• Our booking engine at tickets.railforums.co.uk (powered by TrainSplit) helps support the running of the forum with every ticket purchase! Find out more and ask any questions/give us feedback in this thread!

Aviation Discussion

Status
Not open for further replies.

Aictos

Established Member
Joined
28 Apr 2009
Messages
10,403
Has anyone travel with a joint Lufthansa/DB ticket at all ie fly Heathrow to Frankfurt with Lufthansa then board a DB ICE to Cologne etc?
 
Sponsor Post - registered members do not see these adverts; click here to register, or click here to log in
R

RailUK Forums

Crawley Ben

Member
Joined
14 Jul 2011
Messages
490
Location
Crawley, West Sussex
Anyone got any strong recommendations between Air Canada and BA? Comparing the two as both seem best value for flights to vancouver direct anyway. Still very deep in comparing prices.

I'm flying to Vancouver with Air Canada next May on a Boeing 777( have also flown with AC with to Toronto a few years back). Found the crews to be very friendly and the service good on that occasion so I would probably recommended AC over BA, the service on the latter airline is not all that good IMO.

Ben
 

atillathehunn

Established Member
Joined
6 Jan 2010
Messages
1,433
Location
NL
Anyone got any strong recommendations between Air Canada and BA? Comparing the two as both seem best value for flights to vancouver direct anyway. Still very deep in comparing prices.

Heard too many spectacularly terrible things about Air Canada to ever contemplate them.

I don't go for the idea of flying the national airline - with an EU airline (or TK) in both directions, you get the possibility of EU261 compensation in both directions in the event of a delay. With a non-EU airline it's only 50% of the time.

BA, while nothing special, are at least thus protected. And the A380 is quite a bonus.
 

gsnedders

Established Member
Joined
6 Sep 2015
Messages
1,472
Re emergencies, any in the London area are normally routed to Heathrow/Gatwick/Stansted/Luton, as pilots/aircraft not using LCY typically aren't set up for the steep approach. Exception is if an aeroplane which has taken off from LCY encounters an issue below a certain altitude threshold.
BA Cityflyer at least normally divert to Southend (because there's space for an aircraft to park up and wait on maintenance). Last minute medical emergencies they'll just continue into LCY for.

As for emergencies at LCY, it can be done provided the aircraft/crew are qualified (I mean, declare an emergency, ATC will let you…), but it rarely happens (because it practically never makes sense, there's basically always the glide range to get to somewhere bigger and better).
 

WestCoast

Established Member
Joined
19 Jun 2010
Messages
5,574
Location
Glasgow
Indeed that is what I am currently thinking. The only thing in my head is that I think the September LHR to Vancouver flights are A380s which I've always wanted to go on but haven't managed to yet. No real prospect of me heading anywhere other than North America anytime soon so wondered if this was my chance. Suppose BA fly A380s to plenty of other NA destinations.

Personally I'd be tempted by the BA A380 as I think they are some of the best planes to fly on in economy, you can even fly on the upper deck aboard the BA variant. I am BA Silver though so do get extra perks like free seat selection which tends to swing me towards BA, that and the fact they can usually serve a decent gin and tonic. I think it is fairly limited where they fly their A380s, when I flew to Miami with them last year it was a knackered 747 although the aviation geek in me still enjoyed it.

Not sure if you'd look/would consider, but I was looking at fares to Vancouver last year for my parents and Air Transat had some very decent fares on their Manchester/Gatwick - Vancouver services, also WestJet from Gatwick on their new 787s. No idea what both of those are like, but I'd probably tolerate for a good price :lol:
 
Last edited:

Bletchleyite

Veteran Member
Joined
20 Oct 2014
Messages
97,541
Location
"Marston Vale mafia"
Not sure if you'd look/would consider, but I was looking at fares to Vancouver last year for my parents and Air Transat had some very decent fares on their Manchester/Gatwick - Vancouver services, also WestJet from Gatwick on their new 787s. No idea what both of those are like, but I'd probably tolerate for a good price :lol:

A friend flew with Air Transat to Toronto and said they were what you would expect for the price, i.e. basically Ryanair across the Atlantic. I paid an extra hundred quid for Air Canada, though that was more because they do a day flight home and I hate night flights because I can't sleep.

Vancouver is lovely - go if you haven't been. Toronto is as well though in a different way - it's a bit of a mini-New York with a slightly Manchestery feel in places.
 

