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Old Sep 19, 2017, 8:12 am
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Not much availability showing for this route with Avios, already!
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Old Sep 19, 2017, 9:17 am
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Rats!!! My AONE4 ticket's last day to fly in 23-Mar-2018. Argh!!!
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Old Sep 19, 2017, 9:32 am
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Wow, 125,000 Avios off-peak return in J. I know the prices are calculated in distance but that's a great deal with a 2-4-1.
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Old Sep 19, 2017, 9:45 am
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What cost do you think this route will be in F, just in case if they ever do open up reward space ?
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Old Sep 19, 2017, 9:50 am
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Good route to use a Joker, 241 and a GUF2 on I would have said. First for two people for 125,000 Avios on off peak dates. Food for thought!
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Old Sep 19, 2017, 11:42 am
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How come people seem amazed by the pricing? It's quite a bit shorter than e.g. CPT or SJO which are also 125k off-peak return in J.
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Old Sep 19, 2017, 12:52 pm
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Originally Posted by Can I help you
I think that there is a good chance that WW might get this one as our allowances will be lower than MF ones, but you never know with BA.
You're probably right tbh, but we can dream!
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Old Sep 19, 2017, 1:01 pm
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Originally Posted by ESFLYER95
Where next then?
hello
msm2000uk and SaraJH like this.
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Old Sep 19, 2017, 1:04 pm
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Originally Posted by esflyer95
where next then?:d
Originally Posted by where next
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Brilliant!

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Old Sep 19, 2017, 1:15 pm
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Wow - travelling at the moment so have only just seen this. My first thought was that they must be mad to resume SEZ, but maybe they're just very confident. And in fairness, the Seychelles government has reformed somewhat since 2004...
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Old Sep 19, 2017, 1:15 pm
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Originally Posted by msm2000uk


Brilliant!

M
Very good....
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Old Sep 19, 2017, 1:32 pm
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Originally Posted by DrBernardo
My first thought was that they must be mad to resume SEZ
Why?

It's only twice per week, with no doubt a good chunk of seats being sold to BA Holidays, possibly allocations to other TOs as well, very strong premium demand from honeymooners, and no nonstop competition. It doesn't seem like a risky one to me.
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Old Sep 19, 2017, 1:40 pm
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Great news - I can go and catch up with my friends there! thank goodness its not yet another US destination.
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Old Sep 19, 2017, 2:26 pm
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Originally Posted by MFCC
You're probably right tbh, but we can dream!
Happy whoever gets it to be honest, I have done more then my fair share of sitting on beaches drinking cocktails.
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Old Sep 19, 2017, 3:36 pm
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Originally Posted by kenko92
There was another forgotten exotic Seychelles route.
For example in 1981 a weekly 747 JNB/SEZ/CMB/HKG/OSA/NRT/ANC/LHR.
Well today is indeed a happy day.

Back in 1978 SEZ was a bit of a 'hub' seemingly as on BA alone you could fly to SEZ from Addis, Colombo, HKG, JNB, NBO, Khartoum, MRU, Tokyo, and ZRH.

Mixture of VC10 and 747 on what look like the following runs:

LHR - Khartoum - Addis Ababa - Nairobi - Seychelles (VC10)

LHR - Zurich - Nairobi - Seychelles (747)

LHR - Nairobi - Seychelles - Mauritius (747)

JNB - SEZ - Colombo - HKG - Tokyo (VC10)

I am so excited!!!

Doing a little LHR - FRA - DOH - CMB - MLE run next month - also excited about that but looking forward to seeing SEZ again next year. (Sounds of Piggy Bank being burgled in the background). Woohoo.
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