thebasource.com why does this website exist?
Jan 19, 2018, 4:41 am
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Jan 19, 2018, 5:01 am
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Many regard the seat maps on thebasource as being significantly more accurate than those that exist elsewhere on sites such as seatguru etc. It is also a useful reference tool and the data it accumulates gets better over time.
One of the sites I visit most regular.
One of the sites I visit most regular.
Jan 19, 2018, 5:12 am
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LOL
this thread has now made me curious to visit basource
Maybe the purpose of this thread is to increase basource viewership??!!
Hmm.....
this thread has now made me curious to visit basource
Maybe the purpose of this thread is to increase basource viewership??!!
Hmm.....
Jan 19, 2018, 5:17 am
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As with ba97.com, I'm just regularly grateful that someone designs and builds such websites ... and launches them for free.
A more constructive hobby than many, I suggest
A more constructive hobby than many, I suggest
Jan 19, 2018, 5:27 am
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For me, the ‘acid test’ of any website revolves around three key criteria :
1. Is it useful ?
2. Is it interesting / informative ?
3. Is its content unique - ie. in the sense that it is not readily available, in its entirety, from any other single source ?
Points 1 & 2 will come down to subjective opinion of course ; but, speaking personally, basource.com passes comfortably on both counts. And - AFAIK - it meets my test number 3 also.
Jan 19, 2018, 5:39 am
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Someone had access to BA technical information they thought others would appreciate access to. They were right; it's become a useful reference site.
I don't know if it started as a hobby and was then monetized or was launched as a commercial venture, but the monetization is unobtrusive. I hope the site is able to continue.
Remember when people made websites just because they could?
I don't know if it started as a hobby and was then monetized or was launched as a commercial venture, but the monetization is unobtrusive. I hope the site is able to continue.
Remember when people made websites just because they could?
Jan 19, 2018, 6:46 am
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Jan 19, 2018, 7:02 am
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Jan 19, 2018, 7:08 am
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Speaking as someone that runs a similarly structured website to BA Source (in another part of travel of no relevance to anyone here - and done to test things primarily!).
