Originally Posted by ajamieson
For Golds, this might be a good route on which to blow miles...20,000 plus £87 or 10,000 plus £157 gets you business class (or whatever this turns out to be) to Russia.
But at £199 for 3,170 miles it is pretty crap for earning.
Anything in western Europe to/from MOW is generally a good mile-using opportunity even in Y on any airline, in light of prevailing fares. The cheapest available non-stop economy to/from London, Paris, Rome, Milan, etc. is often within $50 of a return fare to New York.
BD's A320 appears to travel faster, and be turned faster, than BA's 767s on the comparable schedules. While the A320 is smaller than a 767, I suspect that BD can not unload, service and load a full A320 at DME in the scheduled 50 minutes.