First time to London/Paris - need advice/suggestion
Nov 23, 2015, 2:50 pm
#16
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Florida
Posts: 686
Ahh, right, probably the difference between availability of a "saver" award vs. a full priced award.
At least on the way home, I'd recommend looking at a flight from Paris to London. Time it so you get in to LHR a couple hours before your transatlantic flight. Otherwise, with train and ground transportation to LHR, you may even need to leave Paris the day before your flight home (depending on when it departs LHR).
Some of the low cost airlines in Europe can be very reasonable. I haven't flown that route, but it's worth looking at it and comparing cost and schedule to the train.
At least on the way home, I'd recommend looking at a flight from Paris to London. Time it so you get in to LHR a couple hours before your transatlantic flight. Otherwise, with train and ground transportation to LHR, you may even need to leave Paris the day before your flight home (depending on when it departs LHR).
Some of the low cost airlines in Europe can be very reasonable. I haven't flown that route, but it's worth looking at it and comparing cost and schedule to the train.
Air France was about $80-90/person one-way.
Nov 23, 2015, 5:15 pm
#17
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: London
Posts: 1,117
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At least on the way home, I'd recommend looking at a flight from Paris to London. Time it so you get in to LHR a couple hours before your transatlantic flight. Otherwise, with train and ground transportation to LHR, you may even need to leave Paris the day before your flight home (depending on when it departs LHR).
Some of the low cost airlines in Europe can be very reasonable. I haven't flown that route, but it's worth looking at it and comparing cost and schedule to the train.
At least on the way home, I'd recommend looking at a flight from Paris to London. Time it so you get in to LHR a couple hours before your transatlantic flight. Otherwise, with train and ground transportation to LHR, you may even need to leave Paris the day before your flight home (depending on when it departs LHR).
Some of the low cost airlines in Europe can be very reasonable. I haven't flown that route, but it's worth looking at it and comparing cost and schedule to the train.
Our plan is to catch a flight from CDG-LHR the night out before our flight home the following morning. We're staying at the HGI near LHR. Wasn't the ideal situation not being able to fly out of CDG, but the Saver level definitely made this possible. Had this been anything other than our honeymoon, I might have just booked economy instead.
Air France was about $80-90/person one-way.
Air France was about $80-90/person one-way.
Last edited by Mizter T; Nov 23, 2015 at 5:20 pm