I guess I was fortunate that I was flying FROM London!


http://www.buzzaway.com/popups/buzzaway1.html


I was able to snag a 40 lb. fare to
CDG which was helpful for me as we were renting a car from there and we are leaving from there for Newark.

The 79lb. return was still more expensive with my throwing away the return portion, and the flight I am taking from STN is a very livable 10:50 in the morning, not the cheapo 19 lb one (it is a Friday, so the 19lb mid day was not offered) that leaves at the ungodly hour of 6:30 AM.

All in all, one should be aware of all the low cost carriers flying from/to LON when contemplating fares and destinations, and BUZZ is one of them.

I have visited both Easyjet and Buzz and found that if you come to Paris, then the ONLY destination for you from Paris is London. This applies to both Easyjet and Buzz.

So is there any other cheap flight from Paris to some other European destinations? Do you know of any other flight or railway companies?

Thank you

YES!!!!!

Go to EasyJet now!!! They are just starting to fly from Orly to GVA and CDG to various European destinations, including Liverpool and NCE.

Click on Ohh La La!

Good Luck!

By the way, I know of no EasyJet London to Paris route, thus far, but very very soon!

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http://www.easyjet.com/en/

A friend and daughter have just left Paris (Orly) for Geneva for the weekend: 12.40� each way ($11.43).

Other destinations from Paris CDG are: London Luton (LTN), Liverpool (LPL) and Nice (NCE).

If you are interested in Ireland, Ryanair sells cheap tickets to/from Paris to Dublin.

LTN-CDG service on EasyJet is scheduled to begin 12 June @ ca.17 GBP each way.

Unfortunatley, I had to travel on 6/7.

I have taken EasyJet on 2 occasions. I have flown roundtrip LPL-CDG and LPL-AMS. I like there no frills approach. They cater to the leisure travel market. They are very quick at boarding a plane and getting it out on time. One thing you need to aware of is the luggage restrictions. You are allowed one piece of carry on luggage (hand luggage) that is not more than 5 Kgs and you are allowed one piece of checked luggage not more than 25 Kgs. Anything heavier you pay 1 GBP per Kg over the weight limit.

Also at CDG you arrive at T9 which is not part of the main airport terminals (T1 and T2). You have to walk a ways to catch any shuttles, trams, etc.



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I bring this thread back from '02 for a reason. So please bear with me since I didn't want to start a new one re: Easy Jet.

I am going to travel Europe for two weeks in September and - based on my itinerary - need to fly from one city to my departing airport.

A friend suggested Easy Jet. Low-cost, no -frills.

But having never flown anything in Europe other than AA I was just a bit concerned.

Any recent experiences with Easy Jet by FTers?

Check in early, bring your own food and water (or buy them aboard). That's all you have to know!

For one non-time critical flight, easyJet will be fine. Like all the low fare airlines, when they're good they're really good value for money. When something goes wrong, well you just don't have quite the same service and backup level as with a full service airline.

Where are you flying from and to? Also look at Ryanair. bmi British Midland prices one-ways in the same way as low fare airlines. Or you might find it easiest to pick up a cheapie return from BA or someone else and throw one half away. Changing between any London airports, if that's what you'd be doing if you flew easyJet, can be pretty horrendous. The least bad is probably LHR/LGW.

Thanks for the quick responses. I am planning on travelling from Venice to London as that is my departure city.

But, as most of you know, when you are traversing throughout Europe your original plans can get messed up.

But I am trying to think clearly that I will be near Venice or Zurich at the time I need to get back to LHR.

I can't comment on EasyJet, but I can say that I was really pleased with Ryanair when flying to and from London Stansted to various Scandinavian destinations. The seats are more comfortable than for Air Canada flights of similar length. The staff was fine.

I read that Ryanair has the same aircraft servicing contractor that Lufthansa does. I'm not sure what EasyJet has - but if it will make you feel better, you could look into that.

If you need to return to London for a return flight, I would add plenty of time, probably at least an overnight, for peace of mind (that's what I did). Also consider the worst case scenario and how to deal with it. But Ryanair has an excellent record for on-time arrivals and departures.

There are buses that transport you directly between the major London airports - still you have to allow oodles of time for all the delays that can occur.

Easyjet have one of Europes youngest fleets, and it's a single brand fleet. No incidents ever... I'd say it's a pretty safe choice.

I've taken easyjet a bunch of times..it's fine. One thing as in most of Europe, you can't bring on what americans consider "normal" carry on baggage. They'll take it from you at the gate and it will be waiting at the gate when you get off the plane.