Originally Posted by
bluemoon68
While the LCA stop is included, I don’t see why anyone is flying BA. … What is attractive about a flight on a narrow bodied plane with an additional stop? Surely loyalty to BA doesn’t stretch this far?
Status benefits (baggage, quick check in, lounge, free seating choice) can make an otherwise less appealing flight look like a more appealing journey when the ground experience is also taken into account.
Originally Posted by
CT-UK
It isn't the first time they have done the stop, a lot of people wont even notice it when booking.
When did BA last fly to TLV with a scheduled stop in LCA?
Originally Posted by
corporate-wage-slave
Another factor is through ticketing - whether from within the UK or beyond: some ticket prices with connections still make this viable and cost-effective. For example there is a substantial community in Gateshead with ties to Israel, and neither Wizz nor easyJet (or LTN) would be obviously good solutions from NCL.
True, but the flight timing as it stands doesn’t make connecting appealing. It’s too early to catch even the earliest trans Atlantic incoming connections, and I don’t think (correct me if I’m wrong) that any flights from NCL arrive early enough to make an 0640 TLV departure.
It could even sometimes be difficult when BA165 left at 0800 to catch it from a JFK arrival unless things went perfectly and only one or two flights had legal connections to it, if I remember correctly.
Regarding NCL I suspect the Gateshead community is quite price sensitive and would largely choose train plus Easyjet or Wizz from LTN/LGW since they’d have to spend the night in London anyway given the current outbound flight timing.