Your most ridiculous journey
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I'm just on my way to Luton to fly to Zurich with EasyJet just to be able to to check in on a BA flight to LHR two hours later that stops over in London for a night and leaves for Amman in the morning. BA flight from Zurich to Amman through London and back was £496. Luton to Zurich including Cab ride to the airport is £100. Return from London to Amman using THE SAME flights like the one originating in Zurich is £1882 
. Where's sense in that?
Have you done any similar pointless journeys?
. Where's sense in that?Have you done any similar pointless journeys?
rottie102 said:
I'm just on my way to Luton to fly to Zurich with EasyJet just to be able to to check in on a BA flight to LHR two hours later that stops over in London for a night and leaves for Amman in the morning. BA flight from Zurich to Amman through London and back was £496. Luton to Zurich including Cab ride to the airport is £100. Return from London to Amman using THE SAME flights like the one originating in Zurich is £1882 . Where's sense in that?
Have you done any similar pointless journeys?
Curious on two questions:-. Where's sense in that?Have you done any similar pointless journeys?
1) Do you have to do the same convuluted journey back home?
2) What would have happened if you had called airline and said you had "missed" the flight from Zurich, but would make your own plans to be at Heathrow to catch the connecting flight?
To answer the question never done anything so stupid.
I did have a flight to Seattle via Copenhagen once which was fine on the way out. On the way back it was painful flying past my own country!
Fats25 said:
2) What would have happened if you had called airline and said you had "missed" the flight from Zurich, but would make your own plans to be at Heathrow to catch the connecting flight?
If you miss the first flight, you will automatically be bumped from any subsequent flights - check the Ts&Cs!Fats25 said:
Curious on two questions:-
1) Do you have to do the same convuluted journey back home?
2) What would have happened if you had called airline and said you had "missed" the flight from Zurich, but would make your own plans to be at Heathrow to catch the connecting flight?
To answer the question never done anything so stupid.
I did have a flight to Seattle via Copenhagen once which was fine on the way out. On the way back it was painful flying past my own country!
2) I enquired about it and if you miss checking in on any of the legs, your ticket becomes invalid.1) Do you have to do the same convuluted journey back home?
2) What would have happened if you had called airline and said you had "missed" the flight from Zurich, but would make your own plans to be at Heathrow to catch the connecting flight?
To answer the question never done anything so stupid.
I did have a flight to Seattle via Copenhagen once which was fine on the way out. On the way back it was painful flying past my own country!
1) ...so it won't be a problem when I'll get off at LHR on the way home
and as for why - £1200 savings is a good reason to me
All the other flights/airlines available were more expensive/worse timewise since I'm only going to Jordan for the weekend, also my friend is flying from Zurich (that's how I found this combo and price difference when I tried to join her flight in London)
Flew back from Calgary to Gatwick on Thompson a couple of years ago
Outbound flight had been direct from Gatwick, with the plane going on to Vancouver after Calgary
Return flight was also due to land at Manchester, which it duly did. Good I thought, loads of space for the last bit to Gatwick
However we were made to disembark, taking all our hand luggage with us, go through security / bag checks etc out into the departure lounge, and then back onto the plane for the last leg to Gatwick. Whole process took about 90 minutes - craziest Journey I ever took...
Outbound flight had been direct from Gatwick, with the plane going on to Vancouver after Calgary
Return flight was also due to land at Manchester, which it duly did. Good I thought, loads of space for the last bit to Gatwick
However we were made to disembark, taking all our hand luggage with us, go through security / bag checks etc out into the departure lounge, and then back onto the plane for the last leg to Gatwick. Whole process took about 90 minutes - craziest Journey I ever took...
To avoid flying via the States a couple of years ago on my way back from Managua, I flew:
Managua (Nicaragua)
San Salvador (El Salvador)
San Jose (Costa Rica)
Madrid
LHR
And the irony of this four legged flight was that it was for a business trip that had been arranged by the Rainforest Alliance!
Managua (Nicaragua)
San Salvador (El Salvador)
San Jose (Costa Rica)
Madrid
LHR
And the irony of this four legged flight was that it was for a business trip that had been arranged by the Rainforest Alliance!
BrabusMog said:
To avoid flying via the States a couple of years ago on my way back from Managua, I flew:
Managua (Nicaragua)
San Salvador (El Salvador)
San Jose (Costa Rica)
Madrid
LHR
And the irony of this four legged flight was that it was for a business trip that had been arranged by the Rainforest Alliance!
Couldn't you go via Havana? Managua (Nicaragua)
San Salvador (El Salvador)
San Jose (Costa Rica)
Madrid
LHR
And the irony of this four legged flight was that it was for a business trip that had been arranged by the Rainforest Alliance!
t that goes with actually getting to the point when you are on an actual sodding plane.Was going home from Venezuela for Christmas and heading to the girlfriends in Italy. Had pretty simple flights set up but rains and a landslide near the bridge to Caracus Airport shut it down for a while. A hasty re-booking by our travel team resulted in this little gem. Maturin-Trinidad-Miami-Detroit-Amsterdam-Glasgow-London-Pisa. I was f***ed at the end of it.
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