Aug 6, 2015, 12:46 pm
Last edit by: FlyerJT
This thread concerns a period on 6 August 2015 when for at least 6 hours, starting a 07:30 GMT, BA, AA and AY offered Business class flights from 3 Norwegian airports - Oslo, Stavanger and Bergen - to the USA. By cheap we mean below £400 for OSL-LHR-USA in business class return, plus additional flights in First thereafter. Bragging rights go to crazy8534, original post here. Around lunchtime these fares were pulled, but by that time a number of FTers had leapt in and got themselves booked and ticketed. Some also upgraded existing bookings or UuA'd to First.
BA have now confirmed directly to many FTers via email that their bookings will be honoured (Screenshot of email courtesy AAtticus). We await confirmation from those booked on AA.com and those with multiple bookings.
Back to back information for OSL, BGO and SVG is to be found here, and also there is a photo guide here for OSL kindly posted by wjh5879.
Specifics on the fare basis and rules here.
Guide to OSL hotels here (kindly provided by krist1an)
Guide to eating out in Oslo here and also here without needing a wheelbarrow of money (also kindly provided by krist1an). Two microbreweries are identified here by Berksflyer.
September 2015
02/09 - LHR-OSL, DVT
03/09 - OSL-LHR-JFK-SFO, DVT
04/09 - OSL-LHR-EWR, irishguy28
05/09 - LHR-OSL-LHR-JFK, BA4EVER
05/09 - OSL-LHR-JFK thepowerbook
06/09 - JFK-LHR-OSL thepowerbook
06/09 - JFK-LHR-OSL, BA4EVER
06/09 - JFK-LHR, irishguy28
06/09 - SFO-JFK-LHR, DVT
07/09 - LHR-OSL, irishguy28
07/09 - LHR-OSL-LHR, DVT
09/09 - AY OSL-HEL-JFK, uxb
11/09 - OSL-LHR-MIA, krist1an
15/09 - MIA-LHR, krist1an
16/09 - LHR-OSL, krist1an
16/09 - BA JFK-LHR-OSL, uxb
18/09 - BA766 LHR-OSL, BA769 OSL-LHR, Richmond_Surrey
18/09 - BGO-LHR-MIA, Calchas
18/09 - OSL-LHR-JFK, lost_in_translation
18/09 - LHR-OSL morgan85
19/09 - BA53 LHR-SEA, Richmond_Surrey
19/09 - OSL-LHR-JFK-SFO morgan85
20/09 - BA IAD-LHR-BGO, Calchas
20/09 - SFO-PHL-LHR morgan85
21/09 - LHR-OSL-LHR morgan85
22/09 - JFK-LHR-OSL, lost_in_translation
23/09 - OSL-LHR-JFK, agehall
26/09 - BA48 SEA-LHR, Richmond_Surrey
26/09 - OSL-LHR-JFK, BA4EVER
26/09 - OSL-LHR-JFK, kinchai
27/09 - JFK-LHR-OSL, BA4EVER
28/09 - OSL-LHR-JFK, dutchgirlDH
28/09 - OSL-HEL-JFK-MIA Viajero Millero
October 2015
02/10 - JFK-LHR-JFK, kinchai
05/10 - OSL-LHR-JFK, LennartH +1
09/10 - LHR-OSL, BA4EVER
10/10 - OSL-LHR-JFK, BA4EVER
10/10 - OSL-LHR-JFK, mattyw
10/10 - JFK-LHR-OSL, agehall
11/10 - JFK-LHR-OSL, BA4EVER
15/10 - JFK-LHR, dutchgirlDH
15/10 - JFK-LHR, LennartH +1
16/10 - LHR-OSL, LennartH +1
16/10 - LHR-OSL , dutchgirlDH
17/10 - BA LHR-OSL, FlyingTurkey
17/10 - JFK-LHR-OSL, mattyw
18/10 - AA OSL-LHR-JFK, FlyingTurkey
19/10 - BA OSL-LHR-JFK-SEA happeemonkee
