May 14, 2018, 9:45 am
Last edit by: NoTiersForMe
Venue
Shepherd Hall
St Thomas’ Hospital
Westminster Bridge Road
London
SE1 7EH
Venue thanks to gav0106 and his team at St Thomas’ Hospital. For those of you who are new they are employed directly by the hospital and 100% of any profits we make from events and bar spend goes straight back to the Trust for projects involving patients and staff, so by supporting this event you will be giving back as well.
Google maps
PDF map
Virtual tour of Shepherd Hall
Nearby hotels include: Premier Inn County Hall and York Road, Park Plaza County Hall, Westminster, Riverbank, Hilton Bankside, Doubletree Westminster, Hampton Waterloo, and Marriott County Hall.
Food & Drink
There will be a sofa area and BBQ on the Terrace (as well as seating in the main room). details of food and drink to follow.
The hospital does take credit cards but not Amex due to the charges they impose.
All profits are re-invested into the Trust and the venue is being provided to us completely free of charge.
A trip review of the 2013 DO at the same venue: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-reports/1474200-ba-london-do-2013-a.html (though can't promise it'll be quite as extravagant)
Hotels
Current sales
Please highlight any sales which cover Friday night.
Attendees updated to include post 218
Confirmed - 63
aks120, amanx, Barnaby100+1, bigmarley4, Brainless69, Calchas, chris1979, Chris9642, cgtechuk, Cris L, Cymro, DeathSlam, doctoravios, dylanks, Fontana, Fitch, GadgetGal, hsmall, Johnny5a, KARFA, Keep it Riel, LavaJava+1, LYC8737, LondonAndy, Lord Jon, lost_in_translation, MarkedMan, megaloman, Mirp, MrMutton, nick.t.davies, nh1980, NoTiersForMe+1, NWIFlyer+1, onobond, Pandra+1, Physci+1, pjh981+1, PWOZUK, Raffles+1, robertf999, Scallywag72+1, squawk, statsman, S_W_S, s1362083, teledude, TomMM, TPRun+1, wanderingjock, WickedStepMother, Woodbinerich, YacozA
Possible - 13
AStarr, atcer28, Godot, Forever in Seattle, KeaneJohn, MikeP, ringingup+1, Skye1, slickvik, snuffi, visualAd+1
The 2018 London Summer DO - Friday 13 July 2018
May 14, 2018, 2:39 pm
#31
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: London
Programs: BA Lifetime Gold & GGL & CCR, HH Diam, Bonvoy Titanium, IHG Spire, Tastecard
Posts: 7,549
those who recall the 2013 DO will remember we had a marquee. Well, we may well have one again.
Here's Steve's trip review from that year: The BA London DO 2013 Gosh, don't we all look young! (@corporate-wage-slave)
And sadly it'll be the last one at the hospital with its stunning views. not for sad reasons but for exciting reasons for Gavin.
Here's Steve's trip review from that year: The BA London DO 2013 Gosh, don't we all look young! (@corporate-wage-slave)
And sadly it'll be the last one at the hospital with its stunning views. not for sad reasons but for exciting reasons for Gavin.
May 14, 2018, 2:52 pm
#32
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: London
Programs: BA Lifetime Gold & GGL & CCR, HH Diam, Bonvoy Titanium, IHG Spire, Tastecard
Posts: 7,549
and links to previous ones: The London DO 2017 - Friday 30th June
as before, all welcome: lurkers, regulars, young, old, other halves, friends, bronze, CCR. Gosh i even dragged a train-geek friend along last year and he's converted now
as before, all welcome: lurkers, regulars, young, old, other halves, friends, bronze, CCR. Gosh i even dragged a train-geek friend along last year and he's converted now
May 14, 2018, 3:14 pm
#34
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Flatland
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold 1MM, BA Gold, UA Peon
Posts: 6,105
More seriously there might be flight delays, especially if he's far enough up himself to demand to land at Heathrow and the UK government is weak enough not to tell him to bugger off to the provincial airport he deserves. Watch out for the day he arrives and leaves.
May 14, 2018, 3:29 pm
#35
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Oxford (&Western Isles )
Programs: BA GGL, CCR; RyanAir MillionMiler :( ;
Posts: 754
Anyway - I can make it to my first FT do! Would be delighted to attend. ^
May 14, 2018, 4:34 pm
#38
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: LHR, LGW
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 3,409
However the FT DO takes presidency and no fake news reporter will stand in our way
May 14, 2018, 4:53 pm
#39
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2008
Programs: AA EXP/LTP, BA GGL/CCR/GfL, HH D/LTD, SPG/MR Plat/LTP
Posts: 10,075
Needing some time for tweaking the agenda as per flight(s) and a meeting, I'm pretty sure it will work out. On the safe side, noted myself as 'Possible', but waiting for the definitive upgrade. Will be able to confirm within a week or two.
May 15, 2018, 2:10 am
#45
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: London
Programs: Mucci Blue, BAEC Gold, Blockbuster Video card
Posts: 1,378
The flight is very much beholden to SS, USAF and a very strict and controlled regime, which fortunately for us all, is out of Trumps control. So it will be standard US state visit protocols I imagine. Above-all the details will never be known.
However the FT DO takes presidency and no fake news reporter will stand in our way