What is it with OSL-LHR on a Sunday?
May 5, 2019, 5:41 am
#1
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What is it with OSL-LHR on a Sunday?
My partner will be working in Oslo next month for a few days and I was thinking of joining him for a weekend to help top up the TPs.
I am looking at outbound on 21/6 and returning on 23/6. Happy with the late Friday flight at £130 as it fits in nicely with work. But the Sunday return - ouch! I didn't fancy the late flight that lands at 2235 as I won't get home until nearly midnight (up again at 6am the next day for work!).
Beyond the curtain isn't any more palatable and I begrudge paying that much for the meagre points I'll get.
It would be good to hear from any regulars on this route if it's normal for there to be a mass exodus out of OSL every Sunday, pushing up the prices!
I am looking at outbound on 21/6 and returning on 23/6. Happy with the late Friday flight at £130 as it fits in nicely with work. But the Sunday return - ouch! I didn't fancy the late flight that lands at 2235 as I won't get home until nearly midnight (up again at 6am the next day for work!).
Beyond the curtain isn't any more palatable and I begrudge paying that much for the meagre points I'll get.
It would be good to hear from any regulars on this route if it's normal for there to be a mass exodus out of OSL every Sunday, pushing up the prices!
May 5, 2019, 5:50 am
#2
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As you say, for the meagre points just fly SAS for £224
https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#fl...44*2.GBP.22400
Or if LGW isn’t an issue Norwegian for £190
https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#fl...00*2.GBP.19100
https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#fl...44*2.GBP.22400
Or if LGW isn’t an issue Norwegian for £190
https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#fl...00*2.GBP.19100
May 5, 2019, 5:52 am
#4
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I used to take this flight (not only on Sunday) reasonably often and it may have improved but was also prone to knock on delays from earlier in the day and often ended up being the last flight into Heathrow. You then got dumped on the furthest airbridge As all the others were taken.
One I would avoid if possible!
One I would avoid if possible!
May 5, 2019, 5:55 am
#5
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Just to add , when I’ve had this kind of thing on this route I’ve just bought two one ways . BA out and SAS or Norwegian back or vice versa.
May 5, 2019, 5:59 am
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If that last flight is unpleasant but actually do-able, you could book a Plus ticket in ET (or CE for that matter) and then use Same Day Change if there are still seats left. More likely to be the case in CE I would suspect.
But at these fare levels, you could also look into last minute Avios bookings. At these prices it seems unlikely (and I haven't looked in detail at how the land is lying for your specific dates) but as a general rule Avios is often a go-er in these scenarios.
But at these fare levels, you could also look into last minute Avios bookings. At these prices it seems unlikely (and I haven't looked in detail at how the land is lying for your specific dates) but as a general rule Avios is often a go-er in these scenarios.
May 5, 2019, 6:04 am
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Golds can do Gold Priority Reward on this though. Doesn't help the OP unless they have a strong need to whizz around Tirana and Phoenix or whatever it is these days.
May 5, 2019, 6:57 am
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Ah! School holidays, of course. Darn it.
I could look at an Avios redemption and / or non-OW carrier but neither will score me TPs sadly. Maybe I need to drop that notion for this trip. I only need 540 by the end of year, so it's not like I'm desperate!
I could look at an Avios redemption and / or non-OW carrier but neither will score me TPs sadly. Maybe I need to drop that notion for this trip. I only need 540 by the end of year, so it's not like I'm desperate!
May 5, 2019, 7:15 am
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OSL is a route where there fares seem to be significantly influenced by some (on the face of it, rather odd) BA scheduling.
On a Sunday where there would seem to be high demand, BA doesn't operate the late-morning BA763, and the next one, the BA767, is ‘only’ an A319.
On a Sunday where there would seem to be high demand, BA doesn't operate the late-morning BA763, and the next one, the BA767, is ‘only’ an A319.
May 5, 2019, 7:42 am
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I recently booked two LHR-OSL returns for December - out just before Christmas and back on New Year's Eve - for £75 per person. You can't really do much better than that.
May 5, 2019, 7:57 am
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My partner will be working in Oslo next month for a few days and I was thinking of joining him for a weekend to help top up the TPs.
I am looking at outbound on 21/6 and returning on 23/6. Happy with the late Friday flight at £130 as it fits in nicely with work. But the Sunday return - ouch! I didn't fancy the late flight that lands at 2235 as I won't get home until nearly midnight (up again at 6am the next day for work!).
Beyond the curtain isn't any more palatable and I begrudge paying that much for the meagre points I'll get.
It would be good to hear from any regulars on this route if it's normal for there to be a mass exodus out of OSL every Sunday, pushing up the prices!
I am looking at outbound on 21/6 and returning on 23/6. Happy with the late Friday flight at £130 as it fits in nicely with work. But the Sunday return - ouch! I didn't fancy the late flight that lands at 2235 as I won't get home until nearly midnight (up again at 6am the next day for work!).
Beyond the curtain isn't any more palatable and I begrudge paying that much for the meagre points I'll get.
It would be good to hear from any regulars on this route if it's normal for there to be a mass exodus out of OSL every Sunday, pushing up the prices!