Aug 28, 2014, 7:23 am

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This wiki and thread should only include trip reports where at least one BA operated flight or BA operated lounge is featured in the report.

Please populate the wiki with trip reports posted this year, listed alphabetically by author. If you have more than one trip report to share, please list reports in date order of trip, starting with the latest at the top. Please include the author's name, title of report (as posted) and link to the report (on FlyerTalk).

2024 Trip Reports
JapesUK BA Holidays 6 day tier point run
JapesUK A.I. goes to Aberdeen
JapesUK A trip to two continents - Istanbul
JapesUK Back to Bucharest for a toothy treat
JapesUK A Milan Day Trip

2023 Trip Reports
JapesUK A Christmas Escapade, Washington and my first first
JapesUK A Stockholm Weekend
JapesUK Brussels, no sprouts! A short hop for hops
JapesUK Bucharest and back, again, and again, and again
JapesUK Birmingham, Business, and Balti
JapesUK A Budapest long weekend
Spongthrush LCY to Billund Dornier 328Jet day trip
T8191 JER to PHX via LAS and other disruptions
T8191 CHQ-ing in to Rethymno
TPRun BA296 8 Sept ORD-LHR A380 business class upper deck front half.
TPRun B293 LHR-IAD 31 August. F on A380

2022 Trip Reports
Genius1 The New AA / BA Premium Experience at JFK Terminal 8
Genius1 Florida in First Class: BA A380 and AA Flagship First Dining
Genius1 Singapore via First and Club on the World’s Favourite Airline
TheFlyingDoctor Transcontinental: a seven state journey Chicago to San Francisco by rail
TheFlyingDoctor Extraordinary Cosmic Adventures - Armenia via Dubai, BA/FZ/AF
T8191 From Jersey Fog to Phoenix Sunshine with BA
T8191 Jumping through the Hoops to the Caribbean with BA
T8191 BA, Sunshine and Sandals
T8191 "It's all Greek to me" or "Per Ardua ad Crete with BA"

2021 Trip Reports
Efincomputer Going for (BA) Gold! GLA-LHR-JFK-LAX-SFO (and back) in Business Class
Genius1 A Valencian Vista: The Ghost of British Midland International
Genius1 A Glimpse of Glasgow: Grounded No Longer

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Aug 21, 2014, 10:28 am

#16

billinghamn

Join Date: Mar 2008

Location: North West, UK

Programs: BA GfL (GGL/CCR), Hilton Diamond

Posts: 1,998

Quote:

Originally Posted by AeroWesty

Here's another to add to the index, the one which got me following live runs:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...ack-twice.html

I'd forgotten about that one. Well remembered.

Aug 21, 2014, 1:12 pm

#17

corporate-wage-slave

Moderator, Iberia Airlines, Airport Lounges, and Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club

Join Date: Feb 2010

Programs: BA Lifetime Gold; Flying Blue Life Platinum; LH Sen.; Hilton Diamond; Kemal Kebabs Prized Customer

Posts: 63,803

I am probably not the only one confused by the shifting tides, but in all of this is important to reflect that the long suffering Mods are volunteers (with other things in their lives, allegedly) who do their best to keep the machinery vaguely working. I'm grateful they are there, as if there was a realistic alternative.

Anyway I hope it's legit to let you know that there is now a new entry for Thursday in my travel diary over in the Other House. (And by all means delete this para if it is not!).

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...-oneworld.html

Aug 21, 2014, 1:28 pm

#18

our_kid

Join Date: Aug 2006

Programs: BAEC Gold/GGL, IHG Diamond AMB

Posts: 1,074

Great - and my two from earlier this year need to be moved over there please! There should be an EDI-IBZ and BRU-SFO

Aug 21, 2014, 4:04 pm

#19

jacobitetraveller

Join Date: Jul 2013

Location: scotland/EDI

Programs: BAEC , M&M , VIRGIN FC , FLYING BLUE

Posts: 1,438

Quote:

Originally Posted by Calchas

Thank you for doing and arranging this. May I suggest it be stickied so it doesn't drop off the bottom of the page?

I would agree a sticky would be a good idea----if it can be done

the recent controversy on TR s caused a bit of bad feeling so hopefully this compromise will satisfy all concerned

Aug 21, 2014, 4:39 pm

#20

HIDDY

A FlyerTalk Posting Legend

Join Date: Aug 2006

Location: Argentina

Posts: 40,210

With all the moving about going on recently I was beginning to think this forum was being sponsored by Pickfords.

