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Old Dec 10, 2019, 10:37 am
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Avanti West Coast = BA busier MAN/LHR or justify MAN/LCY

It seems like while the Virgin leadership team went over to Avanti they forget to take the seat booking system with them! Lots of frustrated regular VT travellers, me included, none to impressed and reports already of people on the same booking being sat apart.... So this is progress.... Hmm?

What's that got to do with BA, well there's lots of people talking about alternate modes of transport from North West to London... I've always preferred the train heading to Central London, equally with a tube ride at the end to the West of London like Brentford, however now for the latter for sure LHR flights look like an alternative (while not doing my carbon footprint any good).

I also wonder if there's a case, given the amount of disgruntled business travellers who can't select the train equivalent of 1A (for me it was J35 and J32), for a MAN/LCY service to compete with Avanti?
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