The LOT Kafeteria 2018-23 (retired)
Jun 11, 2019, 2:00 am
#661
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And if you are *A (and have time) make sure to go to Elite lounge-within-a-lounge - real champagne (Nicolas Feuillatte) and better food. You will have to register again for Elite - but this is the WAW thing.
Jun 12, 2019, 4:02 am
#662
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Jun 12, 2019, 5:03 am
#663
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[OT] W Warszawie on the 20th for most of the day, drop me a message if you're around (I'm sure you'll be jet-setting somewhere but piwo catch-up long overdue now so worth asking
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Jun 13, 2019, 4:48 am
#664
Join Date: Jul 2017
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The BA forum has a meet up in Tallinn thread on there!
Jun 13, 2019, 4:49 am
#665
Join Date: Jul 2017
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Are short haul flights out of Budapest coded LO2xxx (possibly LO22xx)?
Jun 13, 2019, 5:36 am
#666
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: WAW ✈ LHR ✈ GLA
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Jun 13, 2019, 6:20 am
#668
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2017 IIRC... you could route via HEL on A359, I've done two of those, 200 tier points for £232 - not bad, all on BA codes too (so more avios for status pax). At some point they've limited it to the direct flight only, which being just a few miles short of HEL would earn half of the tier points...
Jun 13, 2019, 6:33 am
#669
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2017 IIRC... you could route via HEL on A359, I've done two of those, 200 tier points for £232 - not bad, all on BA codes too (so more avios for status pax). At some point they've limited it to the direct flight only, which being just a few miles short of HEL would earn half of the tier points...
Jun 13, 2019, 6:35 am
#670
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Jun 13, 2019, 6:57 am
#671
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Finnair do use the A359 LHR-HEL, if on BA's site you can't see an operating aircraft it's the A359. It's the first flight out of HEL and the second out of LHR. They also use it or an A330 on one of the afternoon rotations but I'm not sure which one.
Jun 13, 2019, 7:59 am
#672
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Sadly, not. BA filled LHR-TLL fare with a generous routing allowance, then cut it to just direct flights. They recently did the same to many long haul removing scenic routings... e.g. AMS-LHR-BKK used to allow routing via SIN/HKG with much better aircraft on the long haul segment and ability to upgrade to First.
AY1331 @ 08:00 departure from Helsinki, AY1332 @ 10:20 departue from London. BA's website displays nothing for those flights (someone forgotten to fill in A359's description )
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Jun 13, 2019, 8:01 am
#673
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Jun 13, 2019, 8:31 am
#674
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Jun 13, 2019, 9:01 am
#675
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I'd choose BA's short haul cabin over others on longer routes as they still provide much better service in J than other carries, including AY. I did those trips solely to try the AY's A359 (haven't flown before) and to attend the Tallinn DO.