News from the GGL F&M Event
Jul 17, 2015, 4:54 am
#31
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You may want to consider, as a GGLer in the making, whether your BAEC address is London, or, say, Lossiemouth. If the former, you may well get something like 3 invitations every 4 years approximately. If the latter you would get a 100% chance of an invitation to all Lossiemouth GGL events. I can't remember when the last one of those was held.
Jul 17, 2015, 5:23 am
#32
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You would really travel from Notts for a couple of hours and a few nibbles with BA?
Jul 17, 2015, 5:37 am
#33
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Jul 17, 2015, 5:50 am
#35
Join Date: Jun 2012
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I am a fellow Notts resident (who has also never had an invite to a GGL do). Just because my home is in Notts doesn't mean I'm not regularly in London and/or anywhere else. After all the one thing they know about me is that I do a lot of travelling.
Jul 17, 2015, 7:29 am
#37
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Precisely, typically I spend a good half of my week at least in London despite my residence being in Lancashire.
Jul 17, 2015, 8:28 am
#38
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As my wife wasn't granted an invitation I decided it wasn't worth making the near six hour round trip on my own.
Jul 17, 2015, 8:32 am
#39
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I'm really surprised they didn't invite your wife, Hiddy.
Jul 17, 2015, 9:17 am
#40
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You may want to consider, as a GGLer in the making, whether your BAEC address is London, or, say, Lossiemouth. If the former, you may well get something like 3 invitations every 4 years approximately. If the latter you would get a 100% chance of an invitation to all Lossiemouth GGL events. I can't remember when the last one of those was held.
Jul 17, 2015, 9:21 am
#41
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I did get in touch with them to ask if the invitation would allow me to bring her along. They replied informing me I had no guesting privileges. 
I suspect if it been Iberia they would have had a more relaxed attitude.
I suspect if it been Iberia they would have had a more relaxed attitude.
Jul 17, 2015, 9:27 am
#42
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Jul 17, 2015, 10:09 am
#43
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: SFO, LON
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I still hope they do it if the long term solution is to keep two terminals (growth of OW would seem to suggest a need for this). For me, SFO-JFK-LHR is by far the easiest last minute F redemption out there, with the excellent A transcon seats, the CCR and the ability to make basically any onward connection I might need due to early arrival in London, it's not a bad way to run over to Europe in a family emergency. I do realize it's not a top priority for BA to serve someone like me
Jul 17, 2015, 10:13 am
#44
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Fair enough, but I suspect the maths shows that the vast majority of premium traffic at JFK is O/D on the US side - or at least originating in NYC. There may be some regional connections happening into JFK, but with flights from BOS, PHL and DC BA likely doesn't see a huge need to serve connections at JFK with this kind of operation. Anyone from PIT west is more likely to connect in Chicago, I would just for the longer flights at the still excellent F dining service there. And ORD does in fact have this service.
I still hope they do it if the long term solution is to keep two terminals (growth of OW would seem to suggest a need for this). For me, SFO-JFK-LHR is by far the easiest last minute F redemption out there, with the excellent A transcon seats, the CCR and the ability to make basically any onward connection I might need due to early arrival in London, it's not a bad way to run over to Europe in a family emergency. I do realize it's not a top priority for BA to serve someone like me
I still hope they do it if the long term solution is to keep two terminals (growth of OW would seem to suggest a need for this). For me, SFO-JFK-LHR is by far the easiest last minute F redemption out there, with the excellent A transcon seats, the CCR and the ability to make basically any onward connection I might need due to early arrival in London, it's not a bad way to run over to Europe in a family emergency. I do realize it's not a top priority for BA to serve someone like me
Jul 17, 2015, 11:34 am
#45
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You didn't think of just turning up and accosting other people in the queue, I'm disappointed