The BA Board Trip Report of 2011 Competition
 

Let's rewind to January 2011 and recapture the moments where the hopes, the tension, and finally rapturous applause filled the room as matthandy was pronounced The BA Board Moët Laureate for his triumphant report which related a hectic last minute business trip to Mumbai.

So following the success of last year's competition, I delighted to announce the BA Board Trip Report of 2011 competition.

LTN Phobia, Petrus and I will be the judges. Should one of our reports be nominated, a special guest judge will be pressganged into joining us. There are just a few simple rules

• All reports have to be nominated by a poster other than the author
• The nomination must be made in this thread and clearly explain why you think the chosen report should win
• Please add a link to the report in the nomination
• A large portion of the content should relate to BA, but other airlines and/or ground travel that relates to the trip are acceptable.
• Reports that do not include any BA travel are not eligible for nomination
• Nominations close at 23:59 GMT on Wednesday 29th February 2012 with a decision in the following week
• The judges decision will be final. No arguments will be entered into!

And what of the prize?

Let's face it, writing a TR is a great way to get some love from the FT community. So, the winner will earn the right to bear the exclusive "I won the BA Board Trip Report of the Year competition" signature for an entire year.

So, off with your nominations please!

PS If you are unhappy with or have a suggestion relating to the rules, please PM me
PPS Bungs are welcome in used mid-denomination USD, Euro, SEK or GBP notes. Please leave at the CCR reception desk in a briefcase
PPPS That was a joke!

I've collected a list of possible candidates posted in the Trip Reports forum. The list isn't exhaustive and I apologise if anyone's efforts have been omitted as a result of my hasty research. These are not nominations per se - those, of course, will come from you.


January 2011
Daze Z for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...-business.html
NickW for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...l-nrt-ncl.html


February 2011
adam1uk for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...lub-world.html
Kevincm for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...-ua-ba-ww.html
olybeast for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...waited-tr.html


March 2011
teflon for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...trak-pics.html
BotB for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...-8-3-11-a.html


April 2011
OuiFrere for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...rst-class.html
Potakas for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...-time-nyc.html
Genius1 for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...ss-w-pics.html


May 2011
ORDPLATAA for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...-1-2011-a.html
BingBongBoy for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...a-ncl-lhr.html
T8191 for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...d-back-ba.html
Short hair Francis for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...aa-y-ba-f.html


June 2011
londonphile for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...h-between.html
andset1191 for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...to-return.html
malkie for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...se-photos.html
lucky9876coins for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...much-more.html
Sixth Freedom for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...f-product.html
BrewerSEA for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...a-jl-rj-j.html
matthandy for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...d-bangkok.html


July 2011
BA_Jfan for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...d-ord-nce.html
Tim C for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...isco-ba-f.html


August 2011
hilltopper for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...new-first.html
Genius1 for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...ng-w-pics.html


September 2011
PETER01 for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...x-lhr-edi.html
bruce80 for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...wne-plaza.html
PETER01 for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...rst-class.html
Dave Z for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...ailstones.html
GetSetJetSet for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...ccr-ba-nf.html
Moomba for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...one-world.html


October 2011
Petrus for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...rt-report.html
HIDDY for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...u-lhr-yvr.html


November 2011
Statusless Person for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...ia-ba-y-j.html
xenole for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...u-las-etc.html
Moomba for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...pond-a318.html


December 2011
fly_ebos for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...ls-jersey.html
FlyingQuant for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...-ba-first.html
BA-Flyer for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...r-bkk-syd.html

BBB's http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...bos-lhr-j.html TR definitely gets my nomination ^

Fabulous report, brilliant pictures, and all-in-all makes me want to go back to New England and in particular Boston :D

Was it that long ago?

So many to choose from. Are we allowed to nominate more than one?

Please nominate as many as you wish. Remember to include a few words explaining your reasons for nominating the report

One more question: Do I have to give up my title? :(

Your title was well earned. We wouldn't dream of taking it away from you :)

How exciting! May I remind you all that in a former life I was a [REDACTED], and that due to my association with [REDACTED], I know where you all live ;)

I will peruse those reports I haven't yet read, and provide some nomination(s) shortly...

I have 2 nominations. The first is Hiddy's here
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...u-lhr-yvr.html

Hiddy would be the sort of person I'd like to sit next to on a long-haul. We could drink, have a laugh and be politically incorrect the whole flamin way ;)

The second is this piece of brilliance. From matthandy...
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...d-bangkok.html

Simply amazing detail, great photography, a wonderful story and sounded like a terrific adventure.

And an honourable mention to anything ever written by Seat2a. The man is a genius...

Edited: Ok, I finally regained my senses and sobered up and nominated correctly this time...

One mark deducted for the use of [REDACTED] - actually make that two :) A wretched word that has become horribly misused in recent times.

I don't know.......I promise to give you a night of debauchery in Buenos Aires in return for nominating me and you go and cock it up......:rolleyes:

I warned you of the effects the over consumption of cheese can have on one's concentration ;) :p

Yes BBBs JKK/BOS was not in the list but I thought it was really good.

Very detailed, covered a number of flights, lots of great pictures.
Made me want to go on a trip!

I've been waiting for this competition to open, so that I could nominate the following TR......


matthandy for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...d-bangkok.html

To my mind this TR surpasses everything I've ever read on FT, or indeed any other travel related forum ^

Yes, that's a good one too. Lots of nice photos.