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Roland Perry wrote:
Luton Airport is the worst of any of them. No proper connection from
the
station to the airport terminals themselves, which are full of surley
staff from budget airlines.


Never fly budget airlines. Pay the premium and just go on a normal
airline. In many cases it doesn't work out to be much more.


Why settle for surly when for a little more you can have surly and
condescending.

Unless you pay for Business Class or better.

Business class is lovely, I must say.


Anything over 6 hrs and it is a must for me I'm afraid. In fact anything
over 4 hrs if budget allows )

MC

Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 22:06:42 on Sun, 11
Oct 2009, " remarked:
You'll have to quote a few examples, because I've been flying round
Europe at least once a month for the last three or four years, and
I think I've only seen it once (a late evening Brussels-Heathrow with
BA that came in at 26 Euros plus 56 Euro tax (~£70); not that
Brussels is overwhelmed with Budget carriers).

I'd just take the train.

I normally take the train (I am this week...) but in this instance the
plane was much cheaper. And being later in the evening, starting from a
meeting quite close to the airport, it was the more sensible choice. I
was staying overnight in London.
Train is more door to door if going to Brussels, though, is it not?

Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 22:17:21 on Sun, 11
Oct 2009, " remarked:

I have no doubt that Luton is convenient for those who live nearby.

It's also more convenient (than Heathrow or Gatwick) for people living
almost any distance north of Luton. 100 miles in my case.

To each his own.

On 11 Oct, 15:51, D7666 wrote:
On Oct 11, 2:11*pm, Roland Perry wrote:

And it many cases it can be much less.
You'll have to quote a few examples, because I've been flying round
Europe at least once a month for the last three or four years, and
I think I've only seen it once (a late evening Brussels-Heathrow with BA
that came in at 26 Euros plus 56 Euro tax (~£70); not that Brussels is
overwhelmed with Budget carriers).

It is possible to get cheaper flights by ''non-LoCo'' airlines, I've
done it.

The Opodo booking engine is one source - it has found me in the past
very low rate LHR Wien with OS, and LGW MUC with BA. But that is
comparing LHR/LGW like for like.

Not had recourse to use Opodo recently, essentially because of EZ at
Luton whre I live even if their fare is double the ''full'' airlines
cheapest offer, *it dramtcally saves on time and effort and rail fare/
drive park.

The only drawback is a route like LTN-VIE (see other comment) is one
flight per day and the outbound while a reasonable ~16:00 local time
arrival in Wien, and Wien is an excellent city for a stop, my
destination is usually further east, and getting the 19:21 ex
Bratislava hl.st. to Zvolen is a bit dodgy ... all right on paper,
but *only need to slight delayed arrival, missed an s-bahn / CAT, miss
the hourly train to Bratislava[*] at 17:28 and I won't make it.

[1] Yes In know there are 2 routes making 2 TPH but its not a symetric
half hourly service and one goes to Petrzalka which is n.b.g. for a
tight connection from hl.st i.e. if miss 17:28 above, the 18:05 to
Petrzalka does not get me anywhere.

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Nick

What on earth are you talking about?

BA to Budapest around £40 cheaper that EJ all in.



Not from Manchester, or should I say MAN?
Jet2 are cheapest. And Ryanair have stopped Liverpool Budapest. So
it's Jet2 or very expensive alternative.

Roland Perry writes:
Ha! If you'd fly a Korean airline, you could have violent and insane too!

What a strange remark. Are you a xenophobic?.

Er, no. It was a joke (no doubt a poor one), but based on real
experience (and if you know anything about Korea, you'd know that
Koreans can be ... feisty).

-Miles

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Christian, n. One who follows the teachings of Christ so long as they are not
inconsistent with a life of sin.

On Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:05:15 +0100, "
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Bruce wrote:
On Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:48:50 GMT, (Neil
Williams) wrote:
On Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:39:27 +0100, "
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Indeed, it can be less at times. Much less hassle in any event.
I regularly fly easyJet and it isn't hassle at all.


Taken as a whole, the EasyJet experience is a very good example of how
to operate an airline. Low cost, no frills, but otherwise excellent
customer service.

I haven't heard anything bad about easyJet, to be fair. It's Ryanair
that's no good.


I used Ryanair several times before I first tried EasyJet. The
difference is enormous.

In future, if I can avoid Ryanair, I will do so; if I can fly EasyJet,
I will do so.

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[from Anglesey]

Is Dublin or Cardiff not an option?


Cardiff is probably more difficult to get to than London (and a lot more
difficult than NW England). N-S transport links in Wales are very poor.

A twice-daily subsidised flight to Cardiff from Valley airport?

Charlie



I didn't think of that one - I know people who've used it as well. I don't
think that I'll try it for connecting to other flights however - given that
separate tickets would be required the consequences the first flight in a
journey being delayed would be undesirable...

On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:09:57 +0900, Miles Bader wrote:
Roland Perry writes:
Ha! If you'd fly a Korean airline, you could have violent and insane too!

What a strange remark. Are you a xenophobic?.

Er, no. It was a joke (no doubt a poor one), but based on real
experience (and if you know anything about Korea, you'd know that
Koreans can be ... feisty).


On what basis would you attempt to justify such racist remarks?

Bruce writes:
Er, no. It was a joke (no doubt a poor one), but based on real
experience (and if you know anything about Korea, you'd know that
Koreans can be ... feisty).

On what basis would you attempt to justify such racist remarks?

So you disagree?

-Miles

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Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.