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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Barcelona, London, on a plane
Programs: BA Silver, TK E+, AA PP, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott LT Plat, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 13,043
Yes there are colonial links. E.G. was a Spanish colony.
But, no, I have no idea how IB managed to keep the route going for so long.