Gatwick to Heathrow

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Joan McGalliard typed:

Ken Blake wrote:


It's mid-day. I should get a 12:30 or 12:45 bus.

You'll be fine.

The M25 between gatwick and heathrow is hell at the moment.
There a
major works, and you will be in the contraflow, which can be
slow
(stop-start or wow! 20 mph). I've taken an hour to get between
M4 and
M3, but that was later in the afternoon.

Note that clockwise on the M25 is slower in afternoon peak than
morning - don't delay getting on the bus, sooner you are on it
the
easier the journey will be.

FYI - http://makeashorterlink.com/?F50922009


Thanks very much.


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On Sun, 8 Aug 2004 08:08:21 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:

I'm flying BA because it by far had the best price when I booked
it. I'll suffer the slight inconvenience of the connecting ride
to save several hundred dollars.

Must mean that you got non-refundable tickets; yes, they'll change you to
a later flight...but did they say how much it'll cost?

Nothing, its standard practise if you are booked through
with a full fare airline.

If they e-mailed
you their offer (to put you on a later flight), keep a printout of it. If
it was by phone, get a name (maybe even call again, and see if you get the
same answer - this is no slight of BA, its common for CSRs of any company
to hand out bad information).


BA arent my favourite airline but have no reason to doubt
their bonafides in this matter

Keith

"BB" wrote in message
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On Sun, 8 Aug 2004 08:08:21 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:

I'm flying BA because it by far had the best price when I booked
it. I'll suffer the slight inconvenience of the connecting ride
to save several hundred dollars.

Must mean that you got non-refundable tickets; yes, they'll change you to
a later flight...but did they say how much it'll cost?

Nothing, its standard practise if you are booked through
with a full fare airline.

If they e-mailed
you their offer (to put you on a later flight), keep a printout of it. If
it was by phone, get a name (maybe even call again, and see if you get the
same answer - this is no slight of BA, its common for CSRs of any company
to hand out bad information).


BA arent my favourite airline but have no reason to doubt
their bonafides in this matter

Keith

"Ken Blake" wrote in message
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In ,
BB typed:


It's mid-day. I should get a 12:30 or 12:45 bus.


Short of a major incident there should be no problem at that
time of day.

Keith

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Keith Willshaw typed:
"Ken Blake" wrote in message
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In ,
BB typed:


It's mid-day. I should get a 12:30 or 12:45 bus.


Short of a major incident there should be no problem at that
time of day.


Thanks for the confirmation.

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"Ken Blake" wrote in message
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Next month, we return home form Europe, changing planes in
London. But we arrive at Gatwick and then depart from Heathrow.


As others have said the speedlink bus costs 17GBP they take CC's at the desk
its easy to find, and there shouldn't be problems at your time of day.

You don't say how many 'we' are, a pre-booked taxi should cost about
50-60GBP, which might be an option if there are 3 or 4 of you.

Dont forget to find out which terminal at LHR you are leaving from. Most BA
flights are from T1 or T4 which are a long distance apart.

"Ken Blake" wrote in message
...
Next month, we return home form Europe, changing planes in
London. But we arrive at Gatwick and then depart from Heathrow.


As others have said the speedlink bus costs 17GBP they take CC's at the desk
its easy to find, and there shouldn't be problems at your time of day.

You don't say how many 'we' are, a pre-booked taxi should cost about
50-60GBP, which might be an option if there are 3 or 4 of you.

Dont forget to find out which terminal at LHR you are leaving from. Most BA
flights are from T1 or T4 which are a long distance apart.

In ,
Miss L. Toe typed:

"Ken Blake" wrote in message
...

Next month, we return home form Europe, changing planes in
London. But we arrive at Gatwick and then depart from
Heathrow.


As others have said the speedlink bus costs 17GBP they take
CC's at
the desk its easy to find, and there shouldn't be problems at
your
time of day.

You don't say how many 'we' are, a pre-booked taxi should cost
about
50-60GBP, which might be an option if there are 3 or 4 of you.


Thanks. We're only two--my wife and I.


Dont forget to find out which terminal at LHR you are leaving
from.
Most BA flights are from T1 or T4 which are a long distance
apart.

We leave from T4. Does the Speedlink bus stop at both terminals?

--
Ken Blake
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In ,
Miss L. Toe typed:

"Ken Blake" wrote in message
...

Next month, we return home form Europe, changing planes in
London. But we arrive at Gatwick and then depart from
Heathrow.


As others have said the speedlink bus costs 17GBP they take
CC's at
the desk its easy to find, and there shouldn't be problems at
your
time of day.

You don't say how many 'we' are, a pre-booked taxi should cost
about
50-60GBP, which might be an option if there are 3 or 4 of you.


Thanks. We're only two--my wife and I.


Dont forget to find out which terminal at LHR you are leaving
from.
Most BA flights are from T1 or T4 which are a long distance
apart.

We leave from T4. Does the Speedlink bus stop at both terminals?

--
Ken Blake
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In ,
Miss L. Toe typed:

"Ken Blake" wrote in message
...

Next month, we return home form Europe, changing planes in
London. But we arrive at Gatwick and then depart from
Heathrow.


As others have said the speedlink bus costs 17GBP they take
CC's at
the desk its easy to find, and there shouldn't be problems at
your
time of day.

You don't say how many 'we' are, a pre-booked taxi should cost
about
50-60GBP, which might be an option if there are 3 or 4 of you.


Thanks. We're only two--my wife and I.


Dont forget to find out which terminal at LHR you are leaving
from.
Most BA flights are from T1 or T4 which are a long distance
apart.

We leave from T4. Does the Speedlink bus stop at both terminals?

--
Ken Blake
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