22/10 - BA SEA-JFK-LHR-OSL happeemonkee
22/10 - MIA-LHR-OSL Viajero Millero
24/10 - OSL-LHR-MIA Viajero Millero
27/10 - AA JFK-LHR, FlyingTurkey
28/10 - BA LHR-OSL-LHR, FlyingTurkey
28/10 - OSL-LHR-SFO, AAtticus
28/10 - OSL-LHR-SAN, irishguy28
November 2015
01/11 - SFO-LHR-OSL AAtticus
02/11 - SAN-LAX-LHR, irishguy28
02/11 - LHR-OSL majoreyeswater
03/11 - LHR-OSL, irishguy28
03/11 - OSL-DOH-HKG-MEL majoreyeswater
06/11 - OSL-LHR-SFO eap
08/11 - SFO-LHR-OSL eap
11/11 - OSL-LHR-MIA, cvision (AA39)
14/11 - MEL-HKG-DOH-OSL-LHR majoreyeswater
22/11 - MIA-LHR-OSL, cvision (AA56)
25/11 - LHR-OSL Filthy Monkey and family
26/11 - LHR-OSL rxfleming [Staying at Park Inn]
26/11 - OSL-LHR-MIA-MCO Filthy Monkey and family
27/11 - OSL-LHR-MIA-MCO rxfleming
28/11 - OSL-LHR-JFK rossmacd
29/11 - MCO-MIA-LHR-OSL rxfleming
29/11 - MCO-MIAFilthy Monkey and family
29/11 - JFK-LHR-OSL rossmacd
30/11 - OSL-LHR rxfleming
30/11 - MIA-LHR-OSL Filthy Monkey and family
December 2015
09/12 - OSL-LHR-JFK-LHR-OSL wemyss
11/12 - OSL-LHR-JFK-LHR-OSL Filthy Monkey and Ms Monkey
23/12 - OSL-LHR-SEA Filthy Monkey and Ms Monkey
29/12 - BA767 OSL-LHR marbe166
30/12 - BA287 LHR-SFO marbe166
30/12 - OSL-LHR-SAN danam
January 2016
02/01 - SEA-LHR-OSL Filthy Monkey and Ms Monkey
03/01 - BA286 SFO-LHR marbe166
03/01 - SAN-DFW-LHR danam
04/01 - LHR-OSL danam
04/01 - BA768 LHR-OSL marbe166
08/01 - OSL-LHR-ORD-SEA, pattas
10/01 - SEA-DFW-LHR, pattas
11/01 - LHR-OSL, pattas
11/01 - OSL-LHR-RDU pandaperth
15/01 - OSL-LHR-JFK-SEA, AJO
17/01 - SEA-JFK-LHR, AJO
20/01 - OSL-LHR-JFK, IncaTrails
22/01 - MCO-PHL-LHR pandaperth
23/01 - LHR-OSL pandaperth
24/01 - OSL-DOH-NBO pandaperth
30/01 - OSL-LHR-JFK, krist1an
February 2016
06/02 - SVG-LHR-JFK nufnuf77
07/02 - JFK-SFO nufnuf77
09/02 - SFO-JFK-LHR-SVG nufnuf77
13/02 - OSL-LHR-JFK berksflyer + Mrs bf and 2 x junior bf
15/02 - JFK-LHR berksflyer + Mrs bf and 2 x junior bf
16/02 - LHR-OSL berksflyer + Mrs bf and 2 x junior bf
18/02 - OSL-LHR-PHL-RDU aabrock2187
19/02 - OSL-LHR-SFO, Eystein Grusd
19/02 - OSL-LHR-PHL-ORD, agehall
20/02 - ORD-NYC, agehall
20/02 - JFK-LHR, krist1an
20/02 - JFK-LHR-OSL, IncaTrails
21/02 - LHR-OSL, krist1an
22/02 - LHR-OSL snuffi
22/02 - OSL-LHR-JFK, IncaTrails
23/02 - OSL-LHR-JFK-LAX-PHX snuffi
27/02 - JFK-ORD-LHR-OSL, agehall
28/02 - PHX-LAX-JFK-LHR-OSL-LHR snuffi
March 2016
02/03 - SFO-LHR-OSL Eystein Grusd
05/03 - BGO-LHR-SFO nufnuf77
07/03 - SFO-JFK-LHR-BGO nufnuf77
19/03 - OSL-LHR-MIA, krist1an
23/03 - OSL-LHR-JFK, agehall+5
23/03 - OSL-LHR-SFO, Pat89339
26/03 - OSL-LHR-SFO, manushan
26/03 - OSL-LHR-SFO, cjwong88 +1
26/03 - OSL-LHR-MIA-MCO,benjyyy+1
28/03 - JFK-LHR-OSL, agehall+5
29/03 - MIA-LHR, krist1an
30/03 - LHR-OSL, krist1an
30/03 - OSL-LHR-JFK Lefly +1
April 2016
