GBadger

Looking up tickets for a potential trip to Norway in March...
One of the options that comes up on nwa.com is below. I follow it to Oslo, but then I have no idea what's next!!

Also, delta.com does not even recognize BGO as a possible destination, despite the KL flights (and NWA codeshare) that goes there from AMS!


Sat, Mar 21
Northwest Airlines 3519 Equipment: CR9 View Seat Map »
Depart: 7:15 pm Madison, WI (MSN)
Meal: None
Arrive: 8:29 pm Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)
Approx. flight miles: 228
Duration: 1 hr 14 min Operated by Mesaba Aviation/NWA Airlink

Sat, Mar 21
Northwest Airlines 46 Equipment: A330 View Seat Map »
Depart: 8:40 pm Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (MSP)
Meal: Dinner
Arrive: 11:00 am Amsterdam (AMS)
Approx. flight miles: 4,154
Duration: 8 hr 20 min
Time between flights: 1 hr 30 min

Sun, Mar 22
KLM 1145 Equipment: 737
Depart: 12:30 pm Amsterdam (AMS)
Meal: None
Arrive: 2:20 pm Oslo (OSL)
Approx. flight miles: 569
Duration: 1 hr 50 min
Time between flights: 1 hr 40 min

Sun, Mar 22
Wideroe's Flyveselskap 149 Equipment: Dash 8 Turboprop
Depart: 4:00 pm Oslo (OSL)
Meal: None
Arrive: 5:13 pm Orsta-Volda (HOV)
Approx. flight miles: 219
Duration: 1 hr 13 min
Time between flights: 0 hr 20 min

Sun, Mar 22
Wideroe's Flyveselskap 149 Equipment: Dash 8 Turboprop
Depart: 5:33 pm Orsta-Volda (HOV)
Meal: None
Arrive: 6:08 pm Sogndal (SOG)
Approx. flight miles: 78
Duration: 0 hr 35 min
Time between flights: 0 hr 17 min

Sun, Mar 22
Wideroe's Flyveselskap 149 Equipment: Dash 8 Turboprop
Depart: 6:25 pm Sogndal (SOG)
Meal: None
Arrive: 7:00 pm Bergen (BGO)
Approx. flight miles: 88

MikeMpls

If this is your first time to Bergen, you might check out the Norway in a Nutshell tour between Oslo & Bergen.

Exit OSL to rail station (being sure to stop at inbound duty free to stock up),
airport train to Oslo S (Senstralstasjon), then find your Nutshell train to Bergen.

beardedgeologist

It will be raining in Bergen that day.

GBadger

That's alright, I'll be indoors in meetings all week.

florin

Too bad it's the same flight number. Think of the miles (if Wideroe's Flyveselskap flights earn miles, that is)

GBadger

Hahaha...
I don't think that they do. But the scenery could be SPECTACULAR (or cloudy ).

TheMadBrewer

I think the term "puddle jumper" was invented for that flight

james318

Wow... That is crazy. Nwa.com priced out DTW-AMS-BGO for me.

MikeMpls

Basically that Widerøe flight heads to the west coast & then does some puddle jumping to Bergen. Sunset is around 7 p.m. (about when you finally reach Bergen), so the scenery should be pretty nice ...

... if it's not cloudy.

KtownTraveler

No no, it only rains twice a week in Bergen. Once for three days and once for four.

polarbead

Haha, you would probably wanna "force" nwa.com to route you directly from AMS to BGO. This can easily be done by selecting multiple stops along the way, the first routing being your origin to AMS, the next being AMS-BGO.

However, it usually comes up right. You do want to avoid Widerøe if you can, unless you've got a thing for small turboprops.

GBadger

Yes, the direct option came up also...I thought that this may be interesting for the scenery, but then again, it may be 3 miserable hours on a bumpy turboprop...

dodgeflyer

Not possible to earn miles on domestic routes in Norway due to competition regulation

DJMeatBall

I'm old enough to remember when Braathens SAFE airlines was a WorldPerks partner.

(do they even exist anymore?)

BTA

Another question, did a 11 minute connection in MSP really come up on nwa.com? That is way short, and quite impossible, particularly for Dom>Int, with the "international security check" and all...