the lounge.
I had a a spare Amex fast track voucher so we handed this in and joined the longest queue. It turned out that the American Looking gentleman at the front of the queue had live ammunition in his bag and the staff asked us to join another queue.
Excitement over we proceeded to the UK & Ireland lounge. Feeling a little like we had just arrived in the 90's we poured some Sancerre into a BMI glass and decided that the famous (tomato) soup looked like it was also from the 90's.
As the only passengers in the lounge we settled by the window and discussed how long we could leave it before the gate closes to make the 50m dash to gate 8B. It turned out that the flight was delayed by 20 mins so back to the lounge for a bit more day time TV.
The fast track for the flight was not used but as it only had about 20 passengers thus wasn't a problem. We boarded G-DBCF a repainted BMI A319 that looked very BA apart from the big BMI sign on the screen at the door.
A 30 min flight we landed @ LBA on time and walked though to arrivals in less than 5 mins after touch down. Our taxi driver was a little shocked.
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8 minutes after tipping the taxi driver we are through security and walking through the shops to "The Yorkshire Premier Lounge". The lounge angel took ms hingeless's iPhone boarding pass and CX card and after a few minutes of typing we are pouring a G&T.
The lounge has one other customer, no windows and a big TV. The food available is mainly snacks but includes scones and a toaster and bread. It is all very Yorkshire themed with Yorkshire tea and "black sheep ale".
An area is reserved for BA and KLM customers, I presume this is for when the lounge us full of paying customers.
The wine is of the Harry's variety but they do have a selection of beer and spirits.
Overall it is a lot better than the BA lounge at the other end apart from the lack of view.
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17 passengers looks like we will be on time
Of those 11 are in the business class section (obviously it is economy).
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Registering some interest, as we shall be using LBA next Spring.
Looks better than JER, although you can forget the tea ... Where's the booze?
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Ms hingeless just pointed out the lack of photo ID requested at ANY point today.
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Is it a popular route?
Only done it once with BMI, recall it was no too busy, I used to take the train
It's only been running for 8 days so too early to say.
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Is it a popular route?
Only done it once with BMI, recall it was no too busy, I used to take the train
It has only just re started as a route and I have heard that some flights have been very light. Hopefully it will pick up.
17 pax this evening on A319, so quiet we pushed back 11 minutes early
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17 pax this evening on A319, so quiet we pushed back 11 minutes early
If BMI was able to keep it so why not, looks like purchase day before One way £63 vs train which is over £90 it is good value. However if you buy in advance train tickets are around £14. Let's see
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17 pax this evening on A319, so quiet we pushed back 11 minutes early
If BMI was able to keep it so why not, looks like purchase day before One way £63 vs train which is over £90 it is good value. However if you buy in advance train tickets are around £14. Let's see
Have you ever tried to get a £14 ticket to York or Leeds for a weekend visit?
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If BMI was able to keep it so why not, looks like purchase day before One way £63 vs train which is over £90 it is good value. However if you buy in advance train tickets are around £14. Let's see
BMI dropped the route years ago. I expect BA will end up doing the same unfortunately.
