HAM - (LHR) - MCO in Jan 2023
Aug 14, 2022, 7:40 am
#1
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Join Date: Feb 2022
Location: Germany
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HAM - (LHR) - MCO in Jan 2023
Dear Experts,
I am planning to fly HAM MCO in January next year. In the past I usually did this HAM LHR MCO.
Unless my flight search skills deteriorated dramatically, I see the following options now:
- Change from Heathrow to Gatwick
- at least one more stop (PHL, CLT)
If I want to fly BA/OneWorld.
Or flying a different alliance if I want to have a one stop connection.
Have I missed anything? Does LHR MCO not exist anymore next year? Isn‘t MCO also a major business destination apart from the obvious leisure traveller market?
Thank you!
I am planning to fly HAM MCO in January next year. In the past I usually did this HAM LHR MCO.
Unless my flight search skills deteriorated dramatically, I see the following options now:
- Change from Heathrow to Gatwick
- at least one more stop (PHL, CLT)
If I want to fly BA/OneWorld.
Or flying a different alliance if I want to have a one stop connection.
Have I missed anything? Does LHR MCO not exist anymore next year? Isn‘t MCO also a major business destination apart from the obvious leisure traveller market?
Thank you!
Aug 14, 2022, 8:31 am
#2
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 250
LHR-MCO is scrapped, at least for the winter season. I can’t imagine the BA service returning either.
https://thepointsguy.co.uk/news/brit...throw-gatwick/
https://thepointsguy.co.uk/news/brit...throw-gatwick/
Aug 14, 2022, 9:37 am
#5
Join Date: May 2012
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You cannot do HAM-MCO on OneWorld with only one transfer, unless you include Aer Lingus via, Dublin, which I wouldn’t.
If you want just a single change then you’re on Skyteam via AMS or Star via FRA. Neither of those are particularly enticing. I also found having LHR-MCO a nicer experience as I hate the minimum of 4 hours you realistically have to leave for the pleasure.
Having said that, the immigration and general international arrival experience in MCO is often very poor. You may find that HAM-LHR-JFK/PHL-MCO is a much smoother and more relaxed routing.
If you want just a single change then you’re on Skyteam via AMS or Star via FRA. Neither of those are particularly enticing. I also found having LHR-MCO a nicer experience as I hate the minimum of 4 hours you realistically have to leave for the pleasure.
Having said that, the immigration and general international arrival experience in MCO is often very poor. You may find that HAM-LHR-JFK/PHL-MCO is a much smoother and more relaxed routing.
Aug 14, 2022, 10:58 am
#6
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Essex, UK
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Aug 14, 2022, 11:02 am
#7
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Aug 14, 2022, 11:39 am
#8
Join Date: May 2012
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Aug 14, 2022, 11:46 am
#9
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Join Date: Feb 2022
Location: Germany
Programs: BA Executive Club
Posts: 38
Thank you all!
It will be my 4th trip to MCO, only one of them for vacation.
Via CLT and PHL and in March directly to MCO.
Knowing the FT trick not to recheck the luggage for delivery at the main terminal, my MCO experience was not too bad. For surfe better than my PHL experience.
Obviously, this could be due to my small sample size (despite being BAEC Gold for about 5 years.[1]
No issues with Aer Lingus. But only flown between DUB and Germany, never to travel overseas.
Anyway, thanks again for the kind help.
[1] but only until the end of November this year. Then ‚Double Silver‘
: enough TP for silver & downgrade to silver.
It will be my 4th trip to MCO, only one of them for vacation.
Via CLT and PHL and in March directly to MCO.
Knowing the FT trick not to recheck the luggage for delivery at the main terminal, my MCO experience was not too bad. For surfe better than my PHL experience.
Obviously, this could be due to my small sample size (despite being BAEC Gold for about 5 years.[1]
No issues with Aer Lingus. But only flown between DUB and Germany, never to travel overseas.
Anyway, thanks again for the kind help.
[1] but only until the end of November this year. Then ‚Double Silver‘
: enough TP for silver & downgrade to silver.