Yes, why not? Oh yes...

[lovingboth]

I booked a couple of flights with BA yesterday. Normally, they'd be rather low on my list to consider but the alternatives were way too early, way too late, involved more than one plane per journey, way too expensive, or more than one of those.

And while it's not me ultimately paying for them, it doesn't seem right to pay three times what I could pay, particularly as this way I get to go from my favourite London airport: City, as seen at BiCon 2003 and 2010. It's very easy to get to from here and you can sweep through onto the flight rather than having to walk for miles and hang around for hours. (There is not a huge shopping mall at City, I wonder if that could possibly be the reason for making you hang around at Heathrow, Gatwick etc... Nah.)

OK, total cost £135ish. "Why not upgrade?" asks the site. Then it tells you the reason: ".. from only £608!" Yeah, four times the cost of the seat I have, that sounds like value for money.

The other weird thing is that if anyone else on the planet had used their card to pay for the flights, that'd be that. Because it was me, I have to bring the card used or they might not let me on the plane.

Comments

[weegoddess.livejournal.com]

Will you be heading to BiCon this year?

[lovingboth]

Oh ghod yes. I haven't voluntarily missed one since I started going. The one I did miss (1989) was only because a combination of things meant I didn't hear about it until about a week after it happened.

Are we seeing you there this year?

[weegoddess.livejournal.com]

I hope so! We're still trying to sort out the logistics and the finances. Flying over from the US is quite an endeavor. I was miserable to miss it last year but we had just bought a house and there was no way to even consider it. I might ask about the Helping Hands fund again (or whatever they are calling it this year).