Shack37
30th Jul 2008, 15:03
Until recently my most frequent flights have been from Bio to Abz where my employers are based. A simple request for this route on BA or IB websites would immediately offer Bio/Lhr (IB) and Lhr/Abz (BA). This "simple request" now brings up a message on BA website saying they cannot process the request because, amongst other reasons, it may involve more than SIX sectors.
A little deeper investigation shows that IB now fly Bio to Lgw instead of Lhr but BA don't fly Lgw to Abz. I now must go Bio to Mad and from there have a choice of BA or IB to Lhr from whence I can go BA to Abz.
I can however go AF Bio-Cdg-Abz. Not a difficult decision!
Will the much vaunted BA/IB merger return us to the original situation whereby there was a "choice" or are they, in effect, ditching what was a well used route between Bio and various UK destinations via Lhr?
s37:confused:
A little deeper investigation shows that IB now fly Bio to Lgw instead of Lhr but BA don't fly Lgw to Abz. I now must go Bio to Mad and from there have a choice of BA or IB to Lhr from whence I can go BA to Abz.
I can however go AF Bio-Cdg-Abz. Not a difficult decision!
Will the much vaunted BA/IB merger return us to the original situation whereby there was a "choice" or are they, in effect, ditching what was a well used route between Bio and various UK destinations via Lhr?
s37:confused: