Need Some Trans-Atlantic Travel Advice

[starbkjrus]

That's right Alex Sten Rune and I live an hours drive from Torp. Flying within Norway is dreadfully expensive. I've only done it when the company I work for have paid the bill.
Poor old Patrick would have to pay ?250 or so just to get to Torp.We are just lucky. My sister and Niece flew Ryan recently and it was all right. They advertise the tickets for 1KR and then add taxes and baggage prices so all in Sten Rune and I paid £53 for the flight return and a further £60 for a car for the weekend.
Not bad considering what others have to pay

Excellent! Then you and Sten can pay for my shopping at Anderson's.

:beer:

[Freelander Sporrano]

Excellent! Then you and Sten can pay for my shopping at Anderson's.

:beer:

.............The words "Dream on" somehow spring to mind:tongue: :tongue:

[starbkjrus]

Ok, ok...Robertson warned me off of Heathrow but the only (barely) reasonable rate I could get and still get some extra legroom and a seat that I might can sleep in was from British Airways . From here that means Heathrow.

I was going over BA's recommendations today and lo and behold they tell me it takes (minimum) 75 minutes to go from Terminal 4 where I arrive to Terminal 1 where I depart for Glasgow. I have 70 minutes between flights and thought that would be enough to even pause for breakfast.

Anyone familiar enough with the airport to know if I need to get a later flight to Glasgow?



PS: How are they with baggage handling??

[Rufus]

Customs is where the big hold-up will be. I think it took me about 15 minutes just to get to customs, then another 10-15 standing in line. It'll probably take about another 10 to get through. Make sure you have your passport and other documents (flight info, etc) ready when you get to the counter. There's nearly 45 minutes just for customs, though it might not take that long.

They were great with my baggage, and I didn't have any problems. You'll probably have to receive your luggage, then check it again for the adjoining flight though, due to customs.

The tram between terminals only takes a few minutes. I'm wondering if they're estimating 70 to include the time in Customs. Who knows.

Honestly, I'd suggest looking for a flight with some more time between when you arrive and leave. Heathrow's a really nice airport, but it does take some time to get around.

Oh, another thing, make sure you read up on what you can take onboard the flight with you. It seems to change all the time, but was restricted to just one small laptop bag about a month ago.

[cessna152towser]

Its been nearly twenty years since I've been to Heathrow because I've found by far the cheapest way from Scotland to London is low cost airlines such as Easyjet or Ryanair which use Stansted Airport. Stansted's a long way out of London but even with an hour's train journey and a £25 return train fare from Stansted to London its still cheaper than going the whole way by train and a fraction of the cost of BA or BMI between Scotland and Heathrow. Though if you arrive at Heathrow from a trans-atlantic flight you will just want to pay the premium for the convenience of going direct from there to Glasgow. But allow yourself plenty of time at Heathrow - its a huge airport and it has lots of nice shops.

[Kilted KT]

I've flow to Zurich from Oklahoma once. I was in coach on the way there..and it was miserablely cramped ( being that I'm 6'3 ). On the return trip I lucked out. The flight was over-booked and they put me in Business class. I had a recliner, anything I wanted in the way of snacks and drinks. and a portable DVD player with a huge book of movies to watch.

I wouldn't fly trans-atlantic in anything other than first or business class ever again.

[Colin]

I fell across to Scotland with Air Transit (not suggested) in 1999. There was about enough leg room for a grasshopper. However, if you leave in the evening and get ther mid day it is tolerable. Either way, get up and walk around as much as possible. If you are looking to get to P1M's, why not fly into Glasgow than coach it. I have always seen it as the same price as Manchester or London.

[starbkjrus]

:crap:

I completely forgot about customs. The last time we flew trans-Canada we had to go through customs (flew in from the US) at Pearson (Toronto) and yes, that takes extra time involving claiming and rechecking luggage. Ugh. I'll look into re-booking (crap, is that gonna cost me MORE?!?) for a later flight out of Heathrow. Maybe I should have just flown into London and spent 6 hours on the train to get to Dumfries.

:crap::crap::crap:

[mbhandy]

Last year I flew from Salt Lake to New York on jet blue and they are no frills bring your ear plugs and get a isle seat if you know your seating partners. Other wise window and tell the kid next to you to bugger off :buttkick: if he wants to look out and with the isle seating it gives you the excuse to get up and move about and get a Scotch???:beer: Oh yea bring 1dollar bills or you wait for ever for change.

MrBill

[McClef]

I love the way Ryanair call some airports by the cities they are miles from!

Mind you since they closed Fornebu even Gardmoen isn't anywhere as close to Oslo