Originally Posted by
MacExtreme
Accidently triggered my 241 too early last year, had to book something before the end of March; due to multiple constraints we ended up with a week on the Amalfi coast, flying EDI-LGW-Naples, in CE. Believe it or not, I've never been through LGW, nor to Naples. We will be spending a couple of hours on a wednesday afternoon at LGW - is the lounge likely to be busy at that time?
Any tips on seats to snag at OLCI? I'm a bottom-feeding Blue, I'm afraid, so no special treatment possible. Finally, anything I should know about Naples airport? (If it's not disappeared under uncollected rubbish).
The lounge at LGW is unlikely to be overly busy on a Wednesday afternoon, but can't help with transfer info as I usually start the journey from there.
Things you need to know about Naples airport:
- it is run by BAA (the yellow and black signs will look strangely familiar!)
- it is a surprisingly small airport (so no air bridges - you will disembark and board via buses)
- there is some renovation work going on, but nothing that really gets in the way
- the lounge is landside, before security, and has an outside terrace but is otherwise not really worth turning up early for
- allow plenty of time to get to the gate, especially if you are there around the time of the sole daily direct flight to JFK (which leaves around 4pm in summer - not sure about winter timings). You have to go through passport control and the queue can be long for this.
- delay your trip through passport control if the flight is delayed - there isn't much to do in the gate area after passport control (almost all the shops/cafes etc are after security but before passport control).
Enjoy Amalfi!