Norwegian to increase London Gatwick flights and add more Premium seats

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• Roger I* says:

  17 Feb17 February 09:55

  I’d love to see a Norwegian link from LGW to Cape Town.

  Conventional wisdom – i.e. BA – suggests the flight length would be unsustainable, too much time on the ground at CPT. Yet they are happy to fly from LGW to Buenos Aires.

• Roger I* says:

  17 Feb17 February 10:27

  I’d love to see a Norwegian link from LGW to Cape Town.

  Conventional wisdom – i.e. BA – suggests the flight length would be unsustainable, too much time on the ground at CPT. Yet Noregian are happy to fly from LGW to Buenos Aires.

• Roger I* says:

  17 Feb17 February 10:27

  (Gulp) typo. NorWegian.

• Roger I* says:

  17 Feb17 February 10:29

  Sorry about the duplication, Rob. Windows problematical for me today.

  • Alex Sm says:

    17 Feb17 February 13:47

    This only reiterates the fact that we need a more developed platform for the forum which allows editing of the comments and notifications of replies. The current platform is a dog honestly. In aviation terms it’s a LCC while people deserve at least PE or even Business. Any plans to upgrade, Rob?

    • Rob says:

      17 Feb17 February 13:51

      Even if it was possible I would not allow the editing of comments after the fact as it just leads to mischief.

      I haven’t actually discussed what we may change on comments with the people doing the redesign. I am not hugely keen to bring back notifications either.

      • Graham Walsh says:

        17 Feb17 February 15:48

        Notifications would be super handy, also the ability to search the comments. wpDiscuz looks a good option as there is a fair but of control with it.

      • Bagoly says:

        19 Feb19 February 06:50

        I agree on mischief.

        Re searching comments, a reasonably effective approach on Google is to follow the sought words with site:headforpoints.com

        • Rob says:

          19 Feb19 February 08:53

          I do that to find old articles sometimes due to the inadequacies of the inbuilt search box 🙂

      • Alex Sm says:

        24 Feb24 February 07:37

        I got your point about mischief (Facebook made all the previous edits visible ‘on demand’ exactly for that reason), but at least people should be able to delete their comments and resubmit if they see a typo or press ‘Submit’ accidentally before they actually finished writing. In some service it’s time-limited (like first 30 minutes after posting), plenty of options to make user experience better!
        But notifications (if managed properly) will make people’s lives so so much easier. What is any other real alternative for tracking comments? One can keep X number of tabs open and refresh the pages but this is crazy. Or users can just let it go and miss people’s replies to their comments – this is what people mostly do now, I suspect

    • Cate says:

      17 Feb17 February 17:45

      ‘ The current platform is a dog honestly’ @Alex Sm

      Ouch that’s harsh. This website is aimed primarily at business users, we don’t need to be spoon fed.

      • Louie says:

        18 Feb18 February 05:01

        + 1 re how useful it would be to be able to search comments.

      • Alex Sm says:

        24 Feb24 February 07:40

        I was just trying to mimic Rob who calls various things – from B787 Dreamliners to Virgin’s A330 Upper Class – ‘dogs’ in his reviews from time to time. Things which are bad but not that bad.
        Anyway, would be good to have more options about managing comments – that was my point.

• Cate says:

  17 Feb17 February 10:30

  Think Waitrose Essential range rather than Tesco Value. Plus you get cash back to use against future flights.

• Camhalf says:

  17 Feb17 February 11:59

  I would even say Norwegian long haul economy compares favourably to BA WT. My only complaint is that the food is overpriced, and i don’t like feeling my [non-alcoholic] drinks are being rationed on an LH flight. Service comfort and quality are no different to/from east coast US. If I didn’t maintain BA status from other travel to pre-reserve exit does, etc when in WT, I would be indifferent, after adjusting for price and time (and often, the need for an onwards connection). Norwegian CashPoints is also simple. It lacks the ‘Wow’ factor of redeeming for a long-haul business class seat, but I have happily redeemed my meagre balance for £ off checked bag fees (It’s like using Clubcard points for £ off your shopping).

  • Cate says:

    17 Feb17 February 13:27

    I think PE seats attract economy passengers who want a bit more room on a long flight rather than people who typically fly in business/first class. As much as I like Norwegian and some other carriers for short hops I wouldn’t consider PE as a viable alternative to business class.

    • Tom says:

      17 Feb17 February 17:10

      The Norwegian premium service is a cut above PE on other carriers. More spacious seats with excellent recline.

    • Leo says:

      17 Feb17 February 18:33

      Well I’m not sure that’s quite right – you get separate check in and lounge access with Norwegian Premium, and not all business class seats have true flat seats even now. In some ways the product is similar to regional business on CX….

• Bach says:

  17 Feb17 February 13:02

  OT – Anyone managed to get the Black Friday avios bonus from Avis on Iberia or BA?

  • Papa joe says:

    17 Feb17 February 23:35

    No – I’m still waiting as well ☹️

• Chelseafi says:

  17 Feb17 February 15:11

  OT. If I refer OH to nectar amex from my Plat amex do I get 18k MP? Plus do Nectar run any bonuses for new cards or not likely now?

  • TGLoyalty says:

    18 Feb18 February 09:21

    Yep 18k.

    And yes they do but it’s usually targeted via a nectar card portal so would you still get a referral bonus?

    honestly 18k MR or 20k nectar I know what I’d rather have.

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