Red Eye Flights - Where are you off to?
Discussion
smack said:
A sign I have fly too much and given them way too much money is the guys at BA gave me the direct number to the Duty Office manned 24/7 in the UK, as I am always needing to change my flights for work reasons. So a call from the US at 4am UK time call, flights changed in 3 mins. Screw having to go through the BAEC with the wait, Indians font line you have to get past to speak to someone who can do anything, and sorry, it is after 8pm call tomorrow BS....
The BAEC gold line is in Newcastle (I think) & pretty much straight through every time. Very helpful (usually). Ok last time they did change my flight to the 28th January 2016, when I was looking for 28th February 2015. 
. Red eye? that flight on 28th Feb... LHR-KWI. Horrible flight... 5 1/2hrs overnight. Leave LHR 21:45 arrive KWI 06:30. Got bumped up to 1st & still felt like s
t yesterday. 10:10 Southampton to Edinburgh, 05:10 Edinburgh to Amesterdam, 11:45 Amstersam to Guangzhou. Around 10 infants in coach, so I paid 2000 sqiuds for the pleasure of baby operatic mode on take off, followed by solo renditions throughout the flight and full chorus on touch down, 07:40 the next day. 15:20 Guangzhou to Daqing arrive 22:10, body in shut down mode. Luckly for me, Mrs DG3 was waiting to ferry me home with a few cold beers in the car. slept 12 hours, feel almost human again.
DG3 said:
10:10 Southampton to Edinburgh, 05:10 Edinburgh to Amesterdam, 11:45 Amstersam to Guangzhou. Around 10 infants in coach, so I paid 2000 sqiuds for the pleasure of baby operatic mode on take off, followed by solo renditions throughout the flight and full chorus on touch down, 07:40 the next day. 15:20 Guangzhou to Daqing arrive 22:10, body in shut down mode. Luckly for me, Mrs DG3 was waiting to ferry me home with a few cold beers in the car. slept 12 hours, feel almost human again.
I think you win this week 
i had a nice one the other day, LHR > DBX, arrive at 12, in the hotel at 1.30, up at 3.30 to fly to Bahrain, meetings all day, then evening flight to AbuD. was shagged.
the old favorite Riyadh to LHR still kills me, had it last week and almost died the next day.
15 flights this year and counting, BAEC gold here i come.
the old favorite Riyadh to LHR still kills me, had it last week and almost died the next day.
15 flights this year and counting, BAEC gold here i come.
Edited by z4RRSchris99 on Monday 2nd March 20:49
z4RRSchris99 said:
i had a nice one the other day, LHR > DBX, arrive at 12, in the hotel at 1.30, up at 3.30 to fly to Bahrain, meetings all day, then evening flight to AbuD. was shagged.
the old favorite Riyadh to LHR still kills me, had it last week and almost died the next day.
15 flights this year and counting, BAEC gold here i come.
Paah... you thinks thats hard.... try SYD>HKG, 6hrs wait HKG>LHR, 14hr wait LHR>KWI, in the office. Back to back overnight flights & 8hr time change. Riyadh to LHR only kills you cos you have the lack of boozing to make up for!! the old favorite Riyadh to LHR still kills me, had it last week and almost died the next day.
15 flights this year and counting, BAEC gold here i come.
Edited by z4RRSchris99 on Monday 2nd March 20:49
GT03ROB said:
Paah... you thinks thats hard.... try SYD>HKG, 6hrs wait HKG>LHR, 14hr wait LHR>KWI, in the office. Back to back overnight flights & 8hr time change. Riyadh to LHR only kills you cos you have the lack of boozing to make up for!!
i can never be arsed to wait the 2.30 hours till you are out of airspace and can have a drink, then you are down to about 3 hours sleep! z4RRSchris99 said:
GT03ROB said:
Paah... you thinks thats hard.... try SYD>HKG, 6hrs wait HKG>LHR, 14hr wait LHR>KWI, in the office. Back to back overnight flights & 8hr time change. Riyadh to LHR only kills you cos you have the lack of boozing to make up for!!
i can never be arsed to wait the 2.30 hours till you are out of airspace and can have a drink, then you are down to about 3 hours sleep! Gassing Station | Holidays & Travel | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff