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TPRun Oct 24, 2022 11:28 am

SOF B2B Meet Up Thread
 
With lots of forumites booked on to the LHR-SOF-LHR or nested flights (on one of my trips there are 16 rows of CE and I'm certain FT is to blame!) I wondered how a Wiki could be started, so those who wish to share dates can?

Best,
TPRun

stephenjc Oct 24, 2022 1:49 pm


Originally Posted by TPRun (Post 34705759)
With lots of forumites booked on to the LHR-SOF-LHR nested flights (on one of my trips there are 16 rows of CE and I'm certain FT is to blame!) I wondered how a Wiki could be started, so those who wish to share dates can?

Best,
TPRun

Just checked my flight on the 5th November and there are 14 rows of CE😮

Tobias-UK Oct 24, 2022 1:51 pm


Originally Posted by TPRun (Post 34705759)
With lots of forumites booked on to the LHR-SOF-LHR nested flights (on one of my trips there are 16 rows of CE and I'm certain FT is to blame!) I wondered how a Wiki could be started, so those who wish to share dates can?

Best,
TPRun

I’ve added a wiki, over to you.

TPRun Oct 24, 2022 2:07 pm


Originally Posted by stephenjc (Post 34706095)
Just checked my flight on the 5th November and there are 14 rows of CE😮

Haha - more to come, I imagine!


Originally Posted by Tobias-UK (Post 34706106)
I’ve added a wiki, over to you.

Amazing, thank you! Will start adding my flights in...

pmcg Oct 24, 2022 2:18 pm

Very starnge, I was just searching for SOF B2B earlier.

Was trying to see if I could out from EDI with a 5 night car and come back the same day which was possible on 30/11 but I couldn't get a an EDI back to SOF in C to tie the dates up.

Thread watching....

DoctorCopper Oct 24, 2022 2:24 pm


Originally Posted by pmcg (Post 34706168)
Very starnge, I was just searching for SOF B2B earlier.

Was trying to see if I could out from EDI with a 5 night car and come back the same day which was possible on 30/11 but I couldn't get a an EDI back to SOF in C to tie the dates up.

Thread watching....

Is there any possibility of providing a translation into English?

Doc Copper

Percy Pig Oct 24, 2022 2:25 pm

Nice idea. Done.

feel free to edit my entry once formatting has been decided on!

TPRun Oct 24, 2022 2:58 pm


Originally Posted by Percy Pig (Post 34706196)
Nice idea. Done.

feel free to edit my entry once formatting has been decided on!

Sorry, I may have overwritten you whilst 'in edit'.
I may have gone a little crazy with the dates; instead, maybe better people 'copy paste' where necessary.

DarkHarlequin Oct 24, 2022 11:58 pm

I'm moderately embarrassed that I haven't even passed the 90 post mark in order to edit the wiki - oh the shame!

My dates are 23 Nov, 30 Nov, 4 Dec and 7 Dec.

marcopizzaiuolo Oct 25, 2022 5:53 am

Sorry to go slightly off topic, but for those of you doing multiple TP run to Sofia within the month of November, is this the best way to actually earn TP compared to a multi leg transatlantic run? Are you sandwiching in multiple BA Holidays with Car Rental for example and thus having cross-cross tickets to achieve that? Just curious. I have done SOF last year as a TP run short holiday and would happily return in the future but would not want to go so often to the same place just for TP runs

TPRun Oct 25, 2022 6:20 am


Originally Posted by DarkHarlequin (Post 34707063)
I'm moderately embarrassed that I haven't even passed the 90 post mark in order to edit the wiki - oh the shame!

My dates are 23 Nov, 30 Nov, 4 Dec and 7 Dec.

Added!


Originally Posted by marcopizzaiuolo (Post 34707367)
Sorry to go slightly off topic, but for those of view doing multiple TP run to Sofia within the month of November, is this the best way to actually earn TP compared to a multi leg transatlantic run? Are you sandwiching in multiple BA Holidays with Car Rental for example and thus having cross-cross tickets to achieve that? Just curious. I have done SOF last year as a TP run short holiday and would happily return in the future but would not want to go so often to the same place just for TP runs

I would have loved to do a long distance run, having done the big Bucharest to Phoenix trip where there was a pool party at the hotel in PHX (the mid point of all flights) & it was so much fun. I chose to do this many Sofia trips because a) I live close to LHR and can get to the airport and back with ease/low cost, b) it was overall cheaper for me to book 6 x nested B2Bs + 1 long weekend in Sofia than a transatlantic run (No need for cabs, hotels, time coming in/out of airports around the world etc) - £0.96p per tier point for gold.

pmcg Oct 25, 2022 6:57 am


Originally Posted by TPRun (Post 34707397)
Added!



I would have loved to do a long distance run, having done the big Bucharest to Phoenix trip where there was a pool party at the hotel in PHX (the mid point of all flights) & it was so much fun. I chose to do this many Sofia trips because a) I live close to LHR and can get to the airport and back with ease/low cost, b) it was overall cheaper for me to book 6 x nested B2Bs + 1 long weekend in Sofia than a transatlantic run (No need for cabs, hotels, time coming in/out of airports around the world etc) - £0.96p per tier point for gold.

You not doing them as a holiday (car or hotel) to get the Double Points?

TPRun Oct 25, 2022 7:10 am


Originally Posted by pmcg (Post 34707461)
You not doing them as a holiday (car or hotel) to get the Double Points?

I'm not. 1) Not smart enough to plan that much ahead 2) I offset some of the bookings by spending avios to part-pay for each trip, so it kept the price considerably low.

EGLK FLYER Oct 25, 2022 9:57 am

My SOF trips

23/11 - 24/11
29/11- 30/11
7/12 - 8/12

stephenjc Oct 25, 2022 2:09 pm

Added my mini-TP run from EDI-LHR-SOF with my wife, it's the first time my wife has flown just so I can get TPs to get back to Gold before my card expires at the end of Nov.

Spending the night in Sofia was the only way, she didn't fancy a B2B, which I'm glad I'm not doing as I reckon a day/night in Sofia should be a lovely way to spend a weekend!


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