easyjet - would like experiences please
 

anyone flown easyjet? i am considering taking them from paris - berlin - they have 2 flights - a 7pm and a 7am -- any thoughts on which one will be not as full?

do they normally run full flights?

thanks

Chance are that both flights would be full, but they are a pretty decent (for an LCC) airline.

ok i cant find any info on if you can pick a seat when you reserve??

thanks

There are no seat assignments on Easyjet, it's free fighting. At check in you get a "boarding number" (the earlier you check in the lower number you get). At boarding they usually let "all passengers with boarding numbers 1-65" board first, but without any priority within this group.

You can count on the flight being at least 75% full. Easyjet are well established on the London-Amsterdam run, and they will practically give the seats away if need be to ensure a full plane.

Easyjet runs a similar sort of service to Southwest. Food and beverages on board must be paid for, and the seat pitch and width are industry standard (i.e. 31 inches pitch and 17-18 inches width in a 3-3 one class configuration). Armrests (except for bulkhead seats) can be raised and lowered.

You cannot allocate seating. When you check in your boarding pass will have a "Priority Number" listed on it, based on the order you check in. There is no on-line check in and check-in only opens between 2 and 3 hours before departure. At the gate, priority numbers 1-30 board first, followed by 31-60, and so on. At London airports this is strictly enforced. At many non-UK airports this is not so strictly enforced.

Exit row seats are not pre-allocated - the first people on the plane usually take them.

Actual flying time to AMS is around 45 minutes.

ok so with 2 flights from paris - berlin:
6:30am and a 7:00pm - which am i better off with from a seating standpoint - since i do not want to get to the airport at 4:30 am, am i better off just taking the 7pm?

Any other low cost options? The big boys are all over $600 for the flight.

Thanks,
Allen

make sure you check ALL the details

like EasyJet departs from Orly Sud-it takes longer to get there than you think!

(and you arrive at Schonefeld)

but- your times are off- i think the later flite departs at 6:10pm

show up late and you are screwed- ticket is worthless

and, easyjet is not always the cheapest- it varies by day and load (easy to check on their site)

AF wants 613 EUROS for the flite- like $800 US!!

of course, the AF fare on a round-trip is only 51 euros plus tax:

Vol Aller Samedi 21 Mai 2005

AF1434
E 07:15 Charles de Gaulle (CDG),
Paris, FRANCE 09:00 Tegel Otto Liliental (TXL),
Berlin, ALLEMAGNE 01h45mn Vol direct ,
318 Classe économique


Vol Retour Lundi 23 Mai 2005

AF2035
E 15:50 Tegel Otto Liliental (TXL),
Berlin, ALLEMAGNE 17:35 Charles de Gaulle (CDG),
Paris, FRANCE 01h45mn Vol direct ,
320 Classe économique

Détail du prix en euros Montant total 158,17 EUR

Tarif Taxes Frais de service Passager Montant TTC


102 EUR + 51,17 EUR + 5 EUR x 1 Adulte = 158,17 EUR
Montant total : 158,17 EUR

Now i would NEVER suggest you buy a round-trip and miss your return- that is really, really unfair to the hard working AF shareholders and a gross violation of your ethical responsibility as a human being

but-what if you just "forgot" your return date?

just don't try to get miles for the outbound leg-you wouldn't have gotten it anyway on easyjet and AF really doesn't know who you are

tsk tsk tsk

I have two EasyJet segments to my credit, STN-BLQ and STN-GVA. Both were perfectly acceptable experiences. The seat pitch seemed a bit tight (closer to 30" than 31"), and the flights were quite full, but I found it to be a very professional and well-run operation at all levels. It is no-frills, but not "cheap" in the sense of Ryanair.

Ex-STN, the boarding was very orderly, as stated in groups.

To get the $600 fare down:

1. Book a round trip fare (Paris-Berlin-Paris) including a Saturday night stay.

2. Take the outbound flight.

3. Forget to take the return flight.

This is what most people do. Easyjet is absolutely fine though as an airline, though - I would have no hesitation in flying them. In my opinion Orly Airport is also faster to get to than Charles de Gaulle, though as I say that's just my opinion.

is there anyway to do:
paris-berlin going
berlin-amsterdam coming back?

thanks for all the help - this is great!

You could do Paris-Berlin on EasyJet, and Berlin-Amsterdam on AirBerlin.

more info would help

how are you getting to paris?

where are you going from amsterdam?

you could get a triangle fare on AF/KL, ending up with the last leg AMS/PAR

(that you might miss due to train delays to schipol)

the AF might be cheaper than U2 if you plan in advance with a saturday stayover (i.e. AMS/PAR the following week)

but you were asking about experiences- U2 is ok, not great, not terrible

the seats are tiny (but i'm large) and the planes feel cramped- but i prefer to fly club class- except ORY/GVA where U2 was $80 round trip including taxes and AF was $800 for the same trip!!

but for an hour on board i managed

paris/berlin is closer to two hours on the plane

There is always ORY-SXF and then SXF-MST (Maastricht, in southeast Netherlands). I believe Transavia, formerly BasiqAir, in addition to AirBerlin also flies AMS-BER. Note that EasyJet flies out of Berlin Schoenfeld and AirBerlin (for the AMS flights) and Transavia (at least they used to) fly out of Berlin-Tegel. Both airports are pretty easy to get to from anywhere in Berlin, Berlin has one of the best transportation systems in Europe. For alternate options, there is always Whichbudget which is a comprehensive directory of European LCCs and where they fly.

I really like EasyJet, especially since they opened their base at SXF. There is a good chance you will be on their new A319s which are brand new, but their older 73Gs aren't bad either.

Easyjet and Air Berlin and the 2 best LCC in Europe, they will not pemalise you for one ways so you can do whatever yoou want. ITs really that simple and I cant understand how you can have such a debate as its all spelt out so clearly on the websites.

Orly-Sud is a a dire terminal, which seems to have been left to rot since the early 70s, but it certainly is just as easy and quick to get to as CDG.

It is true that if you miss your plane, your ticket is worthless. However, in my experience, Easyjet can be reasonably flexible on re-accommodating you without necessarily asking you to buy another ticket in all cases. AF, OTOH, are absolutely ruthless on this. If your ticket is non-flexible, you have more chance of converting Benedict XVI to Islam than getting an AF reservation agent at CDG to show the slightest bit of compassion and flexibility.