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Jul 31st
1320 BA780 LHR>ARN mtikky
1700 BA782 LHR>ARN vintagepilot, squawk
20:05 BA786 LHR>ARN bisonrav,Wozza2404

Aug 1st
0705 BA776 LHR>ARN IFE Wizard
1255 AY808 ARN>HEL bisonrav, mtikky, Wozza2404, squawk
1300 AY864 GOT>HEL awoxp, gosha
1315 AY804 ARN>HEL IFE Wizard
1435 AY810 ARN>HEL vintagepilot
1600 AY1337 HEL>LHR bisonrav, mtikky, Wozza2404, squawk
1635 AY814 ARN->HEL tsmnc, Selador
1700 AY1341 HEL>LHR awoxp, IFE Wizard, gosha
1930 AY1339 HEL>LHR tsmnc,vintagepilot, Selador

Aug 2nd
1240 BA1 LCY>JFK awoxp, bisonrav, IFE Wizard, vintagepilot, mtikky, Wozza2404, KARFA, tsmnc, gosha, squawk, Selador
1900 AA2246 JFK>CLT IFE Wizard
2040 AA2272 JFK>AUS awoxp, bisonrav, mtikky, gosha
2232 AA2092 CLT>MCO IFE Wizard

Aug 3rd
0630 BA4362 JFK>MIA tsmnc
0635 AA1479 MCO>MIA IFE Wizard
0842 AA1176 AUS>DFW bisonrav, awoxp, mtikky, gosha
1000 AA2136 LGA>BOS KARFA
1105 AA1571 JFK>MIA Wozza2404
1219 AA388 JFK>CLT vintagepilot
1253 AA2314 DFW>MCO awoxp, bisonrav, mtikky, gosha
1259 AA291 JFK>MIA Selador, squawk
1409 AA1609 CLT>MIA vintagepilot
1937 AA1194 MCO>MIA awoxp, bisonrav, mtikky, gosha

Aug 4th
0700 AA1571 MIA>JFK awoxp, gosha
0831 AA2199 MIA>CLT vintagepilot
0849 AA291 MIA>JFK bisonrav, mtikky
1224 AA1002 CLT>JFK vintagepilot
17:05 BA206 MIA>LHR Wozza2404
1830 BA112 JFK>LHR bisonrav, mtikky, vintagepilot
1900 BA174 JFK>LHR awoxp, gosha
1925 BA212 BOS>LHR KARFA

Aug 5th
06.50 AA1495 MIA>ORD IFE Wizard
0815 BA1340 LHR>LBA KARFA
0825 BA794 LHR>HEL bisonrav, mtikky, Wozza2404
1020 AY832 LHR>HEL awoxp, vintagepilot, gosha
1144 AA272 ORD>JFK IFE Wizard
1405 AY909 HEL>ARN bisonrav, mtikky, Wozza2404
1600 AY865 HEL>GOT awoxp, gosha
1600 AY813 HEL>ARN vintagepilot
1610 BA6080 LHR>HEL tsmnc
1805 BA781 ARN>LHR bisonrav
1830 AA6133 JFK>LHR IFE Wizard
2345 AY825 HEL>ARN tsmnc

Aug 6th
0825 AA6538 LHR>HEL IFE Wizard
1515 BA779 ARN>LHR mtikky
1600 AY813 HEL>ARN IFE Wizard

Aug 8th
0849 AA291 MIA>JFK squawk
1830 BA112 JFK>LHR squawk

Aug 9th
1020 BA6032 LHR>HEL squawk
1600 BA6043 HEL>ARN squawk

Aug 10th
1215 AA145 MIA>ORD Selador
1735 AY10 ORD>HEL Selador

Aug 11th
1155 AY863 HEL>GOT Selador

Hotels

bisonrav:
July 31st: Cockpit Suite, Jumbo Hotel (in around midnight, so unfortunately no cocktails on the terrace or playing with my knobs)
August 2nd: Staybridge Suites, Austin Airport

Wozza2404

July 31st: Clarion Hotel - ARN
Aug 1st: Moxy - LCY
Aug 2nd: Undecided - Likely something around Penn Station
Aug 3rd: The Julia - South Beach

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May 25, 2019, 11:43 am

#181

UKtravelbear

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Quote:

Originally Posted by KARFA

Unfortunately the MCT table makes absolutely no allowance for BA1 and ore clearance so it’s subject to the normal blanket 2 hours for all T7->T8 connections.

