The BA "Thank Goodness it's Friday!" Thread
Aug 14, 2015, 1:45 am
#1516
Join Date: Dec 2007
Programs: M&M, BA Silver, Accor LeClub Gold
Posts: 490
Happy Friday indeed!
Traveling DUS - LHR - GLA later today. Taking in some of the Edinburgh Festival on Saturday, and back to Dus again on Sunday afternoon. Just checked my return flight on Sunday and it is being operated by a mid-haul 321 and I've bagged one of the good seats. Due to some quirk the LHR DUS leg of my return was cheaper in business class and I'm currently the only person in the CE cabin on the Sunday evening flight.
Traveling DUS - LHR - GLA later today. Taking in some of the Edinburgh Festival on Saturday, and back to Dus again on Sunday afternoon. Just checked my return flight on Sunday and it is being operated by a mid-haul 321 and I've bagged one of the good seats. Due to some quirk the LHR DUS leg of my return was cheaper in business class and I'm currently the only person in the CE cabin on the Sunday evening flight.
Aug 14, 2015, 3:24 am
#1517
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 561
A very happy Friday!
Booked a reward flight this morning to MAD for the weekend, remedying my status as having never visited Spain.
Prado admission sorted, Segway tour booked. Any decent tapas recommendations?
Booked a reward flight this morning to MAD for the weekend, remedying my status as having never visited Spain.
Prado admission sorted, Segway tour booked. Any decent tapas recommendations?
Aug 14, 2015, 3:24 am
#1518
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Wirral, UK
Programs: BAEC Silver, IHG Gold, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 432
Happy Friday! Weather up here in Cheshire is absolutely horrendous, just looked at my calendar and it's a VERY long 9 weeks until my next flight! It does pick up again after that luckily.
Aug 14, 2015, 6:09 am
#1520
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Scotland
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 363
Friday x2
I was called out for work at 2am but did manage to get back to bed a bit later so this now feels a bit strange as I have another coffee and breakfast again ! Looking for flights to get over my withdrawals after a busy summer.
Planning visits to Festival events for the weekend in Edinburgh.
Safe travels all !
Planning visits to Festival events for the weekend in Edinburgh.
Safe travels all !
Aug 14, 2015, 6:20 am
#1521
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Glasgow
Programs: BA Gold, QF NB
Posts: 675
I uttered those (in)famous last words last night to a few mates who were out - 'I'll just go for one drink...' suffice to say there was more than one drink consumed which has allowed me to start Friday with a lovely hangover. 
Off to HKG on Sunday morning with a day in ARN on the way which I'm extremely excited about for a few reasons - it'll be my first flights in over 10 weeks (which has certainly felt like forever!), I'll be trying out QR and CX for the first time and I'll be in hot weather for the first time since I left Australia last May. Best thing though, and the reason for this trip, is that I'll be seeing my parents again for the first time in over 5 months
I am very afraid that 33 degrees in Hong Kong will destroy me as I found myself yesterday thinking that the lovely 22 degree day we had here in Glasgow was hot! Oh well, just means a last minute shopping spree at River Island, Zara and Topman for more singlets and shorts
Hopefully the weather is as braw as yesterday. Going on the Waverley is on my to-do list - a few colleagues have been on it and said it was a lovely thing to do.
Off to HKG on Sunday morning with a day in ARN on the way which I'm extremely excited about for a few reasons - it'll be my first flights in over 10 weeks (which has certainly felt like forever!), I'll be trying out QR and CX for the first time and I'll be in hot weather for the first time since I left Australia last May. Best thing though, and the reason for this trip, is that I'll be seeing my parents again for the first time in over 5 months
I am very afraid that 33 degrees in Hong Kong will destroy me as I found myself yesterday thinking that the lovely 22 degree day we had here in Glasgow was hot! Oh well, just means a last minute shopping spree at River Island, Zara and Topman for more singlets and shorts
Hopefully the weather is as braw as yesterday. Going on the Waverley is on my to-do list - a few colleagues have been on it and said it was a lovely thing to do.
Aug 14, 2015, 6:24 am
#1522
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: The greatest wee nation on earth.
Programs: Iron Maiden FC, GE, Rapidly falling down the Tiers to oblivion.
Posts: 2,604
Nah, back to normal in glasgow: cloudy and cool. Still, cant beat a waverley trip; last time i was on it to rothesay the ferry behind us sank. 25 years ago i think that was....
Aug 14, 2015, 6:39 am
#1523
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: UK
Programs: Mucci. And BA Gold – previous awards - Gold 11, Silver 7, Bronze 4.
Posts: 4,235
Happy Friday to all. Very pleased to get over a bit of a panic early this morning. Have been tracking some SH Avios flights for next summer and availability was absolutely fine (4 Y and 2J) popping up like clockwork every day, tracking towards the dates I wanted. And still lots of availability on pretty much every date.
All of a sudden this morning early ALL availability on that route for July/Aug 2016 had disappeared, totally, utterly, completely.
But fortunately by the time I got to work it had all reappeared and I am now one day away from booking the perfect dates.
Nothing like BA's IT system glitches to get the heart rate up!
All of a sudden this morning early ALL availability on that route for July/Aug 2016 had disappeared, totally, utterly, completely.
But fortunately by the time I got to work it had all reappeared and I am now one day away from booking the perfect dates.
Nothing like BA's IT system glitches to get the heart rate up!
Aug 14, 2015, 7:11 am
#1524
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: NYC
Programs: BA Silver, UA 1K, DL Platinum
Posts: 696
Apparently I went out for just one last night. Not great because I have a long flight ahead to PSP in coach. I need to establish my own Hamburg rule - but in this case because I couldn't find a convenient routing with >2k miles (all went via DFW) I refused to pay for F.
Aug 14, 2015, 10:08 am
#1525
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: London
Posts: 17,007
Just been offloaded from my T3 flight due to taxi being late. Totally could have made it if check in lady had not dithered for ten minutes before seeing me. Another 73 GBP down the drain for the BE flight in four hours. Bad end to a worse week.
Aug 14, 2015, 10:52 am
#1526
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 4,029
Day off today, have waited in all day for Homebase to deliver something. Still isn't here.
Was supposed to be flying to BDL tomorrow via IAD/DCA (took that routing to get a few more TP's), but that's been messed around by AA - so now flying to JFK but on a much later flight, thus staying at the Airport Hilton overnight and then driving up on Sunday
Was supposed to be flying to BDL tomorrow via IAD/DCA (took that routing to get a few more TP's), but that's been messed around by AA - so now flying to JFK but on a much later flight, thus staying at the Airport Hilton overnight and then driving up on Sunday
Aug 14, 2015, 12:47 pm
#1528
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: JER
Programs: BA Gold/OWE, several MUCCI, and assorted Pensions!
Posts: 32,146
Happy Friday from here. Miraculously, it didn't rain on the Battle of Flowers parade yesterday, and it looks like tonight's Moonlight parade will be dry too. A lot of very luck people, tourists and float-makers and spectators.
http://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/20...-flowers-2015/
I shall spend the weekend power-washing the terraces
http://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/20...-flowers-2015/
I shall spend the weekend power-washing the terraces
Aug 14, 2015, 6:38 pm
#1530
In Memoriam, FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Durham, NC (RDU/GSO/CLT)
Programs: AA EXP/MM, DL GM, UA Platinum, HH DIA, Hyatt Explorist, IHG Platinum, Marriott Titanium, Hertz PC
Posts: 33,857
Happy Friday! Currently at YYZ waiting on an AC flight to RDU. Tomorrow I turn right around and head out to PHX and Sedona, AZ for the weekend. Safe travels to all flying.