Aictos

Established Member
Joined
28 Apr 2009
Messages
10,403
For those who have had actually used flights where you have to connect between flights, how does that work in the EU for example?

Say I want to fly to Cologne then get a connecting flight to Berlin rather then fly direct to Berlin or if I want to fly to Helsinki to get a connecting flight to Tallinn, I'm aware of point to point flights but if I'm connecting between flights, do I have to clear security twice?

eg once when I leave the UK and when I get to the country in which I get my connecting flight? I've never actually had to connect between flights as I usually just get simple point to point flights so do I just stay "airside" etc...

Also anyone here used Cologne Bonn, Dusseldorf, Hamburg or Dortmund before for any flights?
 

anme

Established Member
Joined
8 Aug 2013
Messages
1,777
For those who have had actually used flights where you have to connect between flights, how does that work in the EU for example?

Say I want to fly to Cologne then get a connecting flight to Berlin rather then fly direct to Berlin or if I want to fly to Helsinki to get a connecting flight to Tallinn, I'm aware of point to point flights but if I'm connecting between flights, do I have to clear security twice?

eg once when I leave the UK and when I get to the country in which I get my connecting flight? I've never actually had to connect between flights as I usually just get simple point to point flights so do I just stay "airside" etc...

Also anyone here used Cologne Bonn, Dusseldorf, Hamburg or Dortmund before for any flights?

I have taken many connecting flights, although not connecting at the airports you list.

When connecting in the EU, you will not normally have to clear security at the connecting airport. You will need to go through passport control when entering or leaving the Schengen zone.

For example, if you are flying London Heathrow - Dusseldorf - Berlin, you will go through security in London. In principle you go through passport control in London on leaving the UK, but usually this is done invisibly by the airline sending your details to the authorities. In Dusseldorf, you will go through passport control to enter the Schengen area, but not security. In Berlin, you can leave the airport directly. In the reverse direction, you go through security in Berlin, passport control to leave Schengen in Dusseldorf, and passport control to enter the UK in London.

This assumes you have a through ticket, and do not have to collect and recheck your luggage. Arrangements also vary per airport, and depend on the gates being used. On occasion, you may end up going through security when connecting even if it's not normally necessary.

If you are arriving from outside the EU, you may well have to go through security when connecting to another flight, as the rules vary from region to region. At some airports, you always go through security when connecting, such as Heathrow Terminal 5.

Connecting is normally pretty easy, and airports with a lot of connecting passengers tend to be well set up. However, if you do have to go through security or passport control, there can be queues at busy times, and of course there is always a risk of missing your onward flight if the first flight is delayed. As long as you have a through ticket, in case of problems it is the airline's responsibility to put you on the next available flight and to get you to your destination.
 

atillathehunn

Established Member
Joined
6 Jan 2010
Messages
1,433
Location
NL
For those who have had actually used flights where you have to connect between flights, how does that work in the EU for example?

Say I want to fly to Cologne then get a connecting flight to Berlin rather then fly direct to Berlin or if I want to fly to Helsinki to get a connecting flight to Tallinn, I'm aware of point to point flights but if I'm connecting between flights, do I have to clear security twice?

eg once when I leave the UK and when I get to the country in which I get my connecting flight? I've never actually had to connect between flights as I usually just get simple point to point flights so do I just stay "airside" etc...

Also anyone here used Cologne Bonn, Dusseldorf, Hamburg or Dortmund before for any flights?

As anme said, depends on the type of ticket. The routes you mentioned I would assume you're flying either Eurowings or Finnair? In which case, you are more likely than not on one through ticket, and therefore normal procedure. If it's two separate tickets and you're self-connecting you need to go and come back in again (a la Ryanair).


There are some airports (Gatwick) where I believe there is no connections channel - everybody goes out back in again. At Manchester you take a minibus across the terminals. Quite a lousy experience. At some airports (Entebbe) you wait for the bloke with the key to come and let you through to the airside area again from the yellow fever check area.

I have used all of those airports except Dortmund (I don't think Dortmund offers a connections channel, but that's just a hunch). What do you want to know?
 

Aictos

Established Member
Joined
28 Apr 2009
Messages
10,403
At the moment, I don’t have any concrete travel plans, I just wondered what the procedure was for connecting flights.

Also with regards to internal flights I know this is probably a daft question but say I fly with Eurowings between Cologne and Berlin as my German is minimum do they do announcements twice? eg once in German then in English or are all announcements only done in English?

