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Old Jun 14, 2013, 7:58 am
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”one last hurrah of AY idiots”
Saturday Oct 5th HEL-LHR-HEL AY1331 and AY1338

The era of mileage running is coming to an end! (or is it?) Join your fellow idiots in reminiscing the good old times (and coming up with new ideas) in a lounge-pub-lounge-crawl day in and around Heathrow! There will be cake.

List of idiots:
  • cistavoda
  • NoWindowSeat
  • intuition (?)
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Also, casual inorganized meet-ups below - Post in following format:
DD MMM (time) (handle), (Airport) (terminal and lounge) -

Who & Where






24 Apr 16-19.00 finnishlad, Platinum Wing, non-Schengen

27 Apr 11-15.45 finnishlad, Heathrow 3 lounges

28 Apr 13-19.00 finnishlad, Schengen, Platinum Wing, Non-Schengen

30 Apr 7.30-10.00 finnishlad, Heathrow 3 lounges

1 May 11-13.15 finnishlad, Platinum Wing

14 May 5-6.45 finnishlad, Suvarnabhumi lounges

14 May 15.45-19.00 finnishlad, Platinum Wing, non-Schengen

25 May 11-15.30 finnishlad, Heathrow 3 lounges

28 May 12-10.00 finnishlad, Schengen, Platinum Wing, non-Schengen

4 Jul 11-15.30 finnishlad, Heathrow 3 lounges

7 Jul 12-19.00 finnishlad, Schengen, Platinum Wing, non-Schengen

10 Jul 5.30-7.00 finnishlad, Heathrow 3 lounges

10 Jul 12.20-13.15 finnishlad Platinum Wing

15 Jul 5-6.45 finnishlad, Suvarnabhumi lounges

15 Jul 15.35-19.00 finnishlad, Platinum Wing, non-Schengen

17 Jul 5.30-7.00 finnishlad, Heathrow 3 lounges

17 Jul 12.20-13.15 finnishlad, Platinum Wing

23 Jul 5-6.45 finnishlad, Suvarnabhumi lounges

24 Jul 11-13.30 finnishlad, Platinum Wing

31 Aug 7.30-10.00 finnishlad, Heathrow 3 lounges

1 Sept 11-13.15 finnishlad, Platinum Wing

12 Sept 5.00-6.45 finnishlad, Suvarnabhumi lounges

12 Sept 15.45-19.00 finnishlad, Platinum Wing, non-Schengen

14 Sept 11-15.30 finnishlad, Heathrow 3 lounges

15 Sept 13-19.00 finnishlad, Platinum Wing, non-Schengen

21 Sept 11-15.40 finnishlad, Heathrow 3 lounges

24 Sept 12-19.00 finnishlad, Schengen, Platinum Wing, non-Schengen

5 Oct 7-9.40 finnishlad, Heathrow 3 lounges

6 Oct 11-13.15 finnishlad, Platinum Wing

14 Oct 5.00-6.45 finnishlad, Suvarnabhumi lounges

15 Oct 11-13.30 finnishlad, Platinum Wing

24 Oct 13-15.30 NoWindowSeat, PlatWing

2 Nov 7.00-10.00 finnishlad, Heathrow 3 lounges

3 Nov 13.00-19.00 finnishlad, Platinum Wing, non-Schengen

9 Nov 7.00-10.00 finnishlad, Heathrow 3 lounges

10 Nov 13.00-19.00 finnishlad, Platinum Wing, non-Schengen

16 Nov 7.00-10.00 finnishlad, Heathrow 3 lounges

17 Nov 13.00-19.00 finnishlad, Platinum Wing, non-Schengen

20 Nov 13-15.30 NoWindowSeat, PlatWing

30 Nov 11.00-15.45 finnishlad, Heathrow 3 lounges

1 Dec 13.30-19.00 finnishlad, Platinum Wing, non-Schengen












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Old Mar 24, 2018, 11:08 am
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Old May 4, 2018, 1:45 am
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Just an update on our itinerary for the NKG trip: my friend and I will stay for the first night in Nanjing (Crowne Plaza Nanjing), three following nights in le Royal Meridien in Shanghai and the last night in the Pullman NKG airport hotel. I trust we'll get some rail-travel related advice from the more experienced travelers along the way.

