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Old Feb 14, 2019, 8:36 am
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Originally Posted by NewbieRunner
Almost as good as a chair in MAN Hilton. I’ll post a photo when I find it.
Really ? In a Hilton

The stuff here in BHX Aspire, wouldn’t be accepted in a junk shop
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Old Feb 14, 2019, 8:38 am
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Traffic was amazing, just 8 hours Stoke to Airport door
Sh*t! The joys of the M6, enough said...

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Old Feb 14, 2019, 9:03 am
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Originally Posted by chris63


How about MUC - ZRH - BRU ?

As an Englishman I’m just too ashamed of MAN & ‘Aspire ‘
I'm OK with that except for the fact that if you're looking for decent beer, ZRH is not the place to be. If you come to think of it, that grappa bar is a very cost-effective measure too, hardly ever saw someone drinking that stuff.


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I mean Contract-Lounge Crawls with Chris?
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Old Feb 14, 2019, 9:03 am
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Originally Posted by The Wolf
What other contract lounges are horrible?
I only know of SOF which is equally dreadful. Could try and do a crappy lounge-a-thon.
If nominees are being taken, I would submit the VIP-Lounge @GRZ as fully unremarkable.
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Old Feb 14, 2019, 9:04 am
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Perhaps best to start awful and end on a decent note. MAN or BHX seem to be strong contenders for the start of any trip!
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Old Feb 14, 2019, 9:07 am
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I think the Whiskey Bar (although only in a SEN lounge) would be worth a visit in ZRH. (And I'd be very happy to visit it, since I don't actually like beer that much but prefer whiskey, if I drink, which I do very seldomly). And you can visit it from the Terminal E FCL. And if that's too much of a hazzle there's always the grappa bar.
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Old Feb 14, 2019, 9:16 am
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We could always do a HON / F Lounge crawl. I think there are enough HONs here to guest everybody

ZRH-MUC-VIE-FRA-GVA-ZRH for example...
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Old Feb 14, 2019, 9:20 am
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No no

MAN/BHX/GRZ/SOF are on the list so far
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Old Feb 14, 2019, 9:31 am
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Look, it's even decently priced...


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Old Feb 14, 2019, 9:31 am
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Originally Posted by The Wolf
Perhaps best to start awful and end on a decent note. MAN or BHX seem to be strong contenders for the start of any trip!
Convenient for me to start in MAN but why anyone else would wish to put themselves through the Aspire experience is beyond me, self harmers excepted
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Old Feb 14, 2019, 9:36 am
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Originally Posted by Nick Art
Look, it's even decently priced...


Layovers are too short, 1.40 in FRA that’s just a sprint through the FCT Champagne Glass in hand, collecting a Duck simultaneously
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Old Feb 14, 2019, 9:40 am
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Layovers are too short, 1.40 in FRA that’s just a sprint through the FCT Champagne Glass in hand, collecting a Duck simultaneously
I knooooow, GVA is certainly doable in 1 hour, MUC always has at least 2 hours connecting time (with every option), but FRA is always the problem. The shedule is just slightly annoying. This is the other option I came up with: (You see I've got too much time on my hands currently...). I'd rather have the 3 hours from MUC in FRA... All other options would make a one day trip impossible (not that I'm planning on taking such a trip anytime soon, unless we actually come up with a FCL Do).

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Old Feb 14, 2019, 9:40 am
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Originally Posted by The Wolf
No no

MAN/BHX/GRZ/SOF are on the list so far
On your list, maybe, I doubt you will find many takers

You will need others with strong stomachs & excellent tolerance to risk...
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Old Feb 14, 2019, 9:45 am
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Originally Posted by Nick Art
I knooooow, GVA is certainly doable in 1 hour, MUC always has at least 2 hours connecting time (with every option), but FRA is always the problem. The shedule is just slightly annoying. This is the other option I came up with: (You see I've got too much time on my hands currently...). I'd rather have the 3 hours from MUC in FRA... All other options would make a one day trip impossible (not that I'm planning on taking such a trip anytime soon, unless we actually come up with a FCL Do).

More like it but wouldn’t a weekend be better ? Do it over 2 days & of course F Lounges
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Old Feb 14, 2019, 9:50 am
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Doing it in one day is part of the challenge!

I may have found the best and cheapest option so far:

Not only is there an hourly flight between FRA and MUC that would allow to shift another hour to FRA (i.e 1:45 in MUC and 3:50 in FRA) (or vice versa) but it also includes a flight on a B767 AND a Dash-8! Nothing says HON-Circle and FIrst Class and *G as much as a flight in Eurobusiness on a Dash-8! And it's even the cheapest option so far! (Y is available at 608.-) XD

(Okay, I promise I will stop posting route suggestions now, I actually do have studies to do).
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