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Old Jun 24, 2017, 2:29 pm
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Dogmatick
 
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Originally Posted by amnicoll
Interesting question and one no doubt they can not answer.

before the service was withdrawn I asked about cost of extra Klms from Bangkok and was told to contact the car hire company - interesting when previously I had asked for contact details from Etihad they would not provide them!
Others may also remember that a couple of years ago they were offering a paid Chauffeur out of LHR direct via their website. It was £70 at the time which isn't cheap but is about par for a limo service

And of course we won't be seeing £140 coming off the price of the tickets, at last check they had gone even higher

The mentality I've always found in the ME is that if savings are needed then they must all be made immediately regardless of the impact on the wider business

So well done EY you can retrofit the 380s with some Y upstairs as that's all you're going to be good for pretty soon and I will wager they're the first to introduce the new eleven across 380 seating in Y as well
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