Originally Posted by
demolineux
Both of the flights are overnight flights. It'll be on a 777.
I did a WTP+ one way last year for £170 and got a really really old plane. It was a disappointment. Then again, I have never flown economy long haul overnight.. Is there any way of finding if BA run new planes or old ones on a particular route?
It's LHR-EZE.
That's a long flight, but it is the older 777s. If that is return, it's £250 each way, if I have understood correctly, based on HBO WT versus OTA WTP. I think that is justifiable. If it is £500 one way, it's very expensive
The other thing to look for is whether you can get into a WT bucket higher than O, Q, G (e.g. N or K) and Upgrade using Avios in a cost effective way. Or look at starting from mainland Europe / Inverness / Dublin to handle the APD upscale. Otherwise if you have to start from London I would think about getting the cheapest fare, book a really nice hotel - though bearing in mind you arrive early in the Buenos Aires morning - and for £50 to £100 you can have 24 hours to recover. If BA offer an AUP or POUG nearer £200 each way then maybe you can allow yourself to be tempted. A bit depends on what happens when you get to EZE / LHR. If you can have a lazy recovery day then that is different to a get-up-and-go day.