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Old Dec 16, 2004 | 7:26 am
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chico
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
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Originally Posted by bariummeal
BMI have just announced that they have closed the Paddington check-in desks "with immediate effect"!
This service was excellent - bags on board and no queuing at Heathrow
That is indeed a shame... Just so that I have even more reason to regret this, did they extend the check-in facilities to all other *A carriers, or BMI only? (I am flying into LHR on BMI, and leaving on AC later this month)
Originally Posted by bariummeal
Incidently I advise everyone to get a BAA airport loyalty card (...) 50 BAA points can be collected on spending £50 in the airport and a half price voucher on the Heathrow express is only 50 points.
Great tip. I might hold off on purchasing some electronics I had in mind until reaching LHR. For anyone who is interested the link is:
http://baa.co.uk/
Just click on "BAA WorldPoints" on the Quick Links menu to the right.

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