...And then there's the Central London to Heathrow travel time, arrival and check in (recommended minimum of one hour), the flight time, landing, airside to baggage reclaim, followed by Glasgow Airport to Central Square.
.. and Heathrow is a shit hole
I must have dreamt all those stories of baggage handlers stealing goods and airlines losing suitcases then.
Nonsense. It's a great place.
And where do you get £75 returns from booked the day before like I booked the sleeper last week. Plane is twice the price and I have one month flexible return. Just tried BA leaving on latest plane tomorrow which would not give me my evening in london View attachment 18552
Nonsense. It's a great place.
Those stories certainly exist.Hasn't happened to me in 40-odd years of flying (save for BA sending my luggage to Madrid once instead of Barcelona, but then taxiing it to my hotel that evening).
And where do you get £75 returns from booked the day before like I booked the sleeper last week. Plane is twice the price and I have one month flexible return. Just tried BA leaving on latest plane tomorrow which would not give me my evening in london View attachment 18552
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I bet you love the journey there too, eh?Nonsense. It's a great place.
Ah , well if you're going at short notice the train is likely to be cheaper, but standard return with notice is about £75.
When I travelled to Edinburgh regularly a carnet of 9 return flights with BMI was a shade over £700, iirc. You just checked in online, turned up, stuck your ticket through the gate like at a train station and off you went.
think half the fun is suppose to be waking up pulling through the stunning scenery of the highlands.
Next day:
So how many reports have you seen about people having their baggage stolen on sleepers to Scotland then? Any?
You weird english types!! Bloody trees and mountains, you can see them anywhere!
I'm with Spy on this I'm afraid. Flying is cheaper and for me less stress/boredom/painful.
I bet you love the journey there too, eh?
That's not what I asked you, you slithery, greasy, amorphous ball of weasely arguments.People being robbed or worse while they slept on trains?
15 minutes on the LHR Express?
Totally painless.
Ah yes. Britain's most expensive railway.15 minutes on the LHR Express?
Totally painless.
Ah yes. Britain's most expensive railway.
Except for the cost. It is a fucking ridiculous price for a 15 minute journey.
Fares
London to
Edinburgh & Glasgow London to
Inverness, Aberdeen, Fort William
(per person) 1st class
1-bed
sleeper
2nd class
2-bed
sleeper Reclining
seat 1st class
1-bed
sleeper 2nd class
2-bed
sleeper Reclining
seat
Advance one-way - From £56.70 From £26 - From £63.60 From £35
Normal single one-way (off-peak) £138.10 £99.60 £58.30 £158.50 £116.60 £72.50
Normal single one-way (peak dates) £187.90 £141.50 £87.10 £214.50 £173.70 £106.40
Why go on the sleeper to Glasgow surely the normal day time trains take less than 4 hours?
Agreed. But as I said even if you add the cost of that to the plane fare (bought in advance) chances are you're still quids-in. A normal single on the Caledonian to Glasgow is £99.60!
Yeah but you can't hide in the shitter of a 737.
See: thread title. It says 'sleeper trains'. No one gives a fuck about your filthy polluting plane habits.Because it's "fun" and "romantic"!