I am trying for though ticketing where possible just for the ease as I be travelling light eg one rucksack and a laptop hold-all.
 

atillathehunn

Established Member
Joined
6 Jan 2010
Messages
1,433
Location
NL
All announcements are done in English at some point globally. Sometimes the English is utterly unintelligible, but they try. Sometimes an announcement will be made in a specific language to a specific passenger (usually to sit down while still taxiing).

Without through ticketing, or a specific type of travel insurance, there is no protection for missed connection. If your inbound X-CGN flight is delayed and you miss your CGN-TXL flight and they are separate tickets you are SOL. With through ticketing you are covered and they'll put you on the next one.
 

gsnedders

Established Member
Joined
6 Sep 2015
Messages
1,472
If you are arriving from outside the EU, you may well have to go through security when connecting to another flight, as the rules vary from region to region. At some airports, you always go through security when connecting, such as Heathrow Terminal 5.

Not always: you don't when going connecting from a domestic inbound flight. (Though if you have a terminal change, you get mixed with international inbound customers and have to reclear security.)

The UK law, AIUI, is that all passengers must have passed through security within the UK, and therefore only domestic inbound passengers can avoid passing through security again.
 

Techniquest

Veteran Member
Joined
19 Jun 2005
Messages
21,674
Location
Nowhere Heath
On the topic of connections, I've got a query actually.

In November I connect out of a BA 320 at Frankfurt onto a Japan Airlines 787 to Tokyo Narita. It's a relatively short connection, about 90 minutes from memory, in which time I basically intend to de-plane, stretch the legs, get some Western food and a German beer (or two, if time allows) and board the next plane.

Now as it's two different airlines on a through booking, this raises some questions which I wish I had asked a while ago. So here we go:

1) I intend to take hold luggage with me, as I want to bring some bits and bobs back and I don't reckon cabin baggage will be sufficient for those and clothes etc. As the booking involves two different airlines in the same alliance (OneWorld) will I need to collect my holdall at Frankfurt and re-check it? If so this will eat away a lot of my connection. I'm expecting it will be through-checked, but it would be good to know in advance.

2) I can easily get my BA boarding pass in the BA app, but how will check-in work for the Japan Airlines flight?

3) What would happen if I'm delayed out of Heathrow? I'm only in Tokyo for a couple of days so any delay will be unwelcome. I'm guessing it would be a case of seeing the BA deals at Frankfurt, but again it would be nice to have an idea in advance.

Bear in mind my first ever connecting flight was only done in March 2019 so I'm still new at this connecting flights thing!
 

anme

Established Member
Joined
8 Aug 2013
Messages
1,777
On the topic of connections, I've got a query actually.

In November I connect out of a BA 320 at Frankfurt onto a Japan Airlines 787 to Tokyo Narita. It's a relatively short connection, about 90 minutes from memory, in which time I basically intend to de-plane, stretch the legs, get some Western food and a German beer (or two, if time allows) and board the next plane.

Now as it's two different airlines on a through booking, this raises some questions which I wish I had asked a while ago. So here we go:

1) I intend to take hold luggage with me, as I want to bring some bits and bobs back and I don't reckon cabin baggage will be sufficient for those and clothes etc. As the booking involves two different airlines in the same alliance (OneWorld) will I need to collect my holdall at Frankfurt and re-check it? If so this will eat away a lot of my connection. I'm expecting it will be through-checked, but it would be good to know in advance.

Yes, your luggage will be checked through. You won't have to collect it in Frankfurt.

2) I can easily get my BA boarding pass in the BA app, but how will check-in work for the Japan Airlines flight?

I can't say for sure as arrangements vary between airlines, and I'm not sure how well integrated BA and JAL are. Probably you will be able to get a boarding pass via the Japan Airlines app or webpage. You might need to check your booking for a specific JAL booking code, which you can use for this. Alternatively, BA might issue one via their app or website. Digging around the BA and JAL websites might provide some information in advance (try your booking code in the JAL "manage your booking" page now), and you can see what Google says, of course.

If this is not possible, you will almost certainly get a boarding pass for the JAL flight when you check in at Heathrow. In principle, this might not be possible and you'd have to collect it at a transfer desk in Frankfurt, but this has never happened to me and I've connected many times at many airports with many different airlines.

3) What would happen if I'm delayed out of Heathrow? I'm only in Tokyo for a couple of days so any delay will be unwelcome. I'm guessing it would be a case of seeing the BA deals at Frankfurt, but again it would be nice to have an idea in advance.

