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Celebrate World Cup failure with £66 off a British Airways long-haul flight

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To, ahem, commemorate England’s World Cup defeat last night, British Airways has launched a three day promotion.

Until midnight on 14th July, you can save £66 on any long-haul BA flight.

You need to use promo code STILLPROUD on the price quote page at ba.com.

British Airways £66 World Cup ticket discount

Here is a summary of the small print:

Minimum spend of £300 per person required

Flight must be BA marketed and BA operated (no codeshares etc)

Valid for travel until 30th June 2019

Valid for all booking classes

Only one booking per Executive Club member

Cannot be combined with ‘part pay with Avios’

Full details can be found on this special page of ba.com – do check the full rules before booking.

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Comments (185)

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  • Duncan Stevenson-Price says:
    12 Jul12 July 08:38

    Minor correction, but presumably you mean 14th July (rather than June, in the past ????)

  • Mike G says:
    12 Jul12 July 08:41

    Useless post, Rob. Talk about misjudging the mood of an entire nation.

    Prat.

    • Rob says:
      12 Jul12 July 08:42

      You’re clearly not late 40’s either! Beating teams ranked below you and losing to a team ranked above you is exactly what you should have expected.

      • Callum says:
        12 Jul12 July 09:00

        You clearly know nothing about the World Cup. If rankings were so reliable there would be no need for a tournament would there!

        You expect a top 10 team to beat a team placed 50th, the team placed 10th isn’t necessarily going to beat the team placed 20th, and often doesn’t.

        • Rob says:
          12 Jul12 July 09:02

          …. but you should not be surprised when it does.

        • JayG says:
          12 Jul12 July 09:20

          The truth is England are average. We get excited with the MOTD pundits comments from players who didn’t get further than the Semi’s in a WC in their entire careers. The teams we beat have never been prolific on the World Stage. They played well as a team and had an easy route, any real competition and the results were as expected except to the delusional ‘we can’t take a joke’ crowd.

        • Callum says:
          12 Jul12 July 13:45

          Rob – There is a difference in being surprised between being surprised and being disappointed. Surely there’s something in your life you care about that isn’t perfect?

          By all means keep digging though. If your aim is to come across as an unpleasant miserable old man you’re doing a great job! (Relax disciples – note I said “come across as”, not “is”!)

          • Rob says:
            12 Jul12 July 13:56

            You get a better grasp on life as you get older. You watch your parents die. You watch your children get born. You may watch your partner get gravely ill but recover. And when you’ve dealt with a few things like that you really don’t give a monkeys about a football match in the same way you did when you were 19. Especially when you’ve seen the same team fail at 10 major tournaments since you hit adulthood ….

      • Worzel says:
        12 Jul12 July 09:01

        Sorry Rob-you are out of order………..W.

      • Angus B says:
        12 Jul12 July 09:51

        Rob, I hate to say it but you’re coming across as a bit of a troll. I also get the impression that you revel in getting older and enjoy talking about ‘what an old guy you are’, when being in your mid forties is barely middle aged.

        • John says:
          12 Jul12 July 10:16

          Well to be fair he has mentioned the possibility of dying early a few times… so I get where he is coming from in that respect, though I still disagree.

  • Sussex bantam says:
    12 Jul12 July 08:41

    Mine posted last Friday

  • AndyW says:
    12 Jul12 July 08:53

    What all the comments here show is that football, though only a game, is incredibly emotive for large numbers of people. As sad as it is I couldn’t sleep properly last night due to disappointment (and probably a load of adrenaline). However, it is only a joke, and people that are getting so worked up, and certainly those posting things close to insults, probably just need to chill out a little. Let’s get back to talking about airmiles and the like..

  • Ian says:
    12 Jul12 July 09:08

    @Rob – Book by 14th July not June 🙂

  • ANDREW MORGAN says:
    12 Jul12 July 09:12

    Code not working on flights LHR – PVG

  • Optimus Prime says:
    12 Jul12 July 09:19

    Almost 100 comments before 9:30am. This will make the Iberia promo thread look like a joke 😀

  • MrK says:
    12 Jul12 July 09:20

    Incredibly sad that this only works for long haul… was hoping to get cheap CE tickets for a tier point run but oh well

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