It's a bit of a pain. I have a LCY-JFK-SFO at the end of July and they cancelled my JFK-SFO and put me on one 2 hours later. I tried for an earlier flight but the MCT meant a 'no' even though it was only 5 mins under. . I'll try to change it on the day when I get to JFK. Though the AA Flagship lounge is a nice place to wait!

Jul 17, 2019, 5:41 am

#182

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Anyone booking a hotel in London for the Thursday night? I'm debating the Moxy over at LCY or staying central and heading out in the morning on the DLR.

Jul 17, 2019, 6:45 am

#183

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Wozza2404

Anyone booking a hotel in London for the Thursday night? I'm debating the Moxy over at LCY or staying central and heading out in the morning on the DLR.

I won't be as it is cheaper for me to head home to Crawley (the trip on the Friday will cost me 60p to get from home to LCY, whereas the Thursday evening around £5 if I splash out on the HEx).

Are people coming up for breakfast in Pilots Bar or just turning up for the babybus?

Jul 17, 2019, 7:08 am

#184

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I’m in the Moxy.

Jul 17, 2019, 7:24 am

#185

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I’m in the Moxy.

Booked the Moxy myself now.

Jul 18, 2019, 5:02 am

#186

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Originally Posted by mtikky

I’m based in London so will stay at home after the positioning flights and then to LCY from home on the Friday morning.

I’m planning on arriving at LCY about 10/1030 so will have breakfast in Pilots Bar.

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Jul 18, 2019, 8:02 am

#187

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Is it a free breakfast?

Jul 18, 2019, 8:07 am

#188

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Is it a free breakfast?

You get a voucher for £X to spend in Pilot's Bar.

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Jul 18, 2019, 8:22 am

#189

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Wozza2404

You get a voucher for £X to spend in Pilot's Bar.

I think it is a set amount of stuff rather than a voucher for a specific amount? https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/29414848-post59.html

In any case there isn't much point arriving to LCY early, and I felt the main benefit to the above is you have somewhere pleasant to sit for a while before you go to the gate.

Jul 20, 2019, 5:15 pm

#190

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From the thread @KARFA linked it is apparently 1x main course + (1 x side, 1 x drink) OR (2 x drinks).

The menu is available on the LCY website (PDF) though the filename suggests that version is from January so it might have changed.

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Jul 22, 2019, 2:38 pm

#191

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The eagle eyed will have notice that the return legs for a lot of people are going to be ending up zeroing in on the 5th August which is the second HAL strike date, the one the emergency services are likely to join. Looks like it might be an interesting day...

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Jul 23, 2019, 1:11 am

#192

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Trying not to think about that bit... and the day after as well? Going to be interesting for me and everyone else I am sure.

So far though, no schedule changes for the rest of the trip... fingers crossed

Jul 23, 2019, 2:02 am

#193

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My points requirements changed so I used the last schedule change to book the 5pm BA flight direct from MIA-LHR on the Sunday - Giving me all day in South Beach.

Possibly a couple of days if these strikes kick off!

Jul 23, 2019, 3:17 am

#194

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Wozza2404

You get a voucher for £X to spend in Pilot's Bar.

Quote:

Originally Posted by KARFA

I think it is a set amount of stuff rather than a voucher for a specific amount?

Quote:

Originally Posted by squawk

From the thread @KARFA linked it is apparently 1x main course + (1 x side, 1 x drink) OR (2 x drinks).

Last week I was simply told to have breakfast at Pilot's: no voucher, no specified upper spending limit. I just showed my boarding pass, ordered whatever I wanted and never saw a bill.

I did wonder whether Pilot's might be inflating the bill before passing it to BA, and how BA would check, but I decided I didn't really care.

Jul 23, 2019, 5:21 am

#195

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You usually get handed a letter at check-in which describes what you can have . Well I did last time on this route.

Staff know what's within scope of the offer and what isn't and will give you a bill for any extras that aren't in scope and they tell people when they order if it's free or not so no surprises. Remember BA negotiated this with Pilots so will pay that amount X number of passengers and no more. Pilots staff take your details from your BP so they can't just add a load of fictional passengers to the list and it's not a lot of passengers either so pretty quick for BA to check the bill.

I'm on BA1 tomorrow morning so I'll double check on the letter / voucher and report back here.