Lufthansa Group service to Bristol [BRS]
Mar 18, 2004, 7:12 pm
#2
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As bmibaby are not currently flying to Germany (thanks to part-owners LH I suspect), the only budget airline between the UK and Munich is easyJet to Stansted. If you're really on a budget, you could then take the train from Stansted to Bristol for around £30 return and it takes 3 hours. There's also easyJet from Berlin direct to Bristol if you can find some sort of cheap deal to SXF.
Cheers, Zac
Cheers, Zac
Nov 5, 2007, 9:39 am
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Excellent news. Really tremendous for those of us in and around the West Country. I'm in the process of reorganising (gleefully) my flying schedule from LHR-FRA-... to BRS-FRA-...
At the moment the fares on LH.com are only from 1st April, so the first couple of days flying will either by very quiet, or only open to award fares (which are coming up OK). Hopefully they'll fix that in the next couple of hours, because I feel a first flight coming on.
At the moment the fares on LH.com are only from 1st April, so the first couple of days flying will either by very quiet, or only open to award fares (which are coming up OK). Hopefully they'll fix that in the next couple of hours, because I feel a first flight coming on.
Nov 6, 2007, 2:39 am
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SH*TE
I thought this was going to be good news.
But check this out:
KWI-FRA-BRS d.10/07/08
BRS-FRA-KWI d.15/07/08 = GBP 1,529.97
KWI-LHR d.10/07/08
LHR-KWI d.15.07.08 = GBP 597.99
For those who went to a comprehensive school, that makes flying Lufthansa to Bristol GBP 931.98 more expensive. I'd rather spend the extra 45 minutes driving to LHR over BRS in the nice Jag I could hire for that price difference!
I guess every silver lining has an expensive cloud. In this case, it's the price of LH code-sharing with Eurowings on the FRA-BRS route.
v.v.v.v.disappointed
I thought this was going to be good news.
But check this out:
KWI-FRA-BRS d.10/07/08
BRS-FRA-KWI d.15/07/08 = GBP 1,529.97
KWI-LHR d.10/07/08
LHR-KWI d.15.07.08 = GBP 597.99
For those who went to a comprehensive school, that makes flying Lufthansa to Bristol GBP 931.98 more expensive. I'd rather spend the extra 45 minutes driving to LHR over BRS in the nice Jag I could hire for that price difference!
I guess every silver lining has an expensive cloud. In this case, it's the price of LH code-sharing with Eurowings on the FRA-BRS route.
v.v.v.v.disappointed
Last edited by moocherx; Nov 6, 2007 at 2:58 am
Nov 6, 2007, 5:19 am
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Nov 6, 2007, 5:24 am
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Nov 6, 2007, 12:42 pm
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There's a combination of fares at £431 (KWI-FRA / QHNRKWI) and at £196 (FRA-BRS / QABASIC1) which totals £627 plus £214 tax = £841.
However, the fare to FRA is exactly the same as the fare to BHX (QHNRKWI) so I would guess that you'll end up with the same fare to BRS once they load it to the route. So that will be £431 + £214 = £645. (So about £50 more than flying to LHR, which seems like a bargain!)
Nov 6, 2007, 9:05 pm
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Yes, expertflyer is showing only the standard YRT (default economy fare) as loaded, hence the scary price.
There's a combination of fares at £431 (KWI-FRA / QHNRKWI) and at £196 (FRA-BRS / QABASIC1) which totals £627 plus £214 tax = £841.
However, the fare to FRA is exactly the same as the fare to BHX (QHNRKWI) so I would guess that you'll end up with the same fare to BRS once they load it to the route. So that will be £431 + £214 = £645. (So about £50 more than flying to LHR, which seems like a bargain!)
There's a combination of fares at £431 (KWI-FRA / QHNRKWI) and at £196 (FRA-BRS / QABASIC1) which totals £627 plus £214 tax = £841.
However, the fare to FRA is exactly the same as the fare to BHX (QHNRKWI) so I would guess that you'll end up with the same fare to BRS once they load it to the route. So that will be £431 + £214 = £645. (So about £50 more than flying to LHR, which seems like a bargain!)
Since car rentals from Bristol seem to be much cheaper than Heathrow, the GBP50 premium's no biggie.
Now you've solved that problem for me... any chance of the B3130 becoming a dual carriageway by Dec 21st to make it even more worthwhile choosing BRS over LHR?
^
Nov 6, 2007, 9:11 pm
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Nov 7, 2007, 9:25 am
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Jan 29, 2008, 2:09 am
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Yes, expertflyer is showing only the standard YRT (default economy fare) as loaded, hence the scary price.
There's a combination of fares at £431 (KWI-FRA / QHNRKWI) and at £196 (FRA-BRS / QABASIC1) which totals £627 plus £214 tax = £841.
However, the fare to FRA is exactly the same as the fare to BHX (QHNRKWI) so I would guess that you'll end up with the same fare to BRS once they load it to the route. So that will be £431 + £214 = £645. (So about £50 more than flying to LHR, which seems like a bargain!)
There's a combination of fares at £431 (KWI-FRA / QHNRKWI) and at £196 (FRA-BRS / QABASIC1) which totals £627 plus £214 tax = £841.
However, the fare to FRA is exactly the same as the fare to BHX (QHNRKWI) so I would guess that you'll end up with the same fare to BRS once they load it to the route. So that will be £431 + £214 = £645. (So about £50 more than flying to LHR, which seems like a bargain!)
For a MAY'08 trip, I'm still getting economy KWI-BRS 912.80 KWD (GBP 1,683) on Lufthansa, compared with 269 KWD (495 GBP) on KLM.
Thanks in advance ^