brian_dromey, well done in the LH
PR department, Miles&More card owner ? All this greatness of LH is also the reason they charge you double the price of BE for a BHX-FRA ticket. Don't even think about booking just a few days in advance, 400 GBP last time I've checked. Lucky we still have AF/KL at BHX, as LH without any competition can get really costly (they did this on Germany-Russia for years). For me, BE BHX-DUS still works, plus some pre-booked trains, just couldn't afford LH. LH has bought-up nearly every small airlines in Europe in their fight for domination, and that's not good. The low-cost travel revolution in reverse gear then ?
On the upside: FRA is too big and complicated for a short-haul and I never liked using it (being German - our view is about the same as the Brits towards LHR).
Curious Pax, for less than 170GBP you can fly BE MAN-DUS and take the fast ICE train (2h or so, 50 GBP). We all hope this will be a E175, not a Q400 anymore.