What is your balance of long haul & short haul BA flights?
Feb 11, 2015, 11:53 am
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What is your balance of long haul & short haul BA flights?
I was looking back at my flight diary recently and was interested to note that of the 106 sectors I have flown with BA since 2006 exactly half have been long haul and exactly half have been short haul.
Of the short haul, 27 have been connections to long hauls and 26 were individual trips. In summary:
Long haul O&D = 50%
Short haul O&D = 25%
Short haul connections to long haul = 25%
Long haul connections to long haul = 0%
What is your balance of BA long haul and short haul O&D and connecting flights?
Of the short haul, 27 have been connections to long hauls and 26 were individual trips. In summary:
Long haul O&D = 50%
Short haul O&D = 25%
Short haul connections to long haul = 25%
Long haul connections to long haul = 0%
What is your balance of BA long haul and short haul O&D and connecting flights?
Feb 11, 2015, 12:42 pm
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I live in London so it's pretty much all O&D
In terms of sectors since records began:
2014 - 16 s/h and 9 l/h
2013 - 20 s/h and 7 l/h
2012 - 23 s/h and 0 l/h
2011 - 21 s/h and 0 l/h
2010 - 14 s/h and 1 l/h
2009 - 2 s/h and 5 l/h
2008 - 7 s/h and 4 l/h
2007 - 3 s/h and 2 l/h
2006 - 11 s/h and 2 l/h
2005 - 33 s/h and 4 l/h
2004 - 19 s/h and 11 l/h
2003 - 10 s/h and 3 l/h
2002 - 2 s/h and 3 l/h
2001 - 6 s/h and 3 l/h
2000 - 13 s/h and 6 l/h
1999 - 21 s/h and 10 l/h
1998 - 18 s/h and 0 l/h
In terms of sectors since records began:
2014 - 16 s/h and 9 l/h
2013 - 20 s/h and 7 l/h
2012 - 23 s/h and 0 l/h
2011 - 21 s/h and 0 l/h
2010 - 14 s/h and 1 l/h
2009 - 2 s/h and 5 l/h
2008 - 7 s/h and 4 l/h
2007 - 3 s/h and 2 l/h
2006 - 11 s/h and 2 l/h
2005 - 33 s/h and 4 l/h
2004 - 19 s/h and 11 l/h
2003 - 10 s/h and 3 l/h
2002 - 2 s/h and 3 l/h
2001 - 6 s/h and 3 l/h
2000 - 13 s/h and 6 l/h
1999 - 21 s/h and 10 l/h
1998 - 18 s/h and 0 l/h
Feb 11, 2015, 12:47 pm
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A tough question, being based in the regions virtually all my long haul trips start with a short haul feeder. It frightens me too much to try and count them ... Not sure I really want to know! 
Feb 11, 2015, 2:35 pm
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Since I'm in the Heathrow catchment area, it's 80-90% long haul on BA for me. I'm usually even nearer Stansted so it's usually the orange mob for short-haul, further encouraged by BA's very high prices for short-notice bookings to European destinations from LHR and LCY (LGW is so far away from me that I would not bother to go there for any flight I could get from one of the others).
Feb 12, 2015, 2:43 am
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I was looking back at my flight diary recently and was interested to note that of the 106 sectors I have flown with BA since 2006 exactly half have been long haul and exactly half have been short haul.
Of the short haul, 27 have been connections to long hauls and 26 were individual trips. In summary:
Long haul O&D = 50%
Short haul O&D = 25%
Short haul connections to long haul = 25%
Long haul connections to long haul = 0%
What is your balance of BA long haul and short haul O&D and connecting flights?
Of the short haul, 27 have been connections to long hauls and 26 were individual trips. In summary:
Long haul O&D = 50%
Short haul O&D = 25%
Short haul connections to long haul = 25%
Long haul connections to long haul = 0%
What is your balance of BA long haul and short haul O&D and connecting flights?
Feb 12, 2015, 7:11 am
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How far back do you want me to go? 
The price one has to pay for living in the best parts of the UK is that in many cases you have to take a short haul flight first in order to take a long haul so the % of short haul flights to long hauls is bound to be higher especially if you fly within Europe as well.
I've no idea to be honest as I don't keep records but I guess about 75% S/H to 25% L/H. Now we don't use BA for long haul only short haul.
The price one has to pay for living in the best parts of the UK is that in many cases you have to take a short haul flight first in order to take a long haul so the % of short haul flights to long hauls is bound to be higher especially if you fly within Europe as well.
I've no idea to be honest as I don't keep records but I guess about 75% S/H to 25% L/H. Now we don't use BA for long haul only short haul.
Feb 12, 2015, 7:27 am
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I suppose my usual routing is gla-dub (but aer lingus); then dub-lhr-mia-gcm-mia (aa) - lhr - dub then aer lingus to glasgow. So i guess it is 50/50 for me for ba only being dub-lhr-dub connections to lhr-mia-lhr. I never need (want) to go to london so no gla-lhr for me; and with living in caymn for nearly a decade i have no desire to go somewhere warm on holiday.
Feb 12, 2015, 7:44 am
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Nowadays about 90-95% shorthaul on BA, as I'm taking time out from the corporate work tend to find better price and/ or products on long-haul with other OW carriers as I'm spending 1/3 of my time out East at the moment.
Feb 12, 2015, 7:53 am
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being american it is definitely the opposite of some. ALL long haul.
looking at my account--having just switched to BA and making gold already based on:
16 total flights:
10 long haul segments
2 short haul europe segments
4 "short haul" transcon domestic US segments...though at 6+hrs JFK-SFO would you consider that short haul? i guess i do. anything domestic is shorthaul to me.
looking at my account--having just switched to BA and making gold already based on:
16 total flights:
10 long haul segments
2 short haul europe segments
4 "short haul" transcon domestic US segments...though at 6+hrs JFK-SFO would you consider that short haul? i guess i do. anything domestic is shorthaul to me.