If you have a through ticket, it's the airline's (or airlines') responsibility to get you to your destination. They should put you on the next available flight (possibly with a connection, if that's the best option), and if the delay is long they should look after you in the mean time, such as providing food vouchers and a hotel room. If you are delayed at Heathrow, you can already talk to a transfer or service desk there as they may already be able to arrange something if it's clear you're going to miss the connection. If you arrive in Frankfurt and miss the JAL flight, go to a JAL or BA desk and they will make the arrangements. There's no need for you to check for deals yourself.

It's not uncommon for you to be automatically rebooked if you are delayed. Watch for messages on your phone. I've even had a person waiting at the arrival gate with a new boarding pass for me.

Bear in mind my first ever connecting flight was only done in March 2019 so I'm still new at this connecting flights thing!

Just to note that 90 minutes is plenty of time to connect in Frankfurt, but it's not a lot of time to get a meal and a couple of beers as well - watch the boarding time carefully and make sure you know how far it is from the bar to the gate. :)
 
Last edited:

Bletchleyite

Veteran Member
Joined
20 Oct 2014
Messages
97,541
Location
"Marston Vale mafia"
If you are arriving from outside the EU, you may well have to go through security when connecting to another flight, as the rules vary from region to region. At some airports, you always go through security when connecting, such as Heathrow Terminal 5.

The principle is roughly:

UK airport security only trusts other UK airport security, so on a domestic (I don't know about T5) you often get let straight out into the departure lounge. Though there are airports (e.g. Edinburgh) where depending where you arrive you may or may not have to reclear security.

Most other EU countries trust other EU countries including the UK (even though this is not reciprocal), so if for instance you fly from the UK to Geneva you will probably get let straight out into the departure lounge. However if you get bussed to the terminal you will need to reclear security as there is no separation between flights from different origins there.

So the principle is that you should probably leave enough time for security even if you don't need it (go for a coffee if the time is spare) as you can never be 100% sure. That said, I think the "long security queues" thing is a relative myth, I can only recall waiting more than about 10 minutes once, and that was at Luton when there had been serious issues on the M1 and MML so about 1000 people arrived at once when they both cleared.

If you have to collect and recheck bags you WILL have to reclear security, though.
 

Royston Vasey

Established Member
Joined
14 May 2008
Messages
2,167
Location
Cambridge
The principle is roughly:

UK airport security only trusts other UK airport security, so on a domestic (I don't know about T5) you often get let straight out into the departure lounge. Though there are airports (e.g. Edinburgh) where depending where you arrive you may or may not have to reclear security.

Most other EU countries trust other EU countries including the UK (even though this is not reciprocal), so if for instance you fly from the UK to Geneva you will probably get let straight out into the departure lounge. However if you get bussed to the terminal you will need to reclear security as there is no separation between flights from different origins there.

So the principle is that you should probably leave enough time for security even if you don't need it (go for a coffee if the time is spare) as you can never be 100% sure. That said, I think the "long security queues" thing is a relative myth, I can only recall waiting more than about 10 minutes once, and that was at Luton when there had been serious issues on the M1 and MML so about 1000 people arrived at once when they both cleared.

If you have to collect and recheck bags you WILL have to reclear security, though.
T5 make you go through a boarding pass check and security both ways.
 

gsnedders

Established Member
Joined
6 Sep 2015
Messages
1,472
T5 make you go through a boarding pass check and security both ways.
T5 doesn't make you go through security if you've arrived off a domestic flight into T5. Still have the conformance boarding pass check, but no security. You come out by the anonymous looking double door by the Spoons, towards the centre of the terminal, with flight departure screens that seem randomly located if you don't know that opposite. I can guarantee you this is true because I've done it about half a dozen times a year for the previous five years or so!
 

WestCoast

Established Member
Joined
19 Jun 2010
Messages
5,574
Location
Glasgow
T5 doesn't make you go through security if you've arrived off a domestic flight into T5. Still have the conformance boarding pass check, but no security. You come out by the anonymous looking double door by the Spoons, towards the centre of the terminal, with flight departure screens that seem randomly located if you don't know that opposite. I can guarantee you this is true because I've done it about half a dozen times a year for the previous five years or so!

Out of interest, how are arrivals at Heathrow T5 from the non-UK parts of the Common Travel Area handled (Republic of Ireland only relevant here it seems) - no passport control for sure but do they make passengers reclear security if they're connecting onwards?
 

