New InterContinental hotel opens in Ljubljana

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• Lou says:

  3 Aug3 August 06:06

  Two words… Packed lunch haha

• BA Sucks says:

  3 Aug3 August 06:07

  Alex has already put his hands together to power his brain cell…

• David S says:

  3 Aug3 August 06:50

  Suddenly BA BOB doesn’t seem so bad

  • BigDave says:

    3 Aug3 August 07:36

    Not at all –
    though last time I BOB’ed they had 1 sandwich left when they got to my row, used my avios
    but still waiting for them to take them off my balance…. so not so bad in the end

• Barry cutters says:

  3 Aug3 August 07:09

  Sorry to say it but these flights will fail. If you want a cheap advanced economy fare to NYC or Boston -they are already available with ba and virgin for sub £400 inc everything.
  Even Norwegians long hail rout s are bi Profitable

  • Barry cutters says:

    3 Aug3 August 07:11

    *even Norwegians long haul routes are not profitable

    • the real harry1 says:

      3 Aug3 August 07:25

      I tend to agree – they don’t seem very competitive on prices

      These guys – WowAir – are offering some amazing economy prices via KEF (Reykjavik) to a broad range of destinations https://wowair.co.uk/

      menu follows – nothing in the £60 category 🙂

  • Neil says:

    3 Aug3 August 08:41

    You pressure that getting to Heathrow or Manchester to access those Virgin/BA flights make them a viable option!

    Primera are obviously operating out or airports where they have monopolies on those routes!

    I personally think it’s pretty genius!

    If bargain basesment is what you’re after, then £220 RTN to both EWR/BOS is great. Go to Boots, get a meal-deal and knock ya socks off!

    If you expect meals, baggage, seat selection, then you just choose their comfort package (the same as Norwegians Lite+ fares) which includes all of the above for £50 a flt or £100 RTN which boosts prices to £320 RTN, still a good deal! Still cheaper that both Virgin/BA even before you add the cost of trains/parking/hotels of getting to MAN/LHR if you live in the likes of the Midlands, Wales, southwest or east anglia!

    The reality is, there is ZERO need for ANYONE to spend £60 on a meal, the airline is just making profit off those dumb enough not to realise!

    • Andrew says:

      3 Aug3 August 10:36

      For some reason your ASCII character 46 is mapping to character 33.

      You can over-ride this by holding down the alt-key and keying “046” on the numeric keypad then releasing the alt-key.

      • Genghis says:

        3 Aug3 August 10:40

        🙂

      • johnny_c-l says:

        3 Aug3 August 10:55

        Had to Google this, but made me smile

      • Mzungu says:

        9 Aug9 August 19:26

        Excellent!
        🙂

    • Barry cutters says:

      3 Aug3 August 12:56

      I just booked a Newcastle-Boston return , changing in Heathrow (1h 20m change ) for £340 with BA for a couple of family members .
      Reality is when going to NYC or Boston 75% of people or even more will need a checked bag. I would also think a high % of people value seat selection, free drinks , some food, the security of multiple flights per day, connections to other places in the USA , and on a carrier you have actually heard of. All in all this puts these flights in the same price bracket as ba/virgin/aa/delta/etc.

      I’m confident these new flights will fail within a year , and don’t see the need for additional competition on one of the busiest routes in the world. It’s a known fact that economy in these two routes is subsided by the high number of j seats each day.

      The new London city flights in business only -without the stop in Shannon- is interesting tho. I love ba001 and feel it is one of the most special routes in the world. but as someone with global entry I don’t need the immigration stop in Ireland. Might give this new lcy -JFK flight a go if the seat looks decent and the price is reasonable

      • HAM76 says:

        3 Aug3 August 21:04

        I doubt that. Seat selection for most is limited to either seating together or having an aisle or window seat. Even for that they won’t pay. Multiple flights are irrelevant as most people rightly assume that their booked flight will get them their at roughly the announced time. The airline needs to feel secure, so better not be from a country that itself has stability issues or is small. British Airways sounds better than Andorra Airways, even if that has nothing to do with actual safety records.

        Food and drinks, yes, but that is about to change now. You don’t get food on taxis, busses, trains, ships, etc. anymore unless you are in First class.

• Anna says:

  3 Aug3 August 07:18

  With the combined pitfalls of long/delayed flights, running out of BOB and a faddy child I always travel with a small cooler bag full of ham and smoked salmon sandwiches which have never gone to waste so far. Though on Primera Air presumably I’d need to know how much they weighed!

• Michael says:

  3 Aug3 August 07:25

  Does anybody know how long it’s supposed to take BOB avios purchases to post?

  • BigDave says:

    3 Aug3 August 07:38

    Hopefully never,
    As I have still not been deducted for ones I used in June
    what if you had a zero balance and they deduct 6 months later?

    • john says:

      3 Aug3 August 09:09

      You probably get a negative balance. Have seen this on other reward systems where you return a purchase but after you spent the points you earned from buying it.

  • Marc says:

    3 Aug3 August 08:17

    Completely random from my experience. Have had purchases deduct in a couple of days, and one from 23 June not deduct until 30 July

• Ross says:

  3 Aug3 August 07:25

  There is an excellent Radisson Blu in Ljubljana. It was formerly a great independent, the Plaza.

• Alex W says:

  3 Aug3 August 07:35

  Slovenia – pretty country. Boring, unfriendly locals. That’s my sweeping generalisation after a short visit.

  • John says:

    3 Aug3 August 08:48

    What’s your sweeping generalisation about England then??

    • Chris says:

      3 Aug3 August 09:09

      England – pretty country. Boring, unfriendly locals. That’s my sweeping generalisation after a long visit…

  • Tony Burns says:

    3 Aug3 August 10:56

    Just can’t agree. I went a couple of years ago with 7 friends and found exactly the opposite. Really great friendly people.

    • Chris says:

      3 Aug3 August 17:01

      Maybe Alex W himself is boring? Just a thought…

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