TAP : CPH/OSL to BOS/MIA/JFK $1169 (updated 28 Jun 2017)
#31
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Since this has been around for 2 days now, not every date/city combination is available. Flights in certain fare classes sell out. Sub-$500 fares remain OSL-NYC or BOS for most of September through February.
CPH appears to be mostly sold out at the lowest rates now, though you can do OSL-CPH-LIS-NYC
CPH appears to be mostly sold out at the lowest rates now, though you can do OSL-CPH-LIS-NYC
#33
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If we are lucky enough to get it.
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#38
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And in Oslo the airport is an hour away from the city (crazy, I don't know what's wrong with these people), so you better stay at the airport.
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It's 22 miles outside the city, not particularly far in the realm of world cities, and has an express train that takes 20 minutes.
not sure which "people" you are calling crazy..
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of course the time of your flight matters. For many people, the OSL-LIS flight is at 6pm, which allows plenty of time to connect from somewhere else that day, or to stay in the city.
It's 22 miles outside the city, not particularly far in the realm of world cities, and has an express train that takes 20 minutes.
not sure which "people" you are calling crazy..
It's 22 miles outside the city, not particularly far in the realm of world cities, and has an express train that takes 20 minutes.
not sure which "people" you are calling crazy..
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of course the time of your flight matters. For many people, the OSL-LIS flight is at 6pm, which allows plenty of time to connect from somewhere else that day, or to stay in the city.
It's 22 miles outside the city, not particularly far in the realm of world cities, and has an express train that takes 20 minutes.
not sure which "people" you are calling crazy..
It's 22 miles outside the city, not particularly far in the realm of world cities, and has an express train that takes 20 minutes.
not sure which "people" you are calling crazy..
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It is 47-50km/30 miles away from the city, 45 min by car. By my calculations it is the third most distant primary airport for a capital city, after NRT and KUL. It is very weird that they built it so far, given how lightly populated the country is, but as they say Norwegians like their space, but this is excessive, imo.
OSL used to have an airport much closer to the city centre, but it was closed, like many airports that outgrow the local populations.
#43
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I am trying to book my outbound to OSL from the US, one option gives me 1 hour and 50 min in OSL to connect from a BA flight to the TAP flight (on separate tickets obviously), what do you all think, is it too risky? I will only have a carry on. This option allows me to avoid the overnight in OSL and have a day flight from the US via LHR (with an overnight there).
The other option is redeye to LHR, 7 hours layover, and overnight in OSL. Safer but more grueling (night flight and long layover). I can also probably find a cheaper hotel in LHR than OSL (where I like the airport Park Inn but usually cant get it for less than $120)
The other option is redeye to LHR, 7 hours layover, and overnight in OSL. Safer but more grueling (night flight and long layover). I can also probably find a cheaper hotel in LHR than OSL (where I like the airport Park Inn but usually cant get it for less than $120)
#44
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HND and NRT are sort of both co-primary airports, I believe, one primary domestic, one primary international. It's like DCA/IAD or the NYC system.
Last edited by nk15; Apr 8, 2017 at 5:10 pm
#45
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It is 47-50km/30 miles away from the city, 45 min by car. By my calculations it is the third most distant primary airport for a capital city, after NRT and KUL. It is very weird that they built it so far, given how lightly populated the country is, but as they say Norwegians like their space, but this is excessive, imo.
London Heathrow (32 km, 45-60 min by public transport)
Paris GDG (25 km, 1 hr by public transport)
New York JFK (26 km, 1.5 hrs by public transport)
Rome FCO (34 km, 1 hr by public transport)
San Francisco SFO (23 km, 50 min by public transport)
perhaps the most relevant comparison?
Stockholm ARN (41 km, 20 min)
(And these were random ones I thought of off the top of my head. And it's not a relevant comparison, but I know from personal experience that WDH is 44 km from Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. TLV is the primary airport for Jerusalem and it's more than 50 km.)
The facts do not support your statement that OSL is unreasonably far from the city that someone has to stay near the airport. The distance by car is comparable to many world cities; the time by public transport is less than most cities with extremely regular service. This deal not for you? Great. Don't come here and give misinformation and tell people they're crazy.
Last edited by Adam1222; Apr 8, 2017 at 5:18 pm