The BA "Thank Goodness it's Friday!" Thread
Oct 27, 2023, 1:52 am
#3541
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: London, ARN, HEL, ..... or MAN
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Oct 27, 2023, 2:16 am
#3542
Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: UK
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I initially thought it was Margate too!
Here's a wee photo from a previous FT trip to Margate.Left to Right - Me, T8191, HIDDY
Oct 27, 2023, 2:19 am
#3543
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Mexico
Programs: BAEC Gold / SQ *A Gold / Marriott Titanium
Posts: 3,696
Happy Friday folks.
I initially thought it was Margate too! Here's a wee photo from a previous FT trip to Margate.
Left to Right - Me, T8191, HIDDY
I initially thought it was Margate too!
Here's a wee photo from a previous FT trip to Margate.Left to Right - Me, T8191, HIDDY
Oct 27, 2023, 2:24 am
#3544
Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 10,245
"Is that the car phone Rodney",
"No"
"Are you sure?"
"Yes.........we ain't got a car phone"
Yes, the 'Handgliding' episode
ETA: Oh forgot to add, happy holidays ThatT1Feeling!
I've never been to The Maldives, looks a beautiful place.
Oct 27, 2023, 3:09 am
#3545
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: LON
Programs: Mucci, BAEC, Eurostar
Posts: 3,359
Oct 27, 2023, 3:18 am
#3547
Join Date: Nov 2019
Location: Newcastle, UK
Programs: BAEC GGL, IHG Platinum, FlyingBlue Gold, Hilton Diamond, Mucci des repas d'enfant
Posts: 3,085
Oct 27, 2023, 3:21 am
#3548
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Mexico
Programs: BAEC Gold / SQ *A Gold / Marriott Titanium
Posts: 3,696
Haha! Only works in English, although my Mexican dentist speaks really good English, so perhaps I will book a 2.30 appointment
Oct 27, 2023, 8:05 am
#3550
Join Date: Nov 2019
Location: Newcastle, UK
Programs: BAEC GGL, IHG Platinum, FlyingBlue Gold, Hilton Diamond, Mucci des repas d'enfant
Posts: 3,085
I’ve been doing that of late and have decided that, like a long lost acquaintance, I have outgrown them I’m on a remote contract which is great as I live far north but the offices are south and midlands… and a lot of my teams are based south of Watford gap so travel south to the offices is both inevitable and time consuming 
I’m on a remote contract which is great as I live far north but the offices are south and midlands… and a lot of my teams are based south of Watford gap so travel south to the offices is both inevitable and time consuming
Oct 27, 2023, 10:24 am
#3552
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Las Vegas
Programs: BA Gold; Hilton Honors Diamond
Posts: 3,243
It's a quiet weekend at home for us. We don't have any flying booked now until 20th December when we fly back to the UK for Christmas. I will be doing some chores including maybe trimming back some of the plants and there's a lamp that needs replacing in the side yard. We fired our landscaper a couple of weeks ago so keeping Chez Geordie405 in good nick now falls on me. Fortunately there are a few decent garden centres nearby so we'll be paying one of those a visit. The weather is such that we can now comfortably sit out in the back yard although in the evenings we'd probably light the firepit. With it getting a little cooler the fruit on our citrus salad trees is starting to ripen so we're looking forward to fresh lemons and oranges etc. No limes this year, hopefully next year though.
I did manage to get next year's summer holiday flights booked using a load of Avios and my Chase voucher. Our daughter is going to be in Germany next year as part of her Master's program so we've booked flights for her (flying into Berlin, back from Prague) and we'll meet her in Berlin at the end of her course, have a couple of days there, take the train to Prague, have a few days there before she flies home, and then we'll head on to Bratislava. We fly back from LHR via MAD to DFW all on Iberia so far fewer Avios and taxes etc. than flying BA. Just need to figure out how we get from Bratislava to Newcastle. Plenty of time to figure it out but the train is tempting!
I did manage to get next year's summer holiday flights booked using a load of Avios and my Chase voucher. Our daughter is going to be in Germany next year as part of her Master's program so we've booked flights for her (flying into Berlin, back from Prague) and we'll meet her in Berlin at the end of her course, have a couple of days there, take the train to Prague, have a few days there before she flies home, and then we'll head on to Bratislava. We fly back from LHR via MAD to DFW all on Iberia so far fewer Avios and taxes etc. than flying BA. Just need to figure out how we get from Bratislava to Newcastle. Plenty of time to figure it out but the train is tempting!
Oct 28, 2023, 2:57 am
#3553
Join Date: Jul 2013
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond *, IHG, Couples Romance Rewards
Posts: 2,413
Oct 28, 2023, 4:24 am
#3554
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: JER
Programs: BA Gold/OWE, several MUCCI, and assorted Pensions!
Posts: 32,195
It was a frustrating Friday in T8191's Study as he and iWife tried to find somewhere to go during Winter. Much research of Mauritius destinations revealed, according to TripAdvisor and BA Holidays, an endless list of hotels with not very good food, Kids Clubs or both. By the time we had worked down the options to reach £12,000 for a week's AI, we gave up!
Oct 28, 2023, 4:28 am
#3555
Join Date: Jul 2013
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond *, IHG, Couples Romance Rewards
Posts: 2,413
It was a frustrating Friday in T8191's Study as he and iWife tried to find somewhere to go during Winter. Much research of Mauritius destinations revealed, according to TripAdvisor and BA Holidays, an endless list of hotels with not very good food, Kids Clubs or both. By the time we had worked down the options to reach £12,000 for a week's AI, we gave up!