easyJet unveils 15 new routes from Birmingham Airport

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• Aston100 says:

  30 Jun30 June 13:03

  “I’m there next Thursday to see Qatar Airways return”
  Hi Rob, when you meet the Qatar people, can you ask them about the blackout dates (during peak English school holiday dates) for regular priced avios reward seats? You’ve said in the past that they told you there is no such thing, but several people here have found otherwise.
  The return of QR to BHX was the perfect test, and I’ve been monitoring reward seat prices almost every day for July and August 2023 since they first became available. At no point has even one business class seat been available without the Q2 double avios pricing implemented. In other words, Qatar are lying to you.
  Would be good to get the truth out of them please.
  Thanks.

  • Rob says:

    30 Jun30 June 15:51

    Love the UK Qatar team as I do, you need to understand that they don’t even get told what prices their flights are going to be in a fare sale, yet alone giving them any input in the loyalty scheme!

    • Mikeact says:

      30 Jun30 June 18:36

      You mean that they have no clout whatsoever ? Amazing, from a pretty important market…unless they perceive it not to be. I, too, was looking for Business seats but not at twice the price. Not sure they are covered by the UK Advertising regulations, but I do feel it’s a very fair point to bring up.

• His Holyness says:

  30 Jun30 June 16:18

  MAN refused me access to Fast Track with my Lufthansa boarding pass because they said the “Priority Boarding” written meant I’d paid for boarding only (lol) and it had nothing to do with Fast Track She refused to even to try scanning it. Morons. A scum airport I try to avoid if at all possible.

  • David says:

    30 Jun30 June 16:53

    What has this got to do with the article? (lol)

    • Aston100 says:

      30 Jun30 June 17:17

      MAN, BHX etc all up norf innit geezer?

      • His Holyness says:

        30 Jun30 June 17:51

        Because the forums are zzzzzzzz

  • yorkieflyer says:

    30 Jun30 June 21:54

    I don’t know all these brummies trying to jump on the bandwagon when we all know Manchester is in it’s very own Super League of abysmal customer experience

  • kitten says:

    30 Jun30 June 23:15

    What is it about Manchester?

  • TooPoorToBeHere says:

    1 Jul1 July 14:33

    The phrase to use is “it’s a business class ticket”.

    I had a studiously (on my part) polite discussion with a member of staff preventing entry to fast track security at MAN a few months ago and refusing to scan my boarding pass.

    He ended up bright red in the face, shouting, inches from my face – trying to induce me to assault him.

    Eventually his shouting attracted one of his colleagues, who did scan the BP and invited me through to fast track – which was, of course, then slower than the ordinary queue for all the reasons discussed elsewhere in this thread.

• ADS says:

  30 Jun30 June 16:35

  These flights may also be useful for “open jaw” itineraries … I often find flights departing BHX are significantly cheaper than ex London airports … and BHX is just over an hour from London by train … not much more than Stansted !

  • Aston100 says:

    30 Jun30 June 17:18

    ” I often find flights departing BHX are significantly cheaper than ex London airports”
    I have literally never seen an example of this whenever I’ve needed to choose between Birmingham and airports in London.
    In my experience, flights from BHX always cost more than the equivalent (on the same carrier) from London.

    • tony says:

      30 Jun30 June 17:38

      It’s worth checking. Passenger service charge is lower (although as we’ve identified they don’t really provide a service at BHX…) and award availability can be better than LHR. Have also seen big savings on Lufthansa cash fares but for this summer ex LHR was cheaper for us. EK J consistently 15% higher out of BHX.

      Also some odd ball fares show for BHX – Oman Air to BKK or CMB via Germany and Oman; LH to Abu Dhabi via Germany then onto an EY codeshare; SQ in F to SIN on the a380 used to be a steal if you could manage the Frankfurt shuffle etc.

• SamG says:

  30 Jun30 June 22:30

  In my experience (Spain mainly) it’s last minute that they’re often cheaper. The parking is usually more reasonable too (we like to use short stay where possible) . Always worth a check !

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