Aictos

Established Member
Joined
28 Apr 2009
Messages
10,403
With regards to UK to Ireland, are those flights classed as domestic flights?
 

berneyarms

Established Member
Joined
26 Nov 2013
Messages
2,811
Location
Dublin
Out of interest, how are arrivals at Heathrow T5 from the non-UK parts of the Common Travel Area handled (Republic of Ireland only relevant here it seems) - no passport control for sure but do they make passengers reclear security if they're connecting onwards?

Arrivals into UK
Separate arrivals corridor which brings arriving passengers into the international baggage hall, bypassing immigration. Passengers then pass through customs to landside.

Flight Connections:
Separate flight connections corridor and passengers reclear security.
 

WestCoast

Established Member
Joined
19 Jun 2010
Messages
5,574
Location
Glasgow
With regards to UK to Ireland, are those flights classed as domestic flights?

I've always found Irish border control at the airports very odd - if you fly in from the UK it's a Common Travel Area flight so neither domestic nor international. They check all passengers arriving from the UK at Irish airports but if you're British/Irish you apparently don't need to show a passport and another form of ID is fine. According to the Aer Lingus website, a photo bus pass is fine so presumably I'd be fine with a Scotrail Smartcard. Quite how they can be sure I'm a British citizen from that I don't know. I can remember arriving in Dublin around 2000 and the border guard didn't look at my passport but instead asked me which town I was born in, answering "Preston" he nodded and gestured for me to move on.

Arriving back in the UK from Ireland, you swerve border control entirely.
 
Last edited:

WestCoast

Established Member
Joined
19 Jun 2010
Messages
5,574
Location
Glasgow
Arrivals into UK
Separate arrivals corridor which brings arriving passengers into the international baggage hall, bypassing immigration. Passengers then pass through customs to landside.

Flight Connections:
Separate flight connections corridor and passengers reclear security.

Sure, so it really is only other UK airports they trust with security. I thought they might trust Ireland since they do trust it to do immigration checks for them. Apparently there are some weird quirks with that too, in that some non-EU countries get shorter stay limits for the UK if they arrive in Ireland rather than the UK because they apply Irish rules. I was speaking to an American chap visiting relatives in Belfast about it a couple of years ago, he said he preferred to fly in to Belfast via Heathrow as Dublin Airport would give him less time to stay in the country. No idea of the ins and outs.
 
Last edited:

atillathehunn

Established Member
Joined
6 Jan 2010
Messages
1,433
Location
NL
It seems a passenger at Munich airport decided to make the 'breach of the clean airside area' thing an annual event. Complete chaos if pictures in the media are anything to go by. Terminals were in lock down for a few hours and now the backlog to be cleared is enormous.
 

Techniquest

Veteran Member
Joined
19 Jun 2005
Messages
21,674
Location
Nowhere Heath
Yes, your luggage will be checked through. You won't have to collect it in Frankfurt.

Thanks for your reply, sorry for the slow response there's been a lot to do here the last couple of days but almost caught up ahead of a rare full day off.

Good news on not needing to collect luggage, that's one less thing to worry about.

I can't say for sure as arrangements vary between airlines, and I'm not sure how well integrated BA and JAL are. Probably you will be able to get a boarding pass via the Japan Airlines app or webpage. You might need to check your booking for a specific JAL booking code, which you can use for this. Alternatively, BA might issue one via their app or website. Digging around the BA and JAL websites might provide some information in advance (try your booking code in the JAL "manage your booking" page now), and you can see what Google says, of course.

Good advice that, I'll see what pops up in Manage My Booking on the BA app. Something I can get cracking on with this evening while I'm still in prep mode for holidays. Nearly organised for Budapest (arriving there in just 13 days time and I still haven't looked at what I'm going to do there yet!) and apart from the last minute bits I'm all packed for that trip now. So I might as well start getting ready for Tokyo!

If this is not possible, you will almost certainly get a boarding pass for the JAL flight when you check in at Heathrow. In principle, this might not be possible and you'd have to collect it at a transfer desk in Frankfurt, but this has never happened to me and I've connected many times at many airports with many different airlines.

Aye come to think of it I couldn't check in online for my Virgin Australia leg on my Australia trip and only got a boarding pass when at the transfer desk. What I might do, if nothing else, is tweet BA directly for their input too, I mean it can't hurt to tweet the airline.

