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”one last hurrah of AY idiots”

Saturday Oct 5th HEL-LHR-HEL AY1331 and AY1338

The era of mileage running is coming to an end! (or is it?) Join your fellow idiots in reminiscing the good old times (and coming up with new ideas) in a lounge-pub-lounge-crawl day in and around Heathrow! There will be cake.

List of idiots:

cistavoda
NoWindowSeat
intuition (?)

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Also, casual inorganized meet-ups below - Post in following format:
DD MMM (time) (handle), (Airport) (terminal and lounge) -

Who & Where

24 Apr 16-19.00 finnishlad, Platinum Wing, non-Schengen

27 Apr 11-15.45 finnishlad, Heathrow 3 lounges

28 Apr 13-19.00 finnishlad, Schengen, Platinum Wing, Non-Schengen

30 Apr 7.30-10.00 finnishlad, Heathrow 3 lounges

1 May 11-13.15 finnishlad, Platinum Wing

14 May 5-6.45 finnishlad, Suvarnabhumi lounges

14 May 15.45-19.00 finnishlad, Platinum Wing, non-Schengen

25 May 11-15.30 finnishlad, Heathrow 3 lounges

28 May 12-10.00 finnishlad, Schengen, Platinum Wing, non-Schengen

4 Jul 11-15.30 finnishlad, Heathrow 3 lounges

7 Jul 12-19.00 finnishlad, Schengen, Platinum Wing, non-Schengen

10 Jul 5.30-7.00 finnishlad, Heathrow 3 lounges

10 Jul 12.20-13.15 finnishlad Platinum Wing

15 Jul 5-6.45 finnishlad, Suvarnabhumi lounges

15 Jul 15.35-19.00 finnishlad, Platinum Wing, non-Schengen

17 Jul 5.30-7.00 finnishlad, Heathrow 3 lounges

17 Jul 12.20-13.15 finnishlad, Platinum Wing

23 Jul 5-6.45 finnishlad, Suvarnabhumi lounges

24 Jul 11-13.30 finnishlad, Platinum Wing

31 Aug 7.30-10.00 finnishlad, Heathrow 3 lounges

1 Sept 11-13.15 finnishlad, Platinum Wing

12 Sept 5.00-6.45 finnishlad, Suvarnabhumi lounges

12 Sept 15.45-19.00 finnishlad, Platinum Wing, non-Schengen

14 Sept 11-15.30 finnishlad, Heathrow 3 lounges

15 Sept 13-19.00 finnishlad, Platinum Wing, non-Schengen

21 Sept 11-15.40 finnishlad, Heathrow 3 lounges

24 Sept 12-19.00 finnishlad, Schengen, Platinum Wing, non-Schengen

5 Oct 7-9.40 finnishlad, Heathrow 3 lounges

6 Oct 11-13.15 finnishlad, Platinum Wing

14 Oct 5.00-6.45 finnishlad, Suvarnabhumi lounges

15 Oct 11-13.30 finnishlad, Platinum Wing

24 Oct 13-15.30 NoWindowSeat, PlatWing

2 Nov 7.00-10.00 finnishlad, Heathrow 3 lounges

3 Nov 13.00-19.00 finnishlad, Platinum Wing, non-Schengen

9 Nov 7.00-10.00 finnishlad, Heathrow 3 lounges

10 Nov 13.00-19.00 finnishlad, Platinum Wing, non-Schengen

16 Nov 7.00-10.00 finnishlad, Heathrow 3 lounges

17 Nov 13.00-19.00 finnishlad, Platinum Wing, non-Schengen

20 Nov 13-15.30 NoWindowSeat, PlatWing

30 Nov 11.00-15.45 finnishlad, Heathrow 3 lounges

1 Dec 13.30-19.00 finnishlad, Platinum Wing, non-Schengen

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Sep 23, 2017, 6:53 am

#1156

lkrt

Join Date: May 2013

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Let’s do an excursion to Nicolas Feuillatte in Champagné?

Sep 23, 2017, 1:16 pm

#1157

cistavoda

Join Date: Sep 2013

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Quote:

Originally Posted by lkrt

Let’s do an excursion to Nicolas Feuillatte in Champagné?

Joseph Perrier IMO. What would be the flights?

Sep 23, 2017, 2:00 pm

#1158

lkrt

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Quote:

Originally Posted by cistavoda

Joseph Perrier IMO. What would be the flights?

Both and could throw Bollinger in, too. I'm not a big France expert myself, but I guess considering our preferences it would be wisest to fly into CDG and take a train from there.

Sep 23, 2017, 2:12 pm

#1159

Hartsa

Join Date: Jun 2013

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I have some experience on French public transport and I have to say that they don't excel in keeping up with the time tables. To get to the above mentioned Champagne houses you have to take 2 or 3 trains which might make things tricky if running on a tight schedule. And there's always a possibility to strikes.

There are agencies selling one day trips to Champagne area from Paris. This might be a safer option.

Sep 24, 2017, 7:47 am

#1160

miamiflyer8

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Hartsa

I checked the routing and getting from CDG to Champagne will take around 4h.

Sep 24, 2017, 11:27 am

#1161

lkrt

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By driving it would only take about 1,5 hours to drive to Champagne from CDG. Doing it between the first and the last AY flight in and out of CDG would probably allow one champagne house timewise.

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Sep 24, 2017, 1:18 pm

#1162

OH-LGG

Join Date: Jan 2006

Location: Helsinki-Vantaa APT, Finland

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I dont like Champagne but I'm in.

When we go?

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Sep 24, 2017, 11:02 pm

#1163

Hartsa

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Quote:

Originally Posted by OH-LGG

I dont like Champagne but I'm in.

Since you don't like the bubbles you'll be the designated driver?

SPBanker, lkrt, cistavoda and 2 others like this.

Sep 25, 2017, 4:10 am

#1164

Purjelentaja

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Posts: 645

^ Sounds very tempting! 🍾 *scrolling through the calendar for suitable dates*

Sep 25, 2017, 6:36 am

#1165

lkrt

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If there actually is this much interest, I think this might be arranged.

Sep 25, 2017, 6:44 am

#1166

FFlash

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Posts: 7,598

So what is the day then?

Sep 25, 2017, 9:34 am

#1167

Hartsa

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Why don't we make the decision in Helsinki meet-up?

cistavoda and Aviating like this.

Sep 25, 2017, 10:59 am

#1168

Courmisch

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Quote:

Originally Posted by lkrt

Both and could throw Bollinger in, too. I'm not a big France expert myself, but I guess considering our preferences it would be wisest to fly into CDG and take a train from there.

CDG 2 is only a RER and TGV station. RER is part of Paris urban transport and cannot be purchased online. TGV does not go to Champagne area. As such, you won't find any reasonable connections online.

In practice, you would need to take the RER to North station, then walk to East station, and take a local train from there (the later, you can purchace online).

Sep 25, 2017, 11:49 am

#1169

Hartsa

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Courmisch

CDG 2 is only a RER and TGV station. RER is part of Paris urban transport and cannot be purchased online. TGV does not go to Champagne area. As such, you won't find any reasonable connections online.

There is the Gare de Champagne-Ardenne TGV station near Reims with direct connection to CDG (about an hour) but you have to take another train from there to get close to the champagne houses.

Sep 26, 2017, 12:03 am

#1170

jmmi

Join Date: Jan 2016

Posts: 280

7 October is in the lead in our poll (sorry, intuition & Jainzar!). Should we choose that or wait for some more people to voice their opinions?