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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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Feb 15, 2019, 7:57 am

#121

mtikky

Join Date: Nov 2014

Location: West Sussex, UK

Programs: BAEC Gold (11/Dec/18)

Posts: 262

Quote:

Originally Posted by squawk

It has been an A330 since at least mid-Jan when I added my seat preferences and noticed it. Looking forward to my throne seat!

Alas it was a 'dusty bin' when I looked. I've just taken 1L which appears to be a bulkhead single seat.

Feb 15, 2019, 9:04 am

#122

Wozza2404

Join Date: Mar 2012

Location: BHX

Programs: BA GGL CCR GfL, SQ Gold, Hyatt Glob, HH Diamond, Marriott Plat, Cafe Nero Loyalty Card (7 Stamps)

Posts: 7,328

Ugh. Lost my UD seat in all of this.

Now in 63A. Not a huge hardship, but not my favourite.

Feb 15, 2019, 10:06 am

#123

vintagepilot

Join Date: Mar 2017

Location: Lincolnshire, UK

Programs: BA GGL - maybe only briefly!

Posts: 1,378

Quote:

Originally Posted by awoxp

Any suggestions of best alternatives given the MCT and hotel costs?

Quote:

Offering given is now AA2580 1850 JFK - CLT and AA2092 22:10 CLT - MCO, arriving 23:52.
1h45 in JFK and 1h in CLT.

I think that is what I was given - I think I could have just stuck with it for the JFK-CLT-MCO irrespective of MCT, but I had to change the booking as I had been bumped into economy on the way back from MIA-JFK. Once into re-booking, it wouldn't re-issue the outbound as it was less than MCT at JFK. She was mentioning the time required for clearing immigration and customs at JFK and understood what I said about pre-clearance, but as KARFA said above, there is no allowance for BA1, and there was no way to override it apparently. It doesn't look like there is a later flight to MIA after that one at 1850 vic CLT, but having accepted a nightstop at JFK I have now seen the hotel prices!

Feb 15, 2019, 4:30 pm

#124

awoxp

Join Date: Aug 2015

Location: LHR

Programs: BAEC Gold

Posts: 53

Any tricks/tips/limitations to getting AA to rebook the routing you want? Going to give them a call to do JFK-DCA, then DCA-CLT-MCO-MIA so overnighting in DCA (cheaper) instead. I class available on all legs also

Feb 15, 2019, 5:50 pm

#125

bisonrav

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Join Date: Dec 2016

Programs: BAEC GGL/CR; Hilton Diamond; Mucci des Puccis

Posts: 5,609

I'm sitting tight on the amended itinerary which seems to be ticketed despite MCT. The big wildcard is BA1 itself and if this gets cancelled there are a lot more options.

Feb 16, 2019, 12:02 pm

#126

Wozza2404

Join Date: Mar 2012

Location: BHX

Programs: BA GGL CCR GfL, SQ Gold, Hyatt Glob, HH Diamond, Marriott Plat, Cafe Nero Loyalty Card (7 Stamps)

Posts: 7,328

Quote:

Originally Posted by vintagepilot

but having accepted a nightstop at JFK I have now seen the hotel prices!

I'll book something like The Jane in Greenwich for £95 and pay $60 for the cab. The next morning my flight isn't until 11am so I'll brave the subway for a few $ with a stinking hangover.

Mar 13, 2019, 8:46 am

#127

mtikky

Join Date: Nov 2014

Location: West Sussex, UK

Programs: BAEC Gold (11/Dec/18)

Posts: 262

To add to this trip, I was reminded having looked, that AA1479 06:35 MCO - MIA is a 737 Max 8...

Mar 25, 2019, 11:40 am

#128

mtikky

Join Date: Nov 2014

Location: West Sussex, UK

Programs: BAEC Gold (11/Dec/18)

Posts: 262

Made use of the sale on at the moment and booked positioning flights, staying overnight in Stockholm both times.

BA780 out, 13:20 ex LHR on 31st July, looking to be staying in the Jumbo
BA779 back, 15:15 ex ARN on 6th August, booked as a BA 'holiday'.

