distance MUC-LHR fluctuating?
Aug 7, 2017, 7:24 am
#1
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Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: between MUC and NUE
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distance MUC-LHR fluctuating?
I recently noted some oddities concerning the distance between MUC and LHR.
For my flights between those airports I received slightly different amounts of avios quite as if the distance between those cities fluctuated.
(Just reporting the Tier Bonus Avios (=100% of miles distance) not to let different booking classes cause some confusion.)
Nov 2016: 578 Avios
Jan 2016: 580 Avios (LHR drifting away from the continent due to plate tectonics?)
Jul 2017: 590 Avios (Wow, didn't know continents moved so fast. So maybe some early repercussions of Brexit?)
Aug 2017: 578 Avios (LHR nearer to MUC again? Indication of a soft brexit? Reversion of continental drift? Or just more penny pinching by Cruz?)
Flights in July were AA coded, but that shouldn't make any difference, I thought.
Did anybody notice similar phenomena concerning other city pairs?
For my flights between those airports I received slightly different amounts of avios quite as if the distance between those cities fluctuated.
(Just reporting the Tier Bonus Avios (=100% of miles distance) not to let different booking classes cause some confusion.)
Nov 2016: 578 Avios
Jan 2016: 580 Avios (LHR drifting away from the continent due to plate tectonics?)
Jul 2017: 590 Avios (Wow, didn't know continents moved so fast. So maybe some early repercussions of Brexit?)
Aug 2017: 578 Avios (LHR nearer to MUC again? Indication of a soft brexit? Reversion of continental drift? Or just more penny pinching by Cruz?)
Flights in July were AA coded, but that shouldn't make any difference, I thought.
Did anybody notice similar phenomena concerning other city pairs?
Aug 7, 2017, 7:30 am
#2
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Switzerland / Estonia
Programs: AY+ Platinum, BAEC Silver, airbaltic VIP, HH Diamond, Radisson VIP, IHG Diamond Elite
Posts: 6,525
The BA calculator indeed shows different amount of Avios when selecting BA or AA. 
Maybe one airline uses the city center (where?) whereas the other uses the airport location as a reference? Since LHR is west of London and MUC east of Munich this could account for the 10mi difference?
Maybe one airline uses the city center (where?) whereas the other uses the airport location as a reference? Since LHR is west of London and MUC east of Munich this could account for the 10mi difference?
Aug 7, 2017, 7:33 am
#3
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Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: between MUC and NUE
Programs: BA Gold, LH Senator
Posts: 421
gcmap by the way is 587 miles.
