atillathehunn
Established Member
I'll see what's available on the spot; if it's too high a price I can always book ahead there and then at the desk and take a chance on the weather. Spoken to my daughter this evening and she's happy with that strategy, so we'll turn up and see what's available but won't necessarily expect to fly the same day - although we will be prepared for that just in case.
I'm not ruling out a short haul European flight either if there's a better price and availability.
The weather is unlikely to be the same all the way through either the UK or Europe. Pick up a cheap flight to France, Italy, Spain or somewhere warm - better chance of clear skies and a view. You'll always get cloud somewhere. Make a weekend of it.
As others have said, you'll get hosed on the price and the seat selection. Much better to do it in advance, you'll get a view somewhere.
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Why do you consider FRA a nightmare? Have never had any problems when sing it.
Long walks, clunky transfer, miserable, gloomy, inter-terminal connections rubbish, beer worse than at Munich. All this could be said of Heathrow though, too.
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It's been rumoured for ages and ages, but British Airways have confirmed that they are moving to a Buy on Board model for their UK Domestic and EU short haul flights. Instead of a complimentary drink or two on board, they'll now be charging £6 for a G&T.
Quite why anyone would choose to pay BA prices for EU short haul now they're offering Ryanair service is quite beyond me.
http://www.britishairways.com/en-gb/information/food-and-drink/short-haul-economy-dining
Bah, I have a short haul flight booked for a few days after the change.
It's not a shock, but it really is a poor move. Branding yourself as a full service airline and then cutting this basic service back. Even SAS gives you free tea and coffee.
SN Brussels do BOB, but they offer you freebies if you are connecting on to a long haul flight - a much better strategy to not alienate your customers.
Unless they drastically reduce prices they will be ignored in favour of easyjet (punctual) or Ryanair (cheap), and their domestic/short haul operation will be turned into a transfer funnel into their long haul operation. But this model of just shuttling people into their short haul failed badly with Little Red. Appreciating Virgin have a smaller footprint at LHR, it's still a little odd.
