GND via BGI?
Jan 21, 2019, 11:47 am
#1
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Join Date: Sep 2018
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GND via BGI?
Hi everyone. I've been reading here with interest for some time. I'll post some "memoirs" another time of some of my memories of travelling staff travel as a child... but a quick question.... or 2, or 3!
Planning a special trip in the next year or two with my wife. I've been looking at Grenada and noticed that the usual pattern is Weds and Sat flights, with a 1 hour stop-over in UVF.
My first question is- do you have to de-plane at UVF? Do premium cabins get use of a lounge there?
Secondly, just took a look at the BA Source tracker and noticed that the most recent flights have stopped at BGI instead of UVF- is this a normal winter timetable change?
Finally- there seems to be more reward flight availability (on Wednesdays) for UVF than there does for GND. Do BA booking systems treat LGW-UVF and LGW-GND as separate flights and release seats for each?
Thanks in advance.
Planning a special trip in the next year or two with my wife. I've been looking at Grenada and noticed that the usual pattern is Weds and Sat flights, with a 1 hour stop-over in UVF.
My first question is- do you have to de-plane at UVF? Do premium cabins get use of a lounge there?
Secondly, just took a look at the BA Source tracker and noticed that the most recent flights have stopped at BGI instead of UVF- is this a normal winter timetable change?
Finally- there seems to be more reward flight availability (on Wednesdays) for UVF than there does for GND. Do BA booking systems treat LGW-UVF and LGW-GND as separate flights and release seats for each?
Thanks in advance.
Jan 21, 2019, 12:37 pm
#2
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: London
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Each combination (LGW-UVF/LGW-GND/UVF-GND) will each have different inventories despite being the "same" flight.
Jan 21, 2019, 1:49 pm
#3
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 378
BA did a at one point operate to GND and TAB via BGI weekly as BA2153 as shown on the tracker. However routing was changed sometime around 2011. Would have thought this error would have been picked up by BA source by now
Jan 21, 2019, 2:57 pm
#4
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Thanks both of you. That all makes sense.
Shame that BA source seems to be wrong, but not the end of the world! I was just hoping to get a feel for if the refurbed 777s were usually operating that route.
Will change before we are ready to go no doubt, just getting ahead of myself!
Shame that BA source seems to be wrong, but not the end of the world! I was just hoping to get a feel for if the refurbed 777s were usually operating that route.
Will change before we are ready to go no doubt, just getting ahead of myself!
Jan 21, 2019, 3:06 pm
#5
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Cornwall
Posts: 257
As a slight aside, Grenada is a beautiful island (they all are aren't they), but it's small, friendly and the history is very recent. For us that makes it all the more special. Grande Anse is spectacular. If you can get the flights to suit you won't be disappointed with the destination, it's a jewell.