F to TLV
Aug 3, 2022, 1:13 pm
#2
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Yes, BA have removed First as a marketed proposition on the TLV sector. When they run 789s or certain 777s then Flub is often used, so First seating, Club World product, but that's a complete gamble on many levels.
Aug 3, 2022, 1:29 pm
#4
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: London, UK
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Interesting - is this for sure? I have first tickets booked for September/October and haven't been told that i'm going to be downgraded?
Aug 3, 2022, 1:31 pm
#5
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Aug 3, 2022, 2:38 pm
#6
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: somewhere north of stateside...
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I’ve just checked the TLV route every day in October: F is not offered. You’ve almost certainly been downgraded.
BA also didn’t inform me of a downgrade in March - and still haven’t issued a partial refund.
It’d be a good idea to check your booking.
BA also didn’t inform me of a downgrade in March - and still haven’t issued a partial refund.
It’d be a good idea to check your booking.
Aug 3, 2022, 6:13 pm
#7
Join Date: May 2022
Posts: 503
Flown LHR-TLV and back many many times in past couple of months. Every single time except one there was some sort of flubbing and not a single time was there actual F
Aug 4, 2022, 3:11 am
#8
Join Date: Feb 2005
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I understand that this is "temporary", but then, some of the longest lasting things were also meant to be temporary. They have also reduced the winter schedule to one flight a day - there used to be 3 per day in the summer and 2 per day in the winter. November flights are already getting full up quite rapidly. I guess this is all down to "staff shortages", which are also "temporary", apparently ...
Aug 4, 2022, 3:20 am
#9
Join Date: May 2022
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I understand that this is "temporary", but then, some of the longest lasting things were also meant to be temporary. They have also reduced the winter schedule to one flight a day - there used to be 3 per day in the summer and 2 per day in the winter. November flights are already getting full up quite rapidly. I guess this is all down to "staff shortages", which are also "temporary", apparently ...
Aug 4, 2022, 4:29 am
#10
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Devon, UK
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"I think better for them to stop the F and keep us FTers happy with Flub chances"Thankfully, its not about FTers! Last November I was able to fly in F for the return from TLV with a POUG for £150, I have never flown F before.
I would love to travel like this again to or from TLV with my wife, for her flying is a special occasion.....thats why I want the opportunity to fly F, not for tier points, not for status...but to have fun as part of a holiday...and make her happy.
I would love to travel like this again to or from TLV with my wife, for her flying is a special occasion.....thats why I want the opportunity to fly F, not for tier points, not for status...but to have fun as part of a holiday...and make her happy.
Aug 4, 2022, 4:58 am
#12
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: somewhere north of stateside...
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They have also reduced the winter schedule to one flight a day - there used to be 3 per day in the summer and 2 per day in the winter. November flights are already getting full up quite rapidly. I guess this is all down to "staff shortages", which are also "temporary", apparently ...
Aug 4, 2022, 5:01 am
#13
Join Date: May 2022
Posts: 503
"I think better for them to stop the F and keep us FTers happy with Flub chances"Thankfully, its not about FTers! Last November I was able to fly in F for the return from TLV with a POUG for £150, I have never flown F before.
I would love to travel like this again to or from TLV with my wife, for her flying is a special occasion.....thats why I want the opportunity to fly F, not for tier points, not for status...but to have fun as part of a holiday...and make her happy.
I would love to travel like this again to or from TLV with my wife, for her flying is a special occasion.....thats why I want the opportunity to fly F, not for tier points, not for status...but to have fun as part of a holiday...and make her happy.
Aug 4, 2022, 5:03 am
#14
Join Date: May 2022
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I had a flight a couple months ago that was supposed to be like this, morning flight to LHR than connection to JFK. After the morning flight was cancelled and I couldn't make the connection I saw AA put a couple of routes to JFK/MIA (and DFW I think is coming soon) which make a decent alternative
Aug 4, 2022, 6:14 am
#15
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Essex!
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I had a flight a couple months ago that was supposed to be like this, morning flight to LHR than connection to JFK. After the morning flight was cancelled and I couldn't make the connection I saw AA put a couple of routes to JFK/MIA (and DFW I think is coming soon) which make a decent alternative
And on my last BA outbound to TLV I was "Flubbed" a couple of hours before the flight was due to leave (well after I had checked in and was in the CCR)
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