02/04 - OSL-LHR-JFK, agehall
02/04 - MIA-LHR-OSL, benjyyy+1
06/04 - JFK-LHR-OSL, Lefly +1
07/04 - JFK-LHR-OSL, agehall
08/04 - SFO-OSL-LHR, manushan
12/04 - OSL-LHR-JFK, obduro
08/04 - OSL-LHR-SEA, Filthy Monkey and family
16/04 - OSL-LHR-SFO, AAtticus
17/04 - SEA-LHR-OSL, Filthy Monkey and family
20/04 - JFK-LHR-OSL (+1 day) obduro
23/04 - SFO-LHR-OSL AAtticus
23/04 - OSL-LHR-EWR-PHX, Gaz1a
23/04 - OSL-LHR-SFO bittihuduga +1+0.5
27/04 - LHR-OSL, Pilot37
28/04 - OSL-LHR-SFO, Pilot37
29/04 - OSL-LHR-JFK-PHX, njf63
28/04 - OSL-LHR-JFK AAtticus
29/04 - LHR-OSL-LHR-BOS lorcancoyle
29/04 - OSL-LHR-ORD-PHL agehall
30/04 - PHL-SFO agehall
30/04 - BOS-LAX-SFO lorcancoyle
30/04 - OSL-LHR-SFO angeloedades
30/04 - OSL-LHR-SFO KARFA
May 2016
01/05 - SFO-PHL agehall
01/05 - JFK-LHR-OSL AAtticus
01/05 - PHX-JFK-LHR, njf63
02/05 - LHR-OSL, njf63
02/05 - PHL-ORD-LHR-OSL agehall
02/05 - PHX-BOS-LHR-OSL, Gaz1a
02/05 - SFO-LHR bittihuduga + 1+0.5
02/05 - SFO -JFK-LHR, Pilot37
03/05 - LHR-OSL-LHR, Pilot37
03/05 - SFO-LAX-JFK-LHR lorcancoyle
03/05 - SFO-JFK-LHR KARFA
04/05 - LHR-OSL KARFA
04/05 - LHR-OSL-LHR lorcancoyle
04/05 - LHR-OSL bittihuduga + 1+0.5
04/05 - OSL-LHR-SEA tymoon25
05/05 - OSL-LHR-JFK sebanto2001
06/05 - SFO-JFK-LHR angeloedades
07/05 - LHR-OSL angeloedades
08/05 - JFK-LHR sebanto2001
09/05 - LHR-OSL sebanto2001
11/05 - SEA-DFW-LHR-OSL tymoon25
13/05 - OSL-LHR-SFO gustavmahler + mrs gm
20/05 - SVG-LHR-SEA nufnuf77
22/05 - SEA-JFK-LHR-SVG nufnuf77
22/05 - SFO-ORD-LHR-OSL gustavmahler + mrs gm
22/05 - OSL-LHR-OSL AAtticus
26/05 - SFO-LHR Pat89339
26/05 - SFO-LHR-OSL cjwong88 +1
26/05 - BGO-LHR-JFK rjhcambs
26/05 - OSL-LHR-JFK KARFA
27/05 - LHR-BGO-LHR-SEA lorcancoyle
27/05 - JFK-LHR-OSL, IncaTrails
27/05 - OSL-LHR-JFK DaveNCL
28/05 - LHR-OSL Pat89339
29/05 - SFO-LHR-OSL AAtticus
29/05 - JFK-LHR KARFA
30/05 - LHR-OSL KARFA
30/05 - SEA-LHR lorcancoyle
30/05 - JFK-LHR rjhcambs
30/05 - JFK-LHR-OSL DaveNCL
31/05 - LHR-BGO-LHR lorcancoyle
31/05 - LHR-BGO-LHR rjhcambs
June 2016
15/06 - OSL-LHR-PHL KARFA
16/06 - OSL-LHR-JFK, krist1an
18/06 - OSL-LHR-SEA, kinchai +2
19/06 - PHL-LHR KARFA
19/06 - JFK-LHR, krist1an
19/06 - OSL-LHR-ORD-AUS flyerjt
19/06 - RDU-JFK-LHR aabrock2187
20/06 - LHR-OSL KARFA
20/06 - LHR-OSL, krist1an
20/06 - LHR-OSL aabrock2187
24/10 - SEA-LHR-OSL, kinchai +2
26/06 - SAT-ORD-LHR flyerjt
27/06 - LHR-OSL flyerjt
BA have now confirmed directly to many FTers via email that their bookings will be honoured (Screenshot of email courtesy AAtticus). We await confirmation from those booked on AA.com and those with multiple bookings.
Back to back information for OSL, BGO and SVG is to be found here, and also there is a photo guide here for OSL kindly posted by wjh5879.
Specifics on the fare basis and rules here.
