BNA to Lisbon
Nov 17, 2015, 8:29 am
#1
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BNA to Lisbon
Would anyone have suggestions about the easiest way to get to Lisbon for a May cruise? My husband hates to go up and down multiple times. The few cities that fly direct are from PHL or IAD? It cant' be Delta according to Regent Cruise line because it's too pricey. Thanks so much.
Nov 18, 2015, 6:35 am
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Nov 18, 2015, 5:17 pm
#5
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Lisbon has non-stop scheduled flights to Miami and Newark year-round and Philadelphia and Washington seasonally. TAP is perfectly safe, and usually the only way to fly a widebody from the U.S. to Lisbon.
Nov 18, 2015, 6:07 pm
#6
Join Date: Jun 2010
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Here are some comparables between flying United or TAP to Lisbon out of Newark. TAP's economy has rows with 2 seats so a couple can get aisle and window, whereas United has rows of three. You can buy up to Economy Plus on United, although there's still that middle seat problem. There's a nice big United Club at Terminal C for United's international flights. There is no United Club at Terminal B where TAP departs, but you can stop off at the small one at Terminal A where your domestic connection will arrive. United's food is passable, but for a TAP flight I would buy a sandwich at the airport.
Nov 19, 2015, 4:48 am
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There's a nice big United Club at Terminal C for United's international flights. There is no United Club at Terminal B where TAP departs, but you can stop off at the small one at Terminal A where your domestic connection will arrive. United's food is passable, but for a TAP flight I would buy a sandwich at the airport.
One big difference between the two is also the schedule. TAP is 6pm to 6am, UA is 8pm to 8am. I much prefer the more civilized arrival hour of UA.
Another difference that may be important for the OP is stairs. In LIS, TAP tends to use remote parking positions requiring going down the steps to a bus, whereas UA mostly use jet bridges with direct access to the terminal with no stairs. OP mentioned that "husband hates to go up and down multiple times", and if this is really a big issue UA had better odds of no stairs to deal with.
Nov 19, 2015, 6:22 am
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Thank you so much. What I meant was that my husband doesn't like to go up and down on various planes to get to a destination. Two is one too many but three or four changes is crazy.
Nov 20, 2015, 6:36 am
#9
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I would say that the hard product is better on UA hands down in both classes, but the food is better on TP also in both classes. I don't like the fact that TP takes forever to serve it though, leaving little time to sleep.
Nov 20, 2015, 4:53 pm
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Last week it was 5 hours into the EWR-LIS LIS flight before TAP stopped with the carts and turned out the lights, leaving 2 hours to sleep. Very bad for the baby. I don't like the TAP food but that's subjective.