Originally Posted by
Starship73
Thanks – I've been auto-offered the 18:55 out of LCY but haven't clicked to accept, so that's my fall back option if nothing opens up between now and Sunday (one Y seat on the 08:20 out of LHR has also come up now but that's a bit early for my liking!). Ideally I want to be out of LHR so I can leave the car there for when I return on the same day as one of the national rail strikes...
Depending on where in NL you're going, if you're willing to fly out of LCY you might consider LCY-RTM-LCY instead of LCY-AMS-LCY (or -LHR). Rotterdam airport is such a breeze compared to Schiphol, and the cityflyer service is better than fine. The Netherlands is a small country (and Holland within it is smaller still) - RTM to Amsterdam is less than an hour by car, a bit more by public transport.