Originally Posted by
WChou
In May, a friend and I will be flying from SFO - VCE. On the portion to Europe, we will be flying on AA. To flying into VCE, we can either transit through MAD on IB or LHR on BA. Does anyone have an opinion on which option is more attractive? Based on hearsay, people seem to think OW => IB is a pain. Both layovers will be about 3 hours.
Are you sure both layovers are only 3 hours? My recollection is that both the AA & BA SFO-LHR flights arrive at LHR after the LHR-VCE flight departs. I had to do the Gatwick shuffle to connect to VCE. BA has two LGW flights , but only one LHR flight to VCE.
But things may have changed.......
Also, AA to BA at LHR will require a terminal change.