EASYJET vs British Air

Stromer2 wrote:

I need to fly from London to Geneva in June. I have asked questions about
various aspects of Easyjet and now need to make a decision.

BA fare is 78 GBP from Heathrow and Easyjet is 48 GBP from Luton.

So BA is 62.5% more expensive than Easyjet. Add to this the fares to get on
and off the airports (both). Then decide how much your subjective feeling
of BA being "more serious" is worth in GBP (and take into account that this
cannot be an objective criterium) and make your decision.

I've never flown with EasyJet but a lot with Ryanair. I assume there are no
big differences. And therewith there are no big differences to BA either:

Punctuality? When I'm going on leisure I don't care about being late an
hour. But then I have only been twice late with Ryanair: one delay was due
to a thunderstorm going down in Frankfurt-Hahn and I was glad they circled
until this was cleared, and the other delay was due to a snowstorm in
Stansted two weeks ago.

Food? When I go by car I prepare some sandwiches, so I can do likewise going
by aircraft, right?

Seats? Low-Fare carriers are even better in this respect: If you prefer to
seat in the front you have to care for showing up early, in BA etc carriers
these seats are reservated to 1st classers!

You know what you can do with the 30 GBP? Buy me a Ryanair round-trip ticket
from Karlsruhe to Stansted!

Jost
--
He who opens the windows invites the bugs in

Thanks for the reply:
I will be staying in London (Victoria area) and will either be taking the train
to Luton or the tube to Heathrow.
I need to fly out of London in the afternoon and return to London in the
evening
The total costs are as follows:
LHR-GVA on BA = 78.4+7.4(tube) = 85.8 GBP
LUT-GVA on EJ = 41+20.8(train)+4(credit card) =65.8 GBP
The trans port times are about the same.
Thus, I will save 20 GBP on EJ. Not much, but I like the idea of going out of
a small airport(Luton).
Thanks, Rick

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Stromer2 wrote:

I will be staying in London (Victoria area) and will either be taking the train
to Luton or the tube to Heathrow.
[...]
The total costs are as follows:
LHR-GVA on BA = 78.4+7.4(tube) = 85.8 GBP
LUT-GVA on EJ = 41+20.8(train)+4(credit card) =65.8 GBP

Why are you taking a train to Luton if you are staying in Victoria area?
Thameslink does not go anywhere near Victoria. On the other hand,
there is a perfectly functional bus, operated by Green Line, that goes
straight to Luton from Victoria, 7.50 one-way, 8.50 roundtrip if I
remember correctly.

BTW, Luton is LTN, not LUT.

"Stromer2" wrote in message
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Thanks for the reply:
I will be staying in London (Victoria area) and will either be taking the
train
to Luton or the tube to Heathrow.
I need to fly out of London in the afternoon and return to London in the
evening
The total costs are as follows:
LHR-GVA on BA = 78.4+7.4(tube) = 85.8 GBP
LUT-GVA on EJ = 41+20.8(train)+4(credit card) =65.8 GBP
The trans port times are about the same.
Thus, I will save 20 GBP on EJ. Not much, but I like the idea of going
out of
a small airport(Luton).

Rick: As Hilary has pointed out, if you're near Victoria, Gatwick is a good
option with frequent direct trains to the airport from London Victoria
station - you literally step off the train, up the escalator, and you're in
the South terminal (which is the one EasyJet uses). There's a flight to
Geneva at 1150 and a return leaving Geneva at 1850. If you're making a day
trip that doesn't give you a lot of time in Geneva, though.

Fares: for June 14 (picked at random): GBP 43.40 + 4 creditcard + train
(could be as low as GBP 8.30 according to www.thetrainline.com, worst case
16.00) = GBP 55.70 (min) 63.40 (max)

(There are several train operating companies from London to Gatwick, these
fares are from South Central trains who appear to be cheapest - journey
takes just 38 minutes. See http://www.southcentraltrains.co.uk/ for more
info. If you're not familiar with the way trains work in the UK now it can
be rather bewildering! A ticket sold by company X may or may not be valid
for travel on a train by company Y etc.. but in any case South Central run
Victora to Gatwick every 15 minutes)

That's the option I would go for in your situation - MUCH easier than
getting to LTN (which even if you walk to the nearest Thameslink station
still involves train + bus as Luton Airport Parkway station is not actually
at Luton Airport) and looking pretty cheap too.

Peter