Mar 12, 2018, 6:03 am
Last edit by: george77300
NEW NOVEMBER TRAINING FLIGHTS
26 Nov (Tues) to 29 Nov (Fri) on BA456/457 and BA464/465 (Total 16 Flights)
Ding Ding, The next A350 training flight with FTers in NOV. will be:
26 Nov:
457: george77300
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The Oct. A350 familiarisation/training flights dates to MAD (Madrid, Spain) from London Heathrow (LHR) are below; The Aug. training flights are now complete and the calendar for dates the A350 flew in Aug. is in the First post below as an archive.
Oct. 2019 A350 Schedule: (first published 20/08/2019) AT RISK OF CANCELLATION! BOOK WITH AVIOS ONLY AT THIS STAGE IF YOU ARE ONLY FLYING TO TRY OUT THE A350.
Ding Ding, The next A350 training flight with FTers in Oct. will be:
2 Oct:
Oct. 2019 A350 Schedule: (first published 20/08/2019) AT RISK OF CANCELLATION! BOOK WITH AVIOS ONLY AT THIS STAGE IF YOU ARE ONLY FLYING TO TRY OUT THE A350.
Ding Ding, The next A350 training flight with FTers in Oct. will be:
2 Oct:
465: courtster, george77300
5 Oct.
456: plunet +1, Thomas PL +1
464: MrMutton, WoodleyBeacon
465: MrMutton, WoodleyBeacon
6 Oct:
464: Pack
465: Pack, plunet +1
7 Oct:
457: davm666
NO A350 TRAINING FLIGHTS AFTER OCTOBER 7TH. (7TH IS THE LAST DAY!)
If you wish to join in, please post your name directly into the wiki or in the thread and someone will add you. Format for new days or flights:
There is quite a bit of information in post 1 where a FAQ has been written to answer most questions you may have, please read that first! If you notice something missing or an error, please post and this will be added or corrected.
Updated to Post #1394
464: MrMutton, WoodleyBeacon
465: MrMutton, WoodleyBeacon
6 Oct:
464: Pack
465: Pack, plunet +1
7 Oct:
457: davm666
NO A350 TRAINING FLIGHTS AFTER OCTOBER 7TH. (7TH IS THE LAST DAY!)
If you wish to join in, please post your name directly into the wiki or in the thread and someone will add you. Format for new days or flights:
There is quite a bit of information in post 1 where a FAQ has been written to answer most questions you may have, please read that first! If you notice something missing or an error, please post and this will be added or corrected.
Updated to Post #1394
BA A350-1000 training flights meet-ups thread
Aug 8, 2019, 11:03 am
#721
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Aug 8, 2019, 11:14 am
#722
Join Date: Dec 2018
Posts: 16
Just booked a day trip for the Sunday (11th) – 456 outbound and 465 return (both scheduled to be A350 flights). ET but total price Ł90.44 which is pretty decent, plus get to spend most of the day in Madrid! Can't afford to burn 30k Avios with another 241 becoming available shortly. Even persuaded Mrs Starship73 to come so got her a ticket too! Hoping to get into WTP cabin at some point but currently blocked.
Aug 8, 2019, 12:55 pm
#723
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Bristol, UK
Programs: HH D, Rad Plat
Posts: 5,352
One could simply have a list if that is all that is desired but if you want a graphic, this may be a starting point?
Aug 8, 2019, 1:22 pm
#724
Join Date: Oct 2015
Programs: BA:Silver (thanks paternity perk) , HH:Diamond
Posts: 190
Not a bad idea. Or just a simple roll call on board? Oh cringe forget I said that.
imagine most will see a gaggle in the lounge at 4S and put 2 and 2 together and get 22
and the odd +1
imagine most will see a gaggle in the lounge at 4S and put 2 and 2 together and get 22
and the odd +1
Aug 8, 2019, 1:22 pm
#725
Join Date: Sep 2000
Posts: 5,398
Just got off the 464. Overall, impressed- but not life changing. Basically what AA have had for 5+ years (?) on their 773s but more tastefully executed and with the addition of a door.
One big big downside is the WiFi. It seems to be a second rate, data limited offering. Very disappointing, my iPad uses 25Mb within a minute or two of being switched on...
can’t get the screencap to upload but was:
25Mb Ł4.99
75Mb Ł11.99
150Mb Ł17.99
like the old Iberia setup.
One big big downside is the WiFi. It seems to be a second rate, data limited offering. Very disappointing, my iPad uses 25Mb within a minute or two of being switched on...
can’t get the screencap to upload but was:
25Mb Ł4.99
75Mb Ł11.99
150Mb Ł17.99
like the old Iberia setup.
Aug 8, 2019, 1:33 pm
#727
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: London, UK
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 1,020
Just got off the 464. Overall, impressed- but not life changing. Basically what AA have had for 5+ years (?) on their 773s but more tastefully executed and with the addition of a door.
One big big downside is the WiFi. It seems to be a second rate, data limited offering. Very disappointing, my iPad uses 25Mb within a minute or two of being switched on...
can’t get the screencap to upload but was:
25Mb Ł4.99
75Mb Ł11.99
150Mb Ł17.99
like the old Iberia setup.
One big big downside is the WiFi. It seems to be a second rate, data limited offering. Very disappointing, my iPad uses 25Mb within a minute or two of being switched on...
can’t get the screencap to upload but was:
25Mb Ł4.99
75Mb Ł11.99
150Mb Ł17.99
like the old Iberia setup.
But why on the A350 has BA swapped? It’s normally two speeds, one messaging and one streaming, with fairly reasonably higher data caps on their other aircraft. More “enhancements”?
Aug 8, 2019, 1:34 pm
#728
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Posts: 63,731
With FT what I found was that if you stayed with the forum it was quick slick and easy to use, but there was a bit of a latency check if jumping between websites.
Aug 8, 2019, 2:15 pm
#729
Join Date: Sep 2000
Posts: 5,398
..fair enough but I don’t like living in a restricted world especially when paying a fair price. That is nowhere near enough data for a long haul flight @ Ł17.99 price tag. 1.5 hrs to Madrid maybe.The “stream” service on the retrofitted WiFi is perfect, shame that it hasn’t been used on the 350. I wonder why.
Aug 8, 2019, 2:45 pm
#730
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: WAW ✈ LHR ✈ GLA
Programs: BA GfL/GGL/CCR, HH Diamond, IHG Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 2,498
You may want to look at the way your iPad is set up. I purchased the 25mb package on my Tuesday flight as the first opportunity, contributed 7 posts to FT from the A350, including some photo uploads, checked the news and email, and still had 4mb left as we approached London. The mb counter dropped smoothly downwards (I use compression on VPN) and then as we went from 12,000 feet to 10,000 feet the mb turned to "only >1 minute left". I do quite a fair bit of aviation wifi use and so I've done things like restricted the settings for software upgrades, Spotify and Google updates, which sneak under general wifi usage.
With FT what I found was that if you stayed with the forum it was quick slick and easy to use, but there was a bit of a latency check if jumping between websites.
With FT what I found was that if you stayed with the forum it was quick slick and easy to use, but there was a bit of a latency check if jumping between websites.
And browse/stream package:
I thought data limits were thing of the past...
Aug 8, 2019, 4:36 pm
#731
Join Date: Dec 2016
Programs: BAEC GGL/CR; Hilton Diamond; Mucci des Puccis
Posts: 5,578
Booked on BA464/465 on Saturday, but in Y. It's Ł84 in travelup, for some reason I can't book on BA (those who did, there is still time to do a best price guarantee if you visit travelup and take a couple of screenshots).
Hopefully someone will send some champagne back, but I'll not be on the sauce as driving (unless there's someone coming up the A23 corridor or back who can give me a lift in return for, err, LPGS somewhere at LHR).
Hopefully someone will send some champagne back, but I'll not be on the sauce as driving (unless there's someone coming up the A23 corridor or back who can give me a lift in return for, err, LPGS somewhere at LHR).
Aug 8, 2019, 5:03 pm
#732
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Surrey, UK
Posts: 495
Not quite as bad as Iberia’s extortionate pricing on the A340. Like why is 4MB even an option.
But why on the A350 has BA swapped? It’s normally two speeds, one messaging and one streaming, with fairly reasonably higher data caps on their other aircraft. More “enhancements”?
I think the 787-10's are being delivered with the same limited system.
Virgin have this Panasonic system on all their 787's and will.benin their A350's too.
Aug 9, 2019, 1:34 am
#734
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: London, UK
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