If you have a through ticket, it's the airline's (or airlines') responsibility to get you to your destination. They should put you on the next available flight (possibly with a connection, if that's the best option), and if the delay is long they should look after you in the mean time, such as providing food vouchers and a hotel room. If you are delayed at Heathrow, you can already talk to a transfer or service desk there as they may already be able to arrange something if it's clear you're going to miss the connection. If you arrive in Frankfurt and miss the JAL flight, go to a JAL or BA desk and they will make the arrangements. There's no need for you to check for deals yourself.

Thanks, that is reassuring to hear.

It's not uncommon for you to be automatically rebooked if you are delayed. Watch for messages on your phone. I've even had a person waiting at the arrival gate with a new boarding pass for me.

Just to note that 90 minutes is plenty of time to connect in Frankfurt, but it's not a lot of time to get a meal and a couple of beers as well - watch the boarding time carefully and make sure you know how far it is from the bar to the gate. :)

I'll certainly be checking for any updates, BA seem good at that as when they changed my flight home from LA in January 2020 (this was a good few weeks back too, quite the advance notice!) to run 15 minutes earlier throughout, I got a text and email about it which was quite handy.

The food and drink bit in Frankfurt, I'm not looking to have a full blown meal, just something fairly fast and easy but enjoyable. Bratwurst or something similar, and the beer may not happen anyway but if time is short just a half will be sufficient to wash down the food.

I've never tried Japanese food so I've no idea what JAL will have to offer on board. Therefore I'm quite keen to make sure I have something nice to eat before I board.

Thanks again for the advice, all very welcome!
 

anme

Established Member
Joined
8 Aug 2013
Messages
1,777
Good advice that, I'll see what pops up in Manage My Booking on the BA app. Something I can get cracking on with this evening while I'm still in prep mode for holidays. Nearly organised for Budapest (arriving there in just 13 days time and I still haven't looked at what I'm going to do there yet!) and apart from the last minute bits I'm all packed for that trip now. So I might as well start getting ready for Tokyo!

Aye come to think of it I couldn't check in online for my Virgin Australia leg on my Australia trip and only got a boarding pass when at the transfer desk. What I might do, if nothing else, is tweet BA directly for their input too, I mean it can't hurt to tweet the airline.

Tweeting can't hurt indeed! I made this sound a bit overcomplicated. Most likely the airline that issued the ticket will issue both boarding passes via their app or website, so if you booked with BA probably they can do everything. This webpage even suggests you can use both BA and JAL for check-in: https://www.britishairways.com/en-us/information/partners-and-alliances/our-siberian-joint-business

Worst case, collect boarding passes at Heathrow.

Seat selection can be a bit hit and miss on codeshare flights. The JAL website is more likely to allow seat selection for the Frankfurt-Tokyo flight - you probably care more about a good seat for that leg than the one hour from Heathrow to Frankfurt. :)

The food and drink bit in Frankfurt, I'm not looking to have a full blown meal, just something fairly fast and easy but enjoyable. Bratwurst or something similar, and the beer may not happen anyway but if time is short just a half will be sufficient to wash down the food.

I've never tried Japanese food so I've no idea what JAL will have to offer on board. Therefore I'm quite keen to make sure I have something nice to eat before I board.

You should be able to get a Bratwurst in Frankfurt no problem. I'd recommend to go through passport control and (if required) security and find the departure gate for the JAL flight before eating - then you will know how much time you will have.

The JAL flight will probably have a western food option, but the Japanese food will probably be better!

Personally I love Japanese food, but in case you don't, there's no need to worry - in Tokyo, you can eat anything you want from anywhere in the world!
 

Techniquest

Veteran Member
Joined
19 Jun 2005
Messages
21,674
Location
Nowhere Heath
Aye I did have a nosy on Maps a while back, seems to be a decent range of choice on the way to the hotel so it's all good.

Yeah a look through my booking looks like it should let me do everything just in the BA app, check in doesn't happen until 10th November so a good while to wait yet. Agreed the flight from FRA-NRT I definitely want my choice of seat, the 'up and back down' again LHR-FRA flight I really don't care. I might even pay for my choice of seats on the JAL flight, and I never bother with such nonsense normally!

Walking time at FRA shouldn't pose any issue, I mean I did quite a trek through Sydney's international terminal in hardly any time. However I will still take on your advice and check the location of my gate first!
 

darloscott

Member
Joined
12 Dec 2013