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[I give details of what I want, etc]
"I'd like the cheapest fare that's not in N class."
"You know that you get 50% miles in N now?"
"yes, I want full tier points."
[She tots up the fare]
"That will be £443."
[I get suspicious because this was what the website was turning up with one segment in N--you can tell by the miles total]
"Can you check the fare buckets on that?"
"Outbound is Q class, return is N."
(Didn't I say NO N CLASS?)
"I don't want the return in N, can you change that please?"
[Woman fiddles]
"Ah, that will be £525."
(Now that's what I was expecting as it was what Virgin turned up Friday, full miles.)

Admittedly, since you can now buy up to 25,000 miles per year at £15 per 1,000 (plus £15 trasaction fee) I could have got the 1800 miles for less... but I wouldn't get the tier points. Which I need!

I bet they hate people like me. :)

I'm not a Ruth Kelly fan as a rule, but I think the cover of today's Independent is a bit unfair. It's one of those questions that's unanswerable. If she says homosexuality is a sin, she's seen as unfit to deal with questions of equality. If she says it isn't, no one will believe her anyway, or will accuse her of cherry-picking Catholic teachings.

Personally, I'd say that sin is a theological issue and not a political one. My faith says that eating pork is a sin, but I'm not going to vote against pig farmers. I can accept a literal reading of Leviticus on the matter of gay sex, but that doesn't justify discrimination or homophobia.

Sometimes I wonder if the openly religious can ever win when it comes to these issues. That said, Kelly hasn't made it any easier on herself by repeatedly missing votes on the issue.