Mar 25, 2019, 2:09 pm

#129

bisonrav

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Join Date: Dec 2016

Programs: BAEC GGL/CR; Hilton Diamond; Mucci des Puccis

Posts: 5,609

I'm currently sitting on bookings for both suites in the Jumbo Hotel on the 31st, but will release the blackbox suite in a synchronised way if anyone wants it - it comes back into inventory on the booking sites in a couple of hours after cancellation. Just message me if needed. If no-one does by the end of the week I'm cancelling it anyway having now scored the cockpit suite.

Mar 26, 2019, 12:08 pm

#130

bisonrav

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Join Date: Dec 2016

Programs: BAEC GGL/CR; Hilton Diamond; Mucci des Puccis

Posts: 5,609

My routing to Sweden is JER->LGW 30th July (this will end up B2B) LHR->ARN on the 8pm flight 31st July, ARN->LHR on the 5th, 1820. This was £301 in J at BA, but travelup has it for £276 so that should get £50 back. It also should qualify for a reasonable return on the double avios thing.

Just releasing the black box suite now.

Mar 27, 2019, 4:33 am

#131

Wozza2404

Join Date: Mar 2012

Location: BHX

Programs: BA GGL CCR GfL, SQ Gold, Hyatt Glob, HH Diamond, Marriott Plat, Cafe Nero Loyalty Card (7 Stamps)

Posts: 7,328

Haven't decided yet but I'll either book the Clarion and come in late on the 31st, or I'll do an early flight and have a mooch around the city as it has been years since I've been.

Mar 27, 2019, 6:40 am

#132

bisonrav

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Programs: BAEC GGL/CR; Hilton Diamond; Mucci des Puccis

Posts: 5,609

£50 Price Promise voucher duly arrived for the positioning. I'll likely use that for buying the positioning to Jersey. LOVE price promise.

Mar 27, 2019, 7:56 am

#133

EDIwanderer

Join Date: Mar 2018

Location: Edinburgh

Programs: BAEC Gold, ITA Volare Executive

Posts: 450

Does anyone have experience of the Best Western Hotelby? It was the only ARN hotel available when I booked through BA Holidays? Same question for the Hilton Miami Airport and the Hilton Garden In at Hatton Cross? I’m too chicken for a B2B and can’t save for toffee so the BA Hols deposit option suits me down to the ground.

For reference this is for a ten day road trip out of Chicago, routing / ticketing as follows:

T1: EDI-LHR-ARN (overnight)
T2: ARN-HEL-LHR (overnight) -JFK-MIA (overnight)
T3: MIA-ORD (roadtrip) ORD-MIA (overnight)
T2: MIA-DFW-ORD-LHR-ARN
T1: ARN-LHR-EDI

All in Business for 800TP and flat beds except CE and the DFW-ORD.

Apr 9, 2019, 10:21 am

#134

EDIwanderer

Join Date: Mar 2018

Location: Edinburgh

Programs: BAEC Gold, ITA Volare Executive

Posts: 450

Just a heads up folks, got notification of a time change on my DFW-ORD segment, nothing major and still within MCT (was 7M8 to 738 frame change too).

However on checking my my other flights in the booking all of my flights through MIA have had a change of frame. My MIA-ORD flights are now A321 vice 763 and my JFK-MIA and MIA-DFW are now 772 vice 763/752.

No biggie but maybe worth checking your seat allocations.

Apr 10, 2019, 1:26 am

#135

mtikky

Join Date: Nov 2014

Location: West Sussex, UK

Programs: BAEC Gold (11/Dec/18)

Posts: 262

Out of curiosity I've just checked mine, although no notification of a change from American.

Slightly earlier flight from JFK to CLT (AA2246 instead of AA2580) and a swap from B737-8 to A319, same flight from CLT to MCO.

MCO to MIA is now 12 minutes earlier, same flight number, and now a 737-8 instead of a Max 8. *phew*

MIA to JFK is now almost two hours later (now AA291) but still a 767 - a lie in through schedule changes, so not complaining!