atillathehunn
Established Member
Speaking of small airports and arsey staff is reminding me of a recent trip. For some bizarre reason our travel department at work booked me Amsterdam to Manchester via Southampton on Flybe after visiting the Leiden office. Not sure if Southampton sees many connecting passengers, but me asking the UKBA officer if there was a connections channel evoked a very sarky response about bags and then a non-friendly grilling of a who-what-why-when of the trip. Having said that, Southampton does seem a nice and quirky little airport, especially if you like Q400s, ATRs and Embraers! Enjoyed watching the action from the pub, although wasn't too happy about the 90 mins delay on the flight to Manchester!
So is there a connection channel? And what does happen to bags? I've been offered connections via Southampton with Flybe when searching for similar journeys (must be the lowest price and its comes up the list on Skyscanner when the direct route is busy). I've never been tempted - but would like to know for future reference!