Ive enjoyed reading your interesting points of view.
But lets not forget - we get on an aeroplane to make a journey to get somewhere no?
So if you were heading to Oz, surely doing without the transfer and airport hassle would be worth it? Instead of sitting in an airport lounge, why not sit on the enroute non-stop flight?
earlier this year my wife and i went to the Maldives with Emirates from LHR via Dubai. Mainly because i wanted to experience the A380 for the first time. When we eventualy landed at Male, there was a gleaming BA 777 on the Ramp freshly arrived from Gatwick. Lovely that the A380 was, i do remember looking forlornly at the BA plane and wishing we had done without the hassle of Dubai!
I see BA operate a flight from LHR to SYD on BA0015 (16 on return sector) with 1 stop. Anybody know where this stop is? I assume its to refuel? Do they ask pax to disembark and if so for how long? Do BA not accept more fare paying passengers from such stop-off to final destination? Interesting that its a 777 and not a 744.