Originally Posted by
impeymac
My obvious departure points in the UK are MAN or BHX. However, I usually choose LHR as I combine flights with a chance to visit London & the QR T4 lounge is my favourite anywhere.
I would consider CWL if the prices were good though I suspect, as the others have already stated, they'll simply match other UK departure airports.
One thing to consider; when accessing Ex-UK awards flights I find MAN & LHR usually showing as x2, whereas I was able to find awards flights Ex-BHX without a problem. It might be the same for CWL which would be very useful indeed.
I also hope to see some decent reward availability from CWL. I am yet to fly QA from BHX because the morning flight is too early for me. LHR gives you much better options plus like you said you get the lounge experience. For this summer there was tons of availability from MAN but none from LHR so I used my AA miles to book from MAN then a few months later availability from LHR showed up so I called and transferred the flight.