New old route being announced [LHR-SEZ confirmed twice weekly from 24 March 2018]
Mar 25, 2018, 4:58 am
#166
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London to Nairobi in May 1997 on BA was a 747-200 from Gatwick. The 747-200 had a flight engineer. The BA captain on my return happened to be staying in the same hotel as me and, being pre 9/11,he invited me into the cockpit for take off. Just like today, some system was not working but turning it off and on solved it.
Mar 25, 2018, 5:52 am
#167
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Yep I remember sitting upstairs in the old Club recliners. I could have sworn the stairs were at the front of the upstairs cabin too but again time may be playing tricks.
Mar 27, 2018, 8:17 am
#171
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Just checked here (since I'm in Seychelles) and if you put LHR / SEZ in the left bar on My Executive Club it appears to work fine for me. Three seats available in WT* tomorrow (*787-9 so health warning applies), and no fewer than 5 CW seats going on Saturday 7 April.
Mar 27, 2018, 9:00 am
#172
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Yes - SEZ, not SEY!
I'll give it a go. I was looking in the reward flight finder. Thanks!
Just checked here (since I'm in Seychelles) and if you put LHR / SEZ in the left bar on My Executive Club it appears to work fine for me. Three seats available in WT* tomorrow (*787-9 so health warning applies), and no fewer than 5 CW seats going on Saturday 7 April.
Mar 27, 2018, 9:24 am
#173
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Mar 27, 2018, 9:30 am
#174
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That certainly was the original idea, but as noted above, BA have decided to make the route a year round service, on the strength of forward bookings. Consequently there are some CW Avios seats currently available in December which weren't there a few weeks back. BA departs LHR on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and departs Victoria on Thursdays and Sundays.
Mar 27, 2018, 9:31 am
#175
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It's year-round now. ^
Mar 27, 2018, 10:53 am
#178
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Booked in for SEZ in October with a GGL redemption in CW (couldn’t get F).
I’m tempted to move it to January, but for the rainfall. Anyone been out at that time of year and have any comments? Looks like a bad idea but I’d much rather go away in Jan.
I’m tempted to move it to January, but for the rainfall. Anyone been out at that time of year and have any comments? Looks like a bad idea but I’d much rather go away in Jan.
Mar 27, 2018, 11:08 am
#179
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Mar 27, 2018, 11:10 am
#180
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