Originally Posted by
WearyBizTrvlr
The longest non-BA segment within Europe is BCN-LEN at 2958, which is a whole lot less than 3628 on LHR-MCT. This is quite aside from my utter lack of interest of going to LEN, although the Middle East also has limited appeal. At least I don't need a visa to go there.
A bit confoosed here - LEN is Leon, which is a lot less than 2958 miles. Longest IB Europe segment I can find is MAD-TLV at 2207, then MAD-DME at 2140. Still, without the LHR-long Europe restriction, a couple of RTs to TLV or CAI/DME can get you within 1500 mi or so of LHR-MCT-LHR-IST-LHR. Not that European J on IB is all that swell, but IMO not a deal breaker.