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Did not expect Alaska to join OneWorld ever. DEFINITELY did not expect American SEA-LHR and SEA-BLR (!) -- nm

Posted by ty97 Feb 13 '20, 17:21

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Should I know LHR and BLR? -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 18:42 28
- London Heathrow for the first. -- nm - Reagen Feb 13, 18:48 27
  - BLR = Bangalore/Bengaluru -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 18:58 4
    - thanks, I was thinking weird things like Belarus -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 19:01 3
      - My nasty habit of speaking airport codes - ty97 Feb 13, 19:01 2
        
        I knew it was your airport code, I just wasn't deciphering :). I think I got BLR = Belarus from an Olympic broadcast. -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 19:03
        
        I do it too, but I had to look that one up. -- nm - mafic Feb 13, 19:03
  - Thank you. I wouldn't have thought of a Seattle to London flight, so I never would have gotten it. -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 18:52 9
    - London-Vancouver has been on since the early '90s at least. -- nm - mafic Feb 13, 18:59 3
      - just so you and ty know, Seattle and Vancouver are not the same thing -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 19:00 2
        
        But aren't they? -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 19:01 1
        
        no. Seattle's weird and rainy. -- nm - mafic Feb 13, 19:01
    - SEA already has three airlines flying to London - ty97 Feb 13, 18:57 4
      - much has changed, I flew Seattle to Copenhagen when I lived there and I don't see it on your list...also there are new airlines ther -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 18:59 3
        
        SAS ended the Copenhagen flight in 2009 after 42 years of flying it - ty97 Feb 13, 19:04 2
        
        I liked SAS. Who the fudge is Condor? -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 19:05 1
        
        German leisure airline (I'm guessing like Norwegian or a long haul RyanAir? Dunno, never flew them) -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 19:06
  - Oh. Huh. I would never travel across the Atlantic again without a stop in Iceland. -- nm - Mop Feb 13, 18:50 11
    - Why? -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 18:53 10
      - It’s beautiful. And it turns a 7-9 flight into a 5 hour flight, a nice mini-vacation in Iceland, then a 2-4 hour flight. - Mop Feb 13, 19:20 6
        
        I *like* my flights to Europe to be at least 9 hours because they are redeyes and I need sleep. - ty97 Feb 13, 19:26 4
        
        Lucky bastard -- nm - spamlet Feb 13, 19:31
        
        I have the option of taking a 17-hour direct flight to London. I think I'll stop in Dubai instead. -- nm - mafic Feb 13, 19:30 2
        
        For a 17-hour flight, I can see breaking it up. Though I've done the DFW-HKG 17 hour flight a few times - ty97 Feb 13, 19:38 1
        
        yeah. if it's a work trip I'll do it. we give clients the option of business or rest day. they always pick business. I've done YYZ-HKG and LAX-MEL/SYD - mafic Feb 13, 19:42
        
        Interesting. Thanks! -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 19:23
      - the question here is really, given the option, why wouldn't you stop at a plate boundary? -- nm - mafic Feb 13, 19:00 2
        
        I think LAX takes care of all my plate needs. And why are paleontologists weird? -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 19:02 1
        
        they're totally different plate boundaries. that's like saying Vancouver and Seattle are the same city. - mafic Feb 13, 19:07
Wait ... what? Seriously? - ReluctantCynic (also with side eye) Feb 13, 18:24 3
- Thanks American Airline for e-mailing me to tell me. They like me that much. - ty97 Feb 13, 18:26 2
  - Well ... - ReluctantCynic (also with side eye) Feb 13, 18:30 1
    - I don't know what prices are like there - ty97 Feb 13, 18:38
I really need WestJet to join an alliance. -- nm - Reagen Feb 13, 17:29 12
- They have a partnership with Delta but haven't shown must interest in an alliance as far as I can tell. - ty97 Feb 13, 17:43 11
  - Alaska *barely* flies to Canada. -- nm - Reagen Feb 13, 18:04 6
    - Seattle And Alaska are basically Canada, let's be honest -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 18:05 5
      - piffle posh -- nm - crash davis Feb 13, 18:55 1
        
        *hands you some poutine*. There there crash, there there -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 19:05
      - I barely let Vancouver be Canada. -- nm - Reagen Feb 13, 18:10 2
        
        yeah, but you're basically a newfie now. -- nm - mafic Feb 13, 18:11 1
        
        I don't like donairs or lobster. They'll have me on the run if it ever gets out. -- nm - Reagen Feb 13, 18:13
  - aka the worst alliance. -- nm - mafic Feb 13, 18:00 3
    - Yeah, it's definitely the weakest alliance. -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 18:02 2
      - Delta will turn on Westjet the moment Air Canada says they have an idol. -- nm - Mop Feb 13, 18:04 1
        
        AC seems pretty happy in Star, I don't see any reason they would leave -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 18:07
oh, that's slightly more convenient for me. -- nm - mafic Feb 13, 17:22 3
- (but also that's a bit of a shock) -- nm - mafic Feb 13, 17:22 2
  - I have no idea if American just had a genius moment or if they are off their rockers launching this. - ty97 Feb 13, 17:39 1
    - Yup, my main problem with them is the 'hubs.' They still have some old U.S.Air routes through Phoenix, but otherwise it's Dallas or Chicago. - Meg Feb 13, 18:05

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