Ideas for FIRST Award to New Orleans MSY from LHR via ?
Dec 31, 2017, 12:35 pm
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Deep down in Louisiana close to New Orleans
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens
There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood
Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode
Who never ever learned to read or write so well
But he could play a guitar just like a-ringing a bell...
-Consider going south of the city in to the bayou for a swamp tour.
-You can get a great, cheap tour of the city by just getting on the trolley and taking it from one end of St Charles Ave to the other.
-So much good food, so little time.
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens
There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood
Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode
Who never ever learned to read or write so well
But he could play a guitar just like a-ringing a bell...
-Consider going south of the city in to the bayou for a swamp tour.
-You can get a great, cheap tour of the city by just getting on the trolley and taking it from one end of St Charles Ave to the other.
-So much good food, so little time.
Jan 2, 2018, 9:52 am
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Jan 2, 2018, 10:55 am
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I would second the above suggestion of AUS. I live here and have done the LHR-AUS flight many times, including a few in First - great way to get here. ^
It's on the 787-9 now, but one thing to bear in mind is that this service will switch to the 747 in April.
There are direct flights AUS-MSY, just last month I went there on Southwest, which was perfectly acceptable for the short hop over.
It's on the 787-9 now, but one thing to bear in mind is that this service will switch to the 747 in April.
There are direct flights AUS-MSY, just last month I went there on Southwest, which was perfectly acceptable for the short hop over.
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Jan 3, 2018, 8:46 am
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Jan 3, 2018, 8:50 am
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Sadly AA doesn't offer a direct from Austin, otherwise I'd suggest the LHR-AUS in the 787-9 F. Other carriers will connect AUS-MSY direct, which is only about an hour's flight, not too different from DFW, so could be an option.
LHR-IAH is 777, so best avoided (personally I'd take LHR-MSY J over that).
LHR-DFW is 747, so a step above that.
LHR-MIA can be A380, which I would place as BA's premier F (over 787, but that's solely personal preference). MIA-MSY AA connection is then two hours.
LHR-IAH is 777, so best avoided (personally I'd take LHR-MSY J over that).
LHR-DFW is 747, so a step above that.
LHR-MIA can be A380, which I would place as BA's premier F (over 787, but that's solely personal preference). MIA-MSY AA connection is then two hours.
I would second the above suggestion of AUS. I live here and have done the LHR-AUS flight many times, including a few in First - great way to get here. ^
It's on the 787-9 now, but one thing to bear in mind is that this service will switch to the 747 in April.
There are direct flights AUS-MSY, just last month I went there on Southwest, which was perfectly acceptable for the short hop over.
It's on the 787-9 now, but one thing to bear in mind is that this service will switch to the 747 in April.
There are direct flights AUS-MSY, just last month I went there on Southwest, which was perfectly acceptable for the short hop over.
Pity that they are switching to 747 as it would have been a preferred option on the 787.
Jan 3, 2018, 9:26 am
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