"Alan Harrison" wrote in message
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"DFN" wrote in message
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That is true but a cursory glance at the fares to either Prague or
Venice
seems to support the theory that flying out of the other airports seems
to
be substantially cheaper. There are three of us in our family so perhaps
a
taxi may be ideal.
Do they have shuttle bus service that connects the airports?

Where did you give your cursory glance at the fares? Last year, I was

I looked into openjet.com and found flights from Luton to Venice for around
$170 round trip. I can also get tickets from Dulles to London for about
$350.
Now the cheapest flight to Venice from DC I have been able to find is
$1,600. So we have tentaively decided that some inconvenience is acceptable
to save roughly $3,000 for my family.

planning a trip to Prague (buggered up by a heart attack a couple of weeks
before I was due to travel). I had initially intended an apparently cheap
flight with CSA from Stansted, but a subsequent change in flying time
(with
consequent need to pay for parking because of early check-in), meant that
it
would be cheaper, as well as more convenient, for me to fly from Heathrow.

In the event, CSA's more generous refund policy, compared with that of
some
dirt-cheap airlines, also proved to be a godsend.

Looking on Opodo or Expedia may well enable you to find really cheap
flights
from H'row.

If you do insist on changing airports, there are frequent coaches -
http://www.gobycoach.com - between airports, but you do need to be aware
that timings can be seriously affected by traffic conditions on the M25.

Alan Harrison