 Poster: A snowHead
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I remember reading a while back that BA sold a open book of tickets ie 10 flights for same route to same name but can I find it. Question does any other airline do this ie KLM or SAS?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Don't rule out Ethiopian Airlines: they actually fly Manchester to Geneva!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| HilbertSpace wrote: |
| Don't rule out Ethiopian Airlines: they actually fly Manchester to Geneva! |
Do they have a policy on taking skis?
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| HilbertSpace wrote: |
| Don't rule out Ethiopian Airlines: they actually fly Manchester to Geneva! |
Good call
Looks like £130 each way
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They have the most comprehensive sports equipment carriage list I have ever seen, including “ a bowling bag, a bowling ball, a pair of shoes”.
But just queuing for Ethiopian Airlines with a ski bag would be quality moment on its own.
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I travelled many years ago to Kenya with Ethiopian Airways. I was impressed. We had a layover in Addis which turned out to be longer than planned so they took us into a hotel in town (having taken our passports off us at gunpoint, which was just a tad disconcerting), looked after families first, gave our family (with a 2 and 4 year old) a quadruple room and laid on a good buffet. By the time we were ready to board our boys were exhausted and fell asleep. The captain and his deputy - very beautiful in their immaculate uniforms - picked up the two snotty little things and carried them onto the plane. Can't see a British Air pilot doing that!
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The ba ones were fab while they lasted
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They were great, if there was a seat available, you could just book it, whatever the price quoted. Many people also used these as a cheap way into half-term flights. I hoped they would reinstate them once things recovered after COVID but alas no. Also a shame with the Eurotunnel ones being dropped too.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@Origen, this is why it is handy to have 2 UK passports. 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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My brother did Ethiopian ManC- GVA in summer. Said check in was an experience but otherwise fantastic
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| sno trax wrote: |
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The ba ones were fab while they lasted
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They were great, if there was a seat available, you could just book it, whatever the price quoted. Many people also used these as a cheap way into half-term flights. |
Optiontown (the agent providing these products) seems to have cottoned onto this use case- the ITA ones it now sells have blackout dates for peak periods unless you pay a supplement.
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You know it makes sense.
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@snowdave, shame
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| HilbertSpace wrote: |
| Don't rule out Ethiopian Airlines: they actually fly Manchester to Geneva! |
Mrs Swskier flew with them to come and visit me back in April 23. Said it was a good flight. She didn't have any skis with her though unfortunately, I had already driven them out.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| @snowdave, shame |
Yep. In 2019, it seemed like half the population of Snowheads were using these tickets for Feb half term trips.
There's always a new opportunity. 2014-16 was the Easyjet flexi fare fiddle. Then the BA carnets came along. There will be something new again.
And there's always Avios, which still work pretty well. I've got 2 family trips and 2 weekend trips on Avios in the upcoming season.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Cheers for the info. Pity it's stopped now.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@under a new name, the website pretends it exists, but unless anything has changed very recently, you can't actually buy the flight pass.
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@snowdave, ah!
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