Guide to OSL hotels here (kindly provided by krist1an)
Guide to eating out in Oslo here and also here without needing a wheelbarrow of money (also kindly provided by krist1an). Two microbreweries are identified here by Berksflyer.
September 2015
02/09 - LHR-OSL, DVT
03/09 - OSL-LHR-JFK-SFO, DVT
04/09 - OSL-LHR-EWR, irishguy28
05/09 - LHR-OSL-LHR-JFK, BA4EVER
05/09 - OSL-LHR-JFK thepowerbook
06/09 - JFK-LHR-OSL thepowerbook
06/09 - JFK-LHR-OSL, BA4EVER
06/09 - JFK-LHR, irishguy28
06/09 - SFO-JFK-LHR, DVT
07/09 - LHR-OSL, irishguy28
07/09 - LHR-OSL-LHR, DVT
09/09 - AY OSL-HEL-JFK, uxb
11/09 - OSL-LHR-MIA, krist1an
15/09 - MIA-LHR, krist1an
16/09 - LHR-OSL, krist1an
16/09 - BA JFK-LHR-OSL, uxb
18/09 - BA766 LHR-OSL, BA769 OSL-LHR, Richmond_Surrey
18/09 - BGO-LHR-MIA, Calchas
18/09 - OSL-LHR-JFK, lost_in_translation
18/09 - LHR-OSL morgan85
19/09 - BA53 LHR-SEA, Richmond_Surrey
19/09 - OSL-LHR-JFK-SFO morgan85
20/09 - BA IAD-LHR-BGO, Calchas
20/09 - SFO-PHL-LHR morgan85
21/09 - LHR-OSL-LHR morgan85
22/09 - JFK-LHR-OSL, lost_in_translation
23/09 - OSL-LHR-JFK, agehall
26/09 - BA48 SEA-LHR, Richmond_Surrey
26/09 - OSL-LHR-JFK, BA4EVER
26/09 - OSL-LHR-JFK, kinchai
27/09 - JFK-LHR-OSL, BA4EVER
28/09 - OSL-LHR-JFK, dutchgirlDH
28/09 - OSL-HEL-JFK-MIA Viajero Millero
October 2015
02/10 - JFK-LHR-JFK, kinchai
05/10 - OSL-LHR-JFK, LennartH +1
09/10 - LHR-OSL, BA4EVER
10/10 - OSL-LHR-JFK, BA4EVER
10/10 - OSL-LHR-JFK, mattyw
10/10 - JFK-LHR-OSL, agehall
11/10 - JFK-LHR-OSL, BA4EVER
15/10 - JFK-LHR, dutchgirlDH
15/10 - JFK-LHR, LennartH +1
16/10 - LHR-OSL, LennartH +1
16/10 - LHR-OSL , dutchgirlDH
17/10 - BA LHR-OSL, FlyingTurkey
17/10 - JFK-LHR-OSL, mattyw
18/10 - AA OSL-LHR-JFK, FlyingTurkey
19/10 - BA OSL-LHR-JFK-SEA happeemonkee
22/10 - BA SEA-JFK-LHR-OSL happeemonkee
22/10 - MIA-LHR-OSL Viajero Millero
24/10 - OSL-LHR-MIA Viajero Millero
27/10 - AA JFK-LHR, FlyingTurkey
28/10 - BA LHR-OSL-LHR, FlyingTurkey
28/10 - OSL-LHR-SFO, AAtticus
28/10 - OSL-LHR-SAN, irishguy28
November 2015
01/11 - SFO-LHR-OSL AAtticus
02/11 - SAN-LAX-LHR, irishguy28
02/11 - LHR-OSL majoreyeswater
03/11 - LHR-OSL, irishguy28
03/11 - OSL-DOH-HKG-MEL majoreyeswater
06/11 - OSL-LHR-SFO eap
08/11 - SFO-LHR-OSL eap
11/11 - OSL-LHR-MIA, cvision (AA39)
14/11 - MEL-HKG-DOH-OSL-LHR majoreyeswater
22/11 - MIA-LHR-OSL, cvision (AA56)
25/11 - LHR-OSL Filthy Monkey and family
26/11 - LHR-OSL rxfleming [Staying at Park Inn]
26/11 - OSL-LHR-MIA-MCO Filthy Monkey and family
27/11 - OSL-LHR-MIA-MCO rxfleming
28/11 - OSL-LHR-JFK rossmacd
29/11 - MCO-MIA-LHR-OSL rxfleming
29/11 - MCO-MIAFilthy Monkey and family
29/11 - JFK-LHR-OSL rossmacd
30/11 - OSL-LHR rxfleming
30/11 - MIA-LHR-OSL Filthy Monkey and family
December 2015
09/12 - OSL-LHR-JFK-LHR-OSL wemyss
11/12 - OSL-LHR-JFK-LHR-OSL Filthy Monkey and Ms Monkey
23/12 - OSL-LHR-SEA Filthy Monkey and Ms Monkey
29/12 - BA767 OSL-LHR marbe166
30/12 - BA287 LHR-SFO marbe166
30/12 - OSL-LHR-SAN danam
January 2016
02/01 - SEA-LHR-OSL Filthy Monkey and Ms Monkey
03/01 - BA286 SFO-LHR marbe166
03/01 - SAN-DFW-LHR danam
04/01 - LHR-OSL danam
04/01 - BA768 LHR-OSL marbe166
08/01 - OSL-LHR-ORD-SEA, pattas
10/01 - SEA-DFW-LHR, pattas
11/01 - LHR-OSL, pattas
11/01 - OSL-LHR-RDU pandaperth
15/01 - OSL-LHR-JFK-SEA, AJO
17/01 - SEA-JFK-LHR, AJO
20/01 - OSL-LHR-JFK, IncaTrails
22/01 - MCO-PHL-LHR pandaperth
23/01 - LHR-OSL pandaperth
24/01 - OSL-DOH-NBO pandaperth
30/01 - OSL-LHR-JFK, krist1an
February 2016
06/02 - SVG-LHR-JFK nufnuf77
07/02 - JFK-SFO nufnuf77
09/02 - SFO-JFK-LHR-SVG nufnuf77
13/02 - OSL-LHR-JFK berksflyer + Mrs bf and 2 x junior bf
15/02 - JFK-LHR berksflyer + Mrs bf and 2 x junior bf
16/02 - LHR-OSL berksflyer + Mrs bf and 2 x junior bf
18/02 - OSL-LHR-PHL-RDU aabrock2187
19/02 - OSL-LHR-SFO, Eystein Grusd
19/02 - OSL-LHR-PHL-ORD, agehall
20/02 - ORD-NYC, agehall
20/02 - JFK-LHR, krist1an
20/02 - JFK-LHR-OSL, IncaTrails
21/02 - LHR-OSL, krist1an
22/02 - LHR-OSL snuffi
22/02 - OSL-LHR-JFK, IncaTrails
23/02 - OSL-LHR-JFK-LAX-PHX snuffi
27/02 - JFK-ORD-LHR-OSL, agehall
28/02 - PHX-LAX-JFK-LHR-OSL-LHR snuffi
March 2016
02/03 - SFO-LHR-OSL Eystein Grusd
05/03 - BGO-LHR-SFO nufnuf77
07/03 - SFO-JFK-LHR-BGO nufnuf77
19/03 - OSL-LHR-MIA, krist1an
23/03 - OSL-LHR-JFK, agehall+5
23/03 - OSL-LHR-SFO, Pat89339
26/03 - OSL-LHR-SFO, manushan
26/03 - OSL-LHR-SFO, cjwong88 +1
26/03 - OSL-LHR-MIA-MCO,benjyyy+1
28/03 - JFK-LHR-OSL, agehall+5
29/03 - MIA-LHR, krist1an
30/03 - LHR-OSL, krist1an
30/03 - OSL-LHR-JFK Lefly +1
April 2016
02/04 - OSL-LHR-JFK, agehall
02/04 - MIA-LHR-OSL, benjyyy+1
06/04 - JFK-LHR-OSL, Lefly +1
07/04 - JFK-LHR-OSL, agehall
08/04 - SFO-OSL-LHR, manushan
12/04 - OSL-LHR-JFK, obduro
08/04 - OSL-LHR-SEA, Filthy Monkey and family
16/04 - OSL-LHR-SFO, AAtticus
17/04 - SEA-LHR-OSL, Filthy Monkey and family
20/04 - JFK-LHR-OSL (+1 day) obduro
23/04 - SFO-LHR-OSL AAtticus
23/04 - OSL-LHR-EWR-PHX, Gaz1a
23/04 - OSL-LHR-SFO bittihuduga +1+0.5
27/04 - LHR-OSL, Pilot37
28/04 - OSL-LHR-SFO, Pilot37
29/04 - OSL-LHR-JFK-PHX, njf63
28/04 - OSL-LHR-JFK AAtticus
29/04 - LHR-OSL-LHR-BOS lorcancoyle
29/04 - OSL-LHR-ORD-PHL agehall
30/04 - PHL-SFO agehall
30/04 - BOS-LAX-SFO lorcancoyle
30/04 - OSL-LHR-SFO angeloedades
30/04 - OSL-LHR-SFO KARFA
May 2016
01/05 - SFO-PHL agehall
01/05 - JFK-LHR-OSL AAtticus
01/05 - PHX-JFK-LHR, njf63
02/05 - LHR-OSL, njf63
02/05 - PHL-ORD-LHR-OSL agehall
02/05 - PHX-BOS-LHR-OSL, Gaz1a
02/05 - SFO-LHR bittihuduga + 1+0.5
02/05 - SFO -JFK-LHR, Pilot37
03/05 - LHR-OSL-LHR, Pilot37
03/05 - SFO-LAX-JFK-LHR lorcancoyle
03/05 - SFO-JFK-LHR KARFA
04/05 - LHR-OSL KARFA
04/05 - LHR-OSL-LHR lorcancoyle
04/05 - LHR-OSL bittihuduga + 1+0.5
04/05 - OSL-LHR-SEA tymoon25
05/05 - OSL-LHR-JFK sebanto2001
06/05 - SFO-JFK-LHR angeloedades
07/05 - LHR-OSL angeloedades
08/05 - JFK-LHR sebanto2001
09/05 - LHR-OSL sebanto2001
11/05 - SEA-DFW-LHR-OSL tymoon25
13/05 - OSL-LHR-SFO gustavmahler + mrs gm
20/05 - SVG-LHR-SEA nufnuf77
22/05 - SEA-JFK-LHR-SVG nufnuf77
22/05 - SFO-ORD-LHR-OSL gustavmahler + mrs gm
22/05 - OSL-LHR-OSL AAtticus
26/05 - SFO-LHR Pat89339
26/05 - SFO-LHR-OSL cjwong88 +1
26/05 - BGO-LHR-JFK rjhcambs
26/05 - OSL-LHR-JFK KARFA
27/05 - LHR-BGO-LHR-SEA lorcancoyle
27/05 - JFK-LHR-OSL, IncaTrails
27/05 - OSL-LHR-JFK DaveNCL
28/05 - LHR-OSL Pat89339
29/05 - SFO-LHR-OSL AAtticus
29/05 - JFK-LHR KARFA
30/05 - LHR-OSL KARFA
30/05 - SEA-LHR lorcancoyle
30/05 - JFK-LHR rjhcambs
30/05 - JFK-LHR-OSL DaveNCL
31/05 - LHR-BGO-LHR lorcancoyle
31/05 - LHR-BGO-LHR rjhcambs
June 2016
15/06 - OSL-LHR-PHL KARFA
16/06 - OSL-LHR-JFK, krist1an
18/06 - OSL-LHR-SEA, kinchai +2
19/06 - PHL-LHR KARFA
19/06 - JFK-LHR, krist1an
19/06 - OSL-LHR-ORD-AUS flyerjt
19/06 - RDU-JFK-LHR aabrock2187
20/06 - LHR-OSL KARFA
20/06 - LHR-OSL, krist1an
20/06 - LHR-OSL aabrock2187
24/10 - SEA-LHR-OSL, kinchai +2
26/06 - SAT-ORD-LHR flyerjt
27/06 - LHR-OSL flyerjt
The BA Viking meet-up thread (aka. ex Norway CW mistake fare)
Aug 6, 2015, 11:53 am
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The BA Viking meet-up thread (aka. ex Norway CW mistake fare)
Well this starts off with a brag (please indulge me, I don't get many at home or work these days 
) but a certain flyertalker kicked-off a bit of excitement on an otherwise boring Thursday in August http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/25228799-post477.html Some lucky people have ended up with a return booking to the USA for £342 in CW. I sprinkled some avios as well and bought 2 seats for thereabouts.
I thought this might be a good place for people to post their Norwegian plans and adventures on BA, seeing as the whole thing is now spread over the BA sale thread, the TP run thread and the Premium Fare Deals thread (kudos to Calchas for doing the honourable thing and posting it where even non-BA FTers can see it
and well done to the usual suspects who worked out the TP running potential! 
).
