Originally Posted by
Centurion
I loved the days of flight 001 and 002 on BA between JFK and LHR
The same flight numbers were used by Pan Am for their daily round the world flights, one going east and the other going west. At any instant in time there would be two of them going east and two going west as the trip took over 24 hours. These routes were subsequently acquired and flown by UA although UA discontinued the eastbound segment out of Delhi and the westbound into Delhi after a few years. I had taken these flights on numerous occasions and as a result ended up with a lifetime Clipper Club membership which was converted into a Delta Lifetime Crown Club membership when Delta acquired Pan Am's European routes and the Frankfurt hub.