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Old Aug 23, 2016 | 7:21 am
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strichener
 
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Originally Posted by Takiteasy
Like a lot of FTers I have done ex-EU trips, sometimes even dropping the last leg (without dire consequences to date I haste to add).

While it is always nice to grab a 'bargain', is Club World that great that it warrants 2 extra return trips to an EU destination?

When I did mine, I happened to have regular business at CPH, AMS, DUB or the likes, made a nice side leisure trip out of it, or attempted a TP run, but it seems a lot of posters on this forum do it for the cash savings.

So in order to do 2x 8 hour flights in Club rather that WTP+, you submit yourself to 4x extra check-ins, irrops, not to mention another 8 hours in a plane with legroom worse than WT.

Am I missing a trick?
You are making the classic BA FT assumption that everyone is based in London. For some of us in the UK, it is just as easy to get to DUB as it is LON.
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