More and more Trip Reports as well as the inevitable shameless plugs were being posted on here so not surprised something had to be done.....this thread is an ideal compromise. ^

No report from me this year due to extraordinary circumstances outwith my control I'm afraid. The wife has given me more work.

Aug 21, 2014, 6:31 pm

#21

Calchas

FlyerTalk Evangelist

Join Date: Mar 2013

Location: London

Posts: 17,007

Quote:

Originally Posted by HIDDY

With all the moving about going on recently I was beginning to think this forum was being sponsored by Pickfords.

Well I nearly burst out laughing in a meeting full of very sombre Japanese people.

Aug 21, 2014, 9:47 pm

#22

CMK10

In Memoriam, FlyerTalk Evangelist

Join Date: Jul 2002

Location: Durham, NC (RDU/GSO/CLT)

Programs: AA EXP/MM, DL GM, UA Platinum, HH DIA, Hyatt Explorist, IHG Platinum, Marriott Titanium, Hertz PC

Posts: 33,857

Thanks for doing this, and for including mine without prompting ^

Aug 22, 2014, 1:02 am

#23

charlesrhona

Join Date: Mar 2009

Location: 16 Miles From ABZ

Programs: BA Silver

Posts: 526

This was an excellent idea, Prospero. Could you possibly put a posting date beside each Report so that new reports can be seen at a glance?

Aug 22, 2014, 8:29 am

#24

seaskybound

Join Date: Nov 2004

Location: LHR GVA HKG TLV PVG JFK

Programs: AA EXP

Posts: 3,952

Quote:

Originally Posted by Prospero

For the avoidance of doubt, from now on all trip reports should be posted in the Trip Reports forum. Guys, you're going to have to get used to browsing the TP forum for your regular digest of travel reports. The post traffic of BA forum is off the charts, at circa 20,300 posts per month. That near on equal to the monthly post traffic of the AA, UA, and DL forums combined.

It's not a big ask at all, now is it?

Prospero
Moderator: BA forum

That is because we at BAEC forum have real issues to discuss. E.g how to make the best of Monopole tragedy, the purpose of the unicorns with a hat lamp in the lounges and of course the catering differences between band 3 and 3A.

Aug 22, 2014, 8:41 am

#25

LondonAndy

Join Date: Mar 2009

Location: London

Programs: BA CCR/GGL, Hilton Diamond

Posts: 3,483

Another one to add to the list of HNL TP runs:
A trip report to HNL - a lifetime dream and a Gold Card renewal

Aug 22, 2014, 9:00 am

#26

Kgmm77

Join Date: Jan 2008

Posts: 3,839

Very helpful signpost thread and some fantastic content in the trip reports themselves.

Aug 22, 2014, 9:11 am

#27

Calchas

FlyerTalk Evangelist

Join Date: Mar 2013

Location: London

Posts: 17,007

Quote:

Originally Posted by seaskybound

It's because we're at least thrice as cool as the Armenians.

Aug 28, 2014, 7:04 am

#28

stu1985

Join Date: Apr 2009

Programs: BA Gold, Hilton Honors Diamond, Mucci de buveur de gin

Posts: 3,060

Hi all,

A link to the start of my new TR if it's of interest!

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...ope-malta.html

Aug 28, 2014, 7:13 am

#29

T8191

FlyerTalk Evangelist

Join Date: Mar 2010

Location: JER

Programs: BA Gold/OWE, several MUCCI, and assorted Pensions!

Posts: 32,145

Quote:

Originally Posted by stu1985

Hi all,

A link to the start of my new TR if it's of interest!

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...ope-malta.html

Yay ... been waiting for that. I'm looking forward to seeing how other people view MLA.

Aug 28, 2014, 7:29 am

#30

BotB

Join Date: Nov 2010

Location: Bristol, UK

Programs: HH D, Rad VIP, Marriott G

Posts: 5,357

Quote:

Originally Posted by charlesrhona

This was an excellent idea, Prospero. Could you possibly put a posting date beside each Report so that new reports can be seen at a glance?

That may be a bit too much work if the posters don't include it in their post...however, if the MOD's allow (delete the Wiki otherwise please), I've created a wikipost to let people post any LIVE TR links and update if they wish so you will at least know which ones are still current...

Hope that is workable for everyone, links in normal post for any LIVE or finished TR's and the wiki for those that want a quick way to find currently active reports with a space for a few words of last update. (feel this would have worked well for c-w-s's epic but wanted to wait and see if anyone else would do it or not)

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