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Old Jan 20, 2007 | 6:00 pm
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Originally Posted by Smirnoff
I know how easy it is to fly out of TPA, and am interested to compare the "experience" flying out of MIA instead.
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However the TPA flight is at 1845 (arrival in UK at 3am US time), against the MIA flight at 2145 (arrival in UK around 6am US time).
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Would be interested to know whether it is as easy to drive to MIA, or how much hassle there is returning a car and getting through the airport.
According to my map it's c.270 miles TPA to MIA, so the answers a definite no - that's about 5 hours by car with stops so I can't see any way the LHR flight can be that much better then an LGW one.

FWIW the last time I went through MIA was last summer and it was AA not BA, BUT the car rental location was a mess because of road construction and the security was truly HORRIBLE - AA didn't seem to have elite lines so you just have to go to the back and be patient.
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