Jan 2, 2015, 10:16 pm
Last edit by: KARFA
2015 Do Calendar
Next Confirmed Do:
Previous Do's this year:
Oxford Do - Saturday 28 February. Host: OxfordBlue
Honolulu Do - 4 April Host: atmorris
Leeds Do - 18 April Host: KARFA
Edinburgh Do - 16 May. Host: PETER01
Milan DO - Saturday 6 June. Host: themapelligroup
Jersey Do - 11 July. Host: T8191
BA 747-400 at Heathrow Do - 2 October. Host: KARFA
London Do - 30 October. Host: chris1979
Confirmed Do's for 2015:
London Do - 11 December Host: chris1979
Proposed Do's for 2016 (created Nov 2015)
Edinburgh - May/September TBC - PETER01
List of upcoming proposed Do's:
Potential Newcastle or North of England Do - Late August (or other times not in conflict with other Dos) - please indicate interest by posting in this thread. Host: Stez
Potential Manchester Do - Summer?? - please indicate interest by posting in this thread. Host: DYKWIA
Others? (please post them here!)
Note to organisers: don't forget to cross post your Do threads in the CommunityBuzz forum.
British Airways Flyertalk Do's - 2015 master thread
May 22, 2015, 3:16 am
#91
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Yeah, got that as well. Why can't Avios be used on some flights?
May 22, 2015, 3:17 am
#92
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I checked LHR/LGW as well and not much difference to be honest. About £60 the first one I checked so no point. Nice?
May 22, 2015, 3:27 am
#93
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Not sure, but I won't be coming to any this year I haven't already got booked in due to TP run's, holidays and a busy work schedule.
/edit Also I've tidied up the wiki a bit and updated it.
/edit Also I've tidied up the wiki a bit and updated it.
May 24, 2015, 3:02 pm
#94
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May 24, 2015, 3:50 pm
#95
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I mean as part-payment. Is that capacity controlled as well? I just see that option sometimes.
May 25, 2015, 4:32 am
#96
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May 25, 2015, 4:48 am
#97
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May 25, 2015, 5:04 am
#98
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http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...ly-2015-a.html ... wink, wink 
Jun 28, 2015, 3:35 am
#99
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Thread updated.
Nov 5, 2015, 4:39 am
#100
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There will be a London Pre-Christmas Drinks Do in December which will be announced next week. Same format as last year's, so it will be just a time, date, and bar listed and folks can just turn up - nothing as organised as the recent London Do.
Any thoughts for 2016? Seems there might be a few possible venues for the first half of next year such as Newcastle, Manchester, Glasgow, Inverness (after May when the route starts), and Isle of Man. Also perhaps a non-UK Do such as Dublin etc. based on the recent success of Milan and Paris. Anyone local in any place willing to organise something?
Any thoughts for 2016? Seems there might be a few possible venues for the first half of next year such as Newcastle, Manchester, Glasgow, Inverness (after May when the route starts), and Isle of Man. Also perhaps a non-UK Do such as Dublin etc. based on the recent success of Milan and Paris. Anyone local in any place willing to organise something?
Nov 5, 2015, 5:43 am
#101
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There will be a London Pre-Christmas Drinks Do in December which will be announced next week. Same format as last year's, so it will be just a time, date, and bar listed and folks can just turn up - nothing as organised as the recent London Do.
Any thoughts for 2016? Seems there might be a few possible venues for the first half of next year such as Newcastle, Manchester, Glasgow, Inverness (after May when the route starts), and Isle of Man. Also perhaps a non-UK Do such as Dublin etc. based on the recent success of Milan and Paris. Anyone local in any place willing to organise something?
Any thoughts for 2016? Seems there might be a few possible venues for the first half of next year such as Newcastle, Manchester, Glasgow, Inverness (after May when the route starts), and Isle of Man. Also perhaps a non-UK Do such as Dublin etc. based on the recent success of Milan and Paris. Anyone local in any place willing to organise something?
I'll stick it in the Wiki just now so a wee heads up re that one. If not May then September but that's a long way off just now.
There will also be a pre-Christmas Edinburgh drinks meet up for locals or anyone else around here at that time.
I've been thinking for a while if there are FT/BA Do's all around the UK/elsewhere on the same date then a Facetime Link Up could be good? @:-)
We could all then say hello to each other but more than likely some cheeky banter (and more!) could be exchanged......'live'!
Nov 5, 2015, 6:05 am
#102
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The one significant venue not to have had a Do recently is Belfast. There's not been a BA Do for Dublin either, though there were other events there, notably the BMI one close to their demise. LON, JER, LBA, EDI and NCL have had more than one, GLA and ABZ have had them quite recently, and MAN not so far back.
Nov 5, 2015, 6:17 am
#103
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The one significant venue not to have had a Do recently is Belfast. There's not been a BA Do for Dublin either, though there were other events there, notably the BMI one close to their demise. LON, JER, LBA, EDI and NCL have had more than one, GLA and ABZ have had them quite recently, and MAN not so far back.
How about Cardiff as well as a potential venue?
I think folks like the JER one which now seems to be a regular annual event and I hope it stays that way.
It's been muted before quite a few times re a Dublin Do but no one has yet to come forward and organise it. Given how popular DUB is on here with flights I'd anticipate a good turnout.
The others such as GLA, MAN, NCL, EDI, LON, LBA etc are familiar, and there is also the train options, which I sense folks like and I'm up for any of them as well.
Nov 5, 2015, 6:53 am
#104
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The one significant venue not to have had a Do recently is Belfast. There's not been a BA Do for Dublin either, though there were other events there, notably the BMI one close to their demise. LON, JER, LBA, EDI and NCL have had more than one, GLA and ABZ have had them quite recently, and MAN not so far back.
Nov 5, 2015, 7:02 am
#105
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My home town of Belfast is a fun spot but not easy to organise something for a large group. There is good food and good night life. Outside of the Titanic centre (mediocre), Crumlin Road Goal (mediocre) or the falls taxi tour which is a lot of fun but expensive, group activities are low. What would people be interested in doing?
Sure, provide links to other things like you have mentioned, maybe even be prepared to chaperone one of them yourself perhaps, but avoid setting up complicated arrangements, bookings, deposits, food orders and what-not. FTers are quite diverse: some will perhaps indulge in fine dining while there and will leave early, others will happy to just drink (and drink and drink), others will turn up early, DYKWIA will turn up late, some will go out of town, some will visit friends. So it's easiest to say - go to venue x at 7 pm. x doesn't have to be a hospital incidentally! But maybe there are some unusual drinking holes in Belfast?
I don't think you'll get a vast crowd for Belfast - more like a healthy 20 or 30 souls?