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Old May 23, 2017, 4:00 am
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teledude
 
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Originally Posted by squawk
More appropriate in here than in the J/F deals thread, I'm curious about what's happened to the Highlands & Islands Tallinn Special (aka ABZ-Orkney/Shetland-GLA-LHR-HEL-TLL).

An example is here, based on previous work by @rossmacd (and others).

I flagged up that it no longer seems to work here, and @Beaulieu noted it should still be valid via KOI.



Yet, try as I might, I can't get ABZ-KOI-GLA-HEL-TLL to come up on Matrix. It should be valid, and one would expect it to have gone up by £100 or so compared to the previous price due to the loss of BA6000-69999.

If it came to ~£550-575, before the BA Amex £100 off £500 voucher, it would make an attractive way to run 440TP for about £1/TP. Even if it were £500 afterwards, you're still looking at £1.14/TP.

Any ideas why this doesn't seem to work any more…?
Code:
Itinerary
Aberdeen (ABZ) to Tallinn (TLL) — Fri, Aug 4
Tight connectionLong layoverOvernight flightPreferred cabin is not available on some flights.
	
Aberdeen (ABZ) to Kirkwall (KOI) — Fri, Aug 4
British Airways 4102
Dep: 8:55 am
Arr: 9:45 am
0h 50m
SAAB SF 340
Business (J)
Snack or Brunch
OPERATED BY LOGANAIR FOR FLYBE
Layover in KOI
0h 35m
	
Kirkwall (KOI) to Glasgow (GLA) — Fri, Aug 4
British Airways 4014
Dep: 10:20 am
Arr: 11:30 am
1h 10m
SAAB SF 340
Business (J)
Snack or Brunch
OPERATED BY LOGANAIR FOR FLYBE
Layover in GLA
2h 35m
	
Glasgow (GLA) to London (LHR) — Fri, Aug 4
British Airways 1487
Dep: 2:05 pm
Arr: 3:35 pm
1h 30m
Airbus A320
Business (J)
Meal
Layover in LHR
3h 5m
	
London (LHR) to Helsinki (HEL) — Fri, Aug 4
British Airways 798
Dep: 6:40 pm
Arr: 11:35 pm
2h 55m
Airbus A320
Business (R)
Meal
Layover in HEL
14h 10m
	
Helsinki (HEL) to Tallinn (TLL) — Sat, Aug 5
Finnair 107
Dep: 1:45 pm
Arr: 2:20 pm
0h 35m
ATR 72
Economy (Y)
OPERATED BY NORDIC REGIONAL AIRLINES
Tallinn (TLL) to Aberdeen (ABZ) — Sun, Aug 6
Long layoverMissing this connection may lead to significant delaysOvernight flightPreferred cabin is not available on some flights.
	
Tallinn (TLL) to Helsinki (HEL) — Sun, Aug 6
Finnair 108
Dep: 2:50 pm
Arr: 3:25 pm
0h 35m
ATR 72
Economy (Y)
OPERATED BY NORDIC REGIONAL AIRLINES
Layover in HEL
16h 20m
	
Helsinki (HEL) to London (LHR) — Mon, Aug 7
British Airways 795
Dep: 7:45 am
Arr: 9:00 am
3h 15m
Airbus A320
Business (R)
Meal
Layover in LHR
2h 55m
	
London (LHR) to Glasgow (GLA) — Mon, Aug 7
British Airways 1482
Dep: 11:55 am
Arr: 1:25 pm
1h 30m
Airbus A320
Business (J)
Meal
Layover in GLA
1h 0m
	
Glasgow (GLA) to Kirkwall (KOI) — Mon, Aug 7
British Airways 4015
Dep: 2:25 pm
Arr: 3:40 pm
1h 15m
SAAB SF 340
Business (J)
Snack or Brunch
OPERATED BY LOGANAIR FOR FLYBE
Layover in KOI
1h 40m
	
Kirkwall (KOI) to Aberdeen (ABZ) — Mon, Aug 7
British Airways 4107
Dep: 5:20 pm
Arr: 6:10 pm
0h 50m
SAAB SF 340
Business (J)
Snack or Brunch
OPERATED BY LOGANAIR FOR FLYBE
Mileage
3,792 total miles
CO2 Emissions
979 kg (estimated by ITA).
Airport Information
Aberdeen Dyce (ABZ)
Tallinn Lennart Meri (TLL)
Kirkwall (KOI)
Glasgow International (GLA)
London Heathrow (LHR)
Helsinki-Vantaa (HEL)
Cost per passenger (including taxes & fees)
£630.78
Total cost for 1 passenger
£630.78
Edit - possible to do the A350 both ways for <£700

Last edited by teledude; May 23, 2017 at 4:07 am
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