Edit: we'll follow cistavoda and start our trip from the Jingling hotel.
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Old May 4, 2018, 5:38 am
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I just booked the NKG Pullman for the last night as well. First two nights in Jinling Hotel Nanjing, then off to countryside (Yixing).
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Old May 4, 2018, 5:55 am
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LGG stays in Pullman NKG Airport for a whole trip and monitoring airport traffic.
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Old May 4, 2018, 6:51 am
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Originally Posted by OH-LGG
LGG stays in Pullman NKG Airport for a whole trip and monitoring airport traffic.
Why can't I find a smile emoji with a veeeeeeeeery wide smile?
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Old May 4, 2018, 8:10 am
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Originally Posted by OH-LGG
LGG stays in Pullman NKG Airport for a whole trip and monitoring airport traffic.
Why not save hotel money and go back to HEL 2-3 times?
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Old May 4, 2018, 8:25 am
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If the visa allows it, why not take a side trip to HKG or KUL, or both? Those seem to be the only OW options out of NKG.
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Old May 4, 2018, 8:33 am
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Originally Posted by ffay005
If the visa allows it, why not take a side trip to HKG or KUL, or both? Those seem to be the only OW options out of NKG.
Perhaps all the needed 150 segments are already booked and this would fall in to the world of mass tourism.

Headless running is one thing, continueing after the finish line and you'll start losing other body parts too.. 😁
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Old May 4, 2018, 10:06 am
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Haha, just kidding. Nightlife and daylife of NKG calling.
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Old May 4, 2018, 11:36 am
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I will be as follows:
NKG one night (Sheraton) (can guest to lounge)
WUX one night (Sheraton) (can guest to lounge)
SHA two nights (Royal Le Meridien) (can guest to lounge)
NKG one night (Pullman)
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Old May 8, 2018, 12:34 pm
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So... we are 9 on the list for inaugural AY105 on sunday. Seatmap has 27 seats taken but J is sold out. So full cabin and elite heavy too. And maybe some "social media influencers" free-loading. I wonder how plat recognition will be.... I'd love 10 plats going DYKWIA because "your first food choice wasn't available"

Maybe a few hours in the "premium" lounge to give us the recognition we deserve! Does anyone need guesting? I'll be there around 15:00.
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Old May 9, 2018, 3:41 am
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Sorry for a quick OT: Is it normally possible to buy a J ticket without a seat allocation? Or what would be a typical reason for having a J booking without an allocated seat?
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Old May 9, 2018, 3:52 am
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Originally Posted by loimu
Sorry for a quick OT: Is it normally possible to buy a J ticket without a seat allocation? Or what would be a typical reason for having a J booking without an allocated seat?
Yes, bookings made through some channels seems to be made without a specific seat selection. I guess an agent must actively choose a seat for the selection to be made.
For instance, I recently received a award booking made by Finnair customer service without seat allocations.
I think I've also had revenue bookings made through OTA without a seat selection, but I have no specific example.
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Old May 9, 2018, 4:19 am
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Originally Posted by intuition
Yes, bookings made through some channels seems to be made without a specific seat selection. I guess an agent must actively choose a seat for the selection to be made.
For instance, I recently received a award booking made by Finnair customer service without seat allocations.
I think I've also had revenue bookings made through OTA without a seat selection, but I have no specific example.
I have the same understanding, but no facts. I was once flying to PEK and the J seatmap had 10+ seats "free" even though the flight was J0 C0 J0 I0 @T-36hrs. Those seats where then taken by a group of elderly tourists clearly traveling as a group, including a guide taking care of them. I assume they had a group booking but no seat reservations booked into Amadeus. That was very obvious case, more difficult to judge when you have individual seats/pax.
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Old May 9, 2018, 5:48 am
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This is the situation when there are good odds for opup. J0 C0 D0 I0, only a few seats taken in J and almost all seats taken in Y @T-36 to T-8.
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