7:30pm PDX -9h30m-> LHR 1:00pm British AirwaysEconomyBoeing 787-10BA 266 $693 / $6,410 business 6615 LHR layover 1h15m 2:15pm LHR -2h-> LIN 5:15pm British AirwaysEconomyAirbus A320neoBA 576 (elapsed time 12h45m)
But due to the Iran war (Thanks Trump) jet fuel shortages and airspace closures, BA266 was delayed 2 hours making us miss the connection with BA576. Chris got put on BA578 at 2:50pm (somehow that 1h15m layover plus 45 minutes is going to allow for a 2h late flight. If they fly fast and get me out of the plane quickly, I just might make it. But Kathi was put on BA580, a flight 4 hours later. This has us arriving in Milan 4 hours apart. Chris will run to the hotel, get checked in, buy train tickets to Torino for the next day, then run back to LIN to meet Kathi and pick up the bags getting to our hotel around midnight. Not a great start! Or, looking at it another way, The Adventure Begins --- remember the definition of Adventure: (noun) discomfort recounted at leisure.
We are a party of two: Christopher Uhlik and my wife Kathryn Baganoff. I'm flying economy, booking Z9QIIO while Kathi is flying business, booking Z9HC2L. The first leg BA266 has been delayed about 2 hours. My 2nd leg has been rescheduled onto BA578 while Kathi's 2nd leg has been rescheduled onto BA580 about 4 hours later. If there is room on BA578 to fly economy for Kathi she would accept the downgrade to fly earlier. If not, if there is room on BA580 to shift Chris later, we would prefer to fly and arrive together.
