But the staff are still as friendly as ever! And very glad to have a celebrity Bear at the bar!

And since our flight is somewhat delayed, we have a chance to go downstairs into the business lounge and do some comparisons. As you can see, it's pretty much the same set up as upstairs now, and it's also pretty empty. Oh how the times have changed....

At least Willard gets a chance to do some spotting - he thought this was our ride to MAN (but it turned out he was mistaken!)

And so, we got onto the plane, and found it was actually an A321, but with all of the Premium passengers crammed into the first 4 rows, and a smattering of other passengers at the back (total capacity of a BD A321 - 186, actual load on this flight, around 30). We quickly moved back a few rows to give Willard his own seat, and let our full-fare paying seatmate spread out a little.

And when we get to the other end and disembark, we look out of the window at the bus that has just brought us in, and find it's actually one of the Star Alliance specials, so Willard thinks that's worth a quick picture - much to the amusement of the people in the foodcourt!