Linking flights with LO
Oct 27, 2013, 4:06 pm
#1
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Linking flights with LO
Hi guys,
I have following issue with Lot: trying to fly ORD-KRK (7th Nov - 11 Nov) and I wanna fly through Warsaw.The outbound works fine with a nice short connection, however, the inbound just gives one option with overnight layover in Warsaw. When I try to book KRK-WAW one-way or for that matter WAW-KRK return for these days it shows plenty of flights available that should be able to feed WAW-ORD on 11th. Any idea what's up? I mean I could just book ORD-WAW and WAW-KRK but I am afraid that if the flights get delayed I'm gonna miss my national leg.
Thanks for help!
I have following issue with Lot: trying to fly ORD-KRK (7th Nov - 11 Nov) and I wanna fly through Warsaw.The outbound works fine with a nice short connection, however, the inbound just gives one option with overnight layover in Warsaw. When I try to book KRK-WAW one-way or for that matter WAW-KRK return for these days it shows plenty of flights available that should be able to feed WAW-ORD on 11th. Any idea what's up? I mean I could just book ORD-WAW and WAW-KRK but I am afraid that if the flights get delayed I'm gonna miss my national leg.
Thanks for help!
Oct 28, 2013, 1:19 am
#2
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Hi guys,
I have following issue with Lot: trying to fly ORD-KRK (7th Nov - 11 Nov) and I wanna fly through Warsaw.The outbound works fine with a nice short connection, however, the inbound just gives one option with overnight layover in Warsaw. When I try to book KRK-WAW one-way or for that matter WAW-KRK return for these days it shows plenty of flights available that should be able to feed WAW-ORD on 11th. Any idea what's up? I mean I could just book ORD-WAW and WAW-KRK but I am afraid that if the flights get delayed I'm gonna miss my national leg.
Thanks for help!
I have following issue with Lot: trying to fly ORD-KRK (7th Nov - 11 Nov) and I wanna fly through Warsaw.The outbound works fine with a nice short connection, however, the inbound just gives one option with overnight layover in Warsaw. When I try to book KRK-WAW one-way or for that matter WAW-KRK return for these days it shows plenty of flights available that should be able to feed WAW-ORD on 11th. Any idea what's up? I mean I could just book ORD-WAW and WAW-KRK but I am afraid that if the flights get delayed I'm gonna miss my national leg.
Thanks for help!
Oct 28, 2013, 12:23 pm
#4
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Wow. Has LO reduced their schedule to ORD, or is this seasonal. For that general period I'm seeing as few a 2-3 flights per week. Weren't they recently daily, or at least "almost daily"??
Oct 29, 2013, 6:31 am
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Last time I used them in August there were twice daily on some days. The annoying thing is that they seem to have cancelled the Saturday flights so if you have meeting somewhere in Europe on Monday morning you cannot use them 
Oct 29, 2013, 6:34 am
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Oct 29, 2013, 7:31 am
#7
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Their inflight magazine lists a bunch of charter destinations, I thought maybe they were using the 787s on other routes over the winter. I did check the schedule for ORD and it is all over the place, almost random flights and changing week to week.
Oct 29, 2013, 7:47 am
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The trans-Atlantic market is very seasonal, very strong in summer with much less demand in winter and LOT has always changed the frequencies to reflect this.
I suspect another factor this year is that they've contracted with tour operators for quite a lot of charter flights between November and March, including Bangkok (weekly), Mombasa (semi-weekly), Colombo (weekly), La Romana (every 10 days or so), Santiago Marino (10 flights), Varadero (semi-weekly), Cancun (semi-weekly).
Oct 29, 2013, 8:20 am
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http://www.flightradar24.com/2013-10-29/03:30/12x/LOT46
Oct 29, 2013, 9:09 am
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Whatever you decide, never book a separate feeder from KRK to a long-haul. With notorious KRK ATC delays (fog, etc.), especially in the morning, you'd be putting yourself in a very unpleasant position.
Last edited by CzeSEN; Oct 29, 2013 at 9:23 am Reason: typo
Oct 30, 2013, 7:57 am
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Oh really - where does this information come from? A random check on flightradar shows that it flew from Toronto to Warsaw today as LO 46 (as well as on previous days):
http://www.flightradar24.com/2013-10-29/03:30/12x/LOT46
http://www.flightradar24.com/2013-10-29/03:30/12x/LOT46
http://www.flightradar24.com/LOT41