BA or IB from LHR to DUR
Apr 26, 2006 | 11:25 am
#1
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BA or IB from LHR to DUR
I am looking at making this trip in the next couple of weeks. I will be flying from the US to LHR on AA. My question is which airline is the better of the two for this routing. I have never flown BA or IB.
Thanks for the help.
Thanks for the help.
Apr 26, 2006 | 11:35 am
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Originally Posted by scottl480
I am looking at making this trip in the next couple of weeks. I will be flying from the US to LHR on AA. My question is which airline is the better of the two for this routing. I have never flown BA or IB.
Thanks for the help.
Thanks for the help.
Apr 26, 2006 | 1:33 pm
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Originally Posted by Kibison
BA without a doubt when compared to IB in any class.
Apr 26, 2006 | 5:49 pm
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Originally Posted by Kibison
BA without a doubt when compared to IB in any class.
Most people who whinge about IB generally have not flown IB. Unfortunately it is in serious need of an image boost.
FWIW, I find their cabin staff generally decent, but the ground staff surley.
Apr 26, 2006 | 7:37 pm
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One thing to consider if you're in the back is how many fellow transportees are with you. Checking some random days in the next couple of weeks on EF, it looks like the IB flights are very thinly populated in economy, whereas Y on BA is pretty full. On a redeye the possibility of stretching out on a whole row or having empty space next to you would tilt it to IB if it were me.
Apr 28, 2006 | 5:41 am
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Another thing to look into is the Price of WT and WT+ are sometimes very close to that of IB J
Look at two tickets 1 to JNB and another on to DUR with comair
I was pricing something up to CPT a few weeks ago and the fare to JNB in J was 2k but to cape town the IB codeshare with comair added on anoth 6.000
Look at two tickets 1 to JNB and another on to DUR with comair
I was pricing something up to CPT a few weeks ago and the fare to JNB in J was 2k but to cape town the IB codeshare with comair added on anoth 6.000