I have been told independently and have seen a couple of other posts suggesting that BA plan to honour those bookings ticketed with BA. We shall see how that plays out. If not this will doubtless become the 'I've bought an RFS to OSL and I have nowhere to go lets see the northern lights and get intoxicated' thread
Now some of us...ahem....might have pulled the trigger and in our haste ended up with some interesting plans. I know that I will now be doing my first ever back-to-back, and at SVG, an airport that I haven't visited before. All for the sake of just under 24hrs in NYC, a place I go to lots anyway! In a 777 dormitory (no UUA available, no GUF2 for me...yet!)
crazy8534
14/11/15 LHR-SVG-LHR-JFK (CW BA115)
15/11/15 JFK-LHR (CW BA114) -SVG-LHR
) but a certain flyertalker kicked-off a bit of excitement on an otherwise boring Thursday in August http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/25228799-post477.html Some lucky people have ended up with a return booking to the USA for £342 in CW. I sprinkled some avios as well and bought 2 seats for thereabouts.I thought this might be a good place for people to post their Norwegian plans and adventures on BA, seeing as the whole thing is now spread over the BA sale thread, the TP run thread and the Premium Fare Deals thread (kudos to Calchas for doing the honourable thing and posting it where even non-BA FTers can see it
and well done to the usual suspects who worked out the TP running potential! ).I have been told independently and have seen a couple of other posts suggesting that BA plan to honour those bookings ticketed with BA. We shall see how that plays out. If not this will doubtless become the 'I've bought an RFS to OSL and I have nowhere to go lets see the northern lights and get intoxicated' thread
Now some of us...ahem....might have pulled the trigger and in our haste ended up with some interesting plans. I know that I will now be doing my first ever back-to-back, and at SVG, an airport that I haven't visited before. All for the sake of just under 24hrs in NYC, a place I go to lots anyway! In a 777 dormitory (no UUA available, no GUF2 for me...yet!)
crazy8534
14/11/15 LHR-SVG-LHR-JFK (CW BA115)
15/11/15 JFK-LHR (CW BA114) -SVG-LHR
Last edited by crazy8534; Aug 6, 2015 at 11:59 am
Aug 6, 2015, 11:58 am
#2
Join Date: Aug 2015
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No crazy plans but booked my Christmas vacation flight to SFO ^_^
I've got a more newbie type question: Should I wait a couple days to book my OSL positioning flights or just pull the trigger now? It'd be an avios booking so I suppose I'm just risking the GBP35 fee.
I've got a more newbie type question: Should I wait a couple days to book my OSL positioning flights or just pull the trigger now? It'd be an avios booking so I suppose I'm just risking the GBP35 fee.
Aug 6, 2015, 12:01 pm
#3
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Well this starts off with a brag (please indulge me, I don't get many at home or work these days ) but a certain flyertalker kicked-off a bit of excitement on an otherwise boring Thursday in August http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/25228799-post477.html Some lucky people have ended up with a return booking to the USA for £342 in CW. I sprinkled some avios as well and bought 2 seats for thereabouts.
I thought this might be a good place for people to post their Norwegian plans and adventures on BA, seeing as the whole thing is now spread over the BA sale thread, the TP run thread and the Premium Fare Deals thread (kudos to Calchas for doing the honourable thing and posting it where even non-BA FTers can see it and well done to the usual suspects who worked out the TP running potential! ).
I have been told independently and have seen a couple of other posts suggesting that BA plan to honour those bookings ticketed with BA. We shall see how that plays out. If not this will doubtless become the 'I've bought an RFS to OSL and I have nowhere to go lets see the northern lights and get intoxicated' thread
Now some of us...ahem....might have pulled the trigger and in our haste ended up with some interesting plans. I know that I will now be doing my first ever back-to-back, and at SVG, an airport that I haven't visited before. All for the sake of just under 24hrs in NYC, a place I go to lots anyway! In a 777 dormitory (no UUA available, no GUF2 for me...yet!)
crazy8534
14/11/15 LHR-SVG-LHR-JFK (CW BA115)
15/11/15 JFK-LHR (CW BA114) -SVG-LHR
) but a certain flyertalker kicked-off a bit of excitement on an otherwise boring Thursday in August http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/25228799-post477.html Some lucky people have ended up with a return booking to the USA for £342 in CW. I sprinkled some avios as well and bought 2 seats for thereabouts.I thought this might be a good place for people to post their Norwegian plans and adventures on BA, seeing as the whole thing is now spread over the BA sale thread, the TP run thread and the Premium Fare Deals thread (kudos to Calchas for doing the honourable thing and posting it where even non-BA FTers can see it
and well done to the usual suspects who worked out the TP running potential! ).I have been told independently and have seen a couple of other posts suggesting that BA plan to honour those bookings ticketed with BA. We shall see how that plays out. If not this will doubtless become the 'I've bought an RFS to OSL and I have nowhere to go lets see the northern lights and get intoxicated' thread
Now some of us...ahem....might have pulled the trigger and in our haste ended up with some interesting plans. I know that I will now be doing my first ever back-to-back, and at SVG, an airport that I haven't visited before. All for the sake of just under 24hrs in NYC, a place I go to lots anyway! In a 777 dormitory (no UUA available, no GUF2 for me...yet!)
crazy8534
14/11/15 LHR-SVG-LHR-JFK (CW BA115)
15/11/15 JFK-LHR (CW BA114) -SVG-LHR
Aug 6, 2015, 12:04 pm
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The risk if you don't is that you lose availability on the flights you need. As you say the risk if you do is £35, you would get the avios back. I think if BA are going to void everything we should know something before the end of play tomorrow but that is pure conjecture. The gold line have told a few people (including me) that BA are now well aware of the fare and agents believe that tickets are being honoured.
