I booked a BA ticket and ended up flying on Ryanair.
Mar 20, 2010, 5:32 am
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Mar 20, 2010, 7:35 am
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"BA is in a fight for survival and the last thing they need is strike action from a greedy union".
Mar 20, 2010, 7:46 am
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Mar 20, 2010, 8:12 am
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Will decide later tonight if I can wake up in the morning early enough to make the first flight out!
Mar 20, 2010, 11:17 am
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I'm not sure how you can book it in one go, as ba.com does not allow you to book a connection under an hour but you could book the two segments as single flights. That'll cost you an extra credit card fee, or you could use debit cards and not pay any fee. Unlike really flying Ryanair you don't pay fees on any debit card
Mar 20, 2010, 12:22 pm
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You could always do a turnaround on the same flight. It looks like all the flights that fly out from LGW are also scheduled to fly back there.
I'm not sure how you can book it in one go, as ba.com does not allow you to book a connection under an hour but you could book the two segments as single flights. That'll cost you an extra credit card fee, or you could use debit cards and not pay any fee. Unlike really flying Ryanair you don't pay fees on any debit card
I'm not sure how you can book it in one go, as ba.com does not allow you to book a connection under an hour but you could book the two segments as single flights. That'll cost you an extra credit card fee, or you could use debit cards and not pay any fee. Unlike really flying Ryanair you don't pay fees on any debit card
Mar 20, 2010, 1:21 pm
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... and for best seats advice on an FR 737-800 see here
Mar 20, 2010, 3:08 pm
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... although some may miss the homely, lived-in feel of a BA 734
... and for best seats advice on an FR 737-800 see here
... and for best seats advice on an FR 737-800 see here
Mar 20, 2010, 3:16 pm
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Mar 20, 2010, 6:58 pm
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Must have been a novel experience for them flying into LHR. Hopefully one they won't have to repeat.
Last edited by Jimmie76; Mar 21, 2010 at 10:11 am