Aug 6, 2015, 12:05 pm
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I can't believe I missed out by about 30 mins! After pricing up on ITA and then getting on the GGL line, the prices were "uplifted"! So please don't brag too much you lucky lot!
We won't get another one of those offers for a long time!
We won't get another one of those offers for a long time!
Aug 6, 2015, 12:13 pm
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Aug 6, 2015, 12:16 pm
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Thanks crazy8534, and well done on the scoop! I think you did the right thing: it could have been a sale this morning, given the "let's gang up on Norwegian Air" that has been on for a while - though young KARFA's point about the low base fare did rather suggest it is an error fare, and confirmed by the swift removal of the offer. In the past this has happened when someone did some currency conversion by dividing rather than multiplying.
So I booked a date mid January, on AA.com, all ticketed, SVG-LHR-PHL-SAN and return, £389 for 780 TPs (not useful to me) and 33,454 Avios (every little helps). BA from SVG to PHL, then AA on their new A320 service. LHR to PHL is a 787-800 at the moment. CW and AA First throughout. I'll do the whole trip, so RFS to SVG back to back, and HBO revenue fare for the final leg SVG to LHR for £29.88.
I was planning a trip to California anyway so the planets aligned rather well, so thanks again crazy8534, I owe you a FR. I originally used the UK currency and Hold process so that I could book it quick, then double checked that I had typed everything in correctly and that it was valid, then 10 minutes later paid by Amex. It remains ticketed and valid for travel at this stage in the game.
I used SVG since the timings are good for that service and also it's the nearest Norway airport to London, the least likely to be hit by bad weather and it's great for back to back. OSL is a bit of a chore as an immediate turnround and slightly risky, BGO is risk free but further away and gets bad weather more often.
So I booked a date mid January, on AA.com, all ticketed, SVG-LHR-PHL-SAN and return, £389 for 780 TPs (not useful to me) and 33,454 Avios (every little helps). BA from SVG to PHL, then AA on their new A320 service. LHR to PHL is a 787-800 at the moment. CW and AA First throughout. I'll do the whole trip, so RFS to SVG back to back, and HBO revenue fare for the final leg SVG to LHR for £29.88.
I was planning a trip to California anyway so the planets aligned rather well, so thanks again crazy8534, I owe you a FR. I originally used the UK currency and Hold process so that I could book it quick, then double checked that I had typed everything in correctly and that it was valid, then 10 minutes later paid by Amex. It remains ticketed and valid for travel at this stage in the game.
I used SVG since the timings are good for that service and also it's the nearest Norway airport to London, the least likely to be hit by bad weather and it's great for back to back. OSL is a bit of a chore as an immediate turnround and slightly risky, BGO is risk free but further away and gets bad weather more often.
Aug 6, 2015, 12:18 pm
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The risk if you don't is that you lose availability on the flights you need. As you say the risk if you do is £35, you would get the avios back. I think if BA are going to void everything we should know something before the end of play tomorrow but that is pure conjecture. The gold line have told a few people (including me) that BA are now well aware of the fare and agents believe that tickets are being honoured.
What are people's thoughts on back to backs at OSL? Doable or not? I did spend 5 seconds on one of the threads that said it was good, but how good? Or should i not risk it and go the night before which is my usual strategy, albeit not somewhere where a mars bar costs as much as a meal back home.
Aug 6, 2015, 12:20 pm
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Aug 6, 2015, 12:22 pm
#13
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Booking is confirmed and ticketed, but not showing up on Amex yet. Is this weird? Other purchases have registered. E-ticket email was sent shortly after 10:00 this morning. Booking made on ba.com.
Aug 6, 2015, 12:26 pm
#14
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I'll be especially interested to see if BA do closely monitor whether the itinerary is completed. Our current plan is for my other half to jump off in LHR and skip the final leg; I'll continue to OSL with our bags, overnight there and come back the next day.
Wish I'd booked more than one. Hell, even a turnaround in Oslo....
Aug 6, 2015, 12:27 pm
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In my experience this is not unusual. One booking recently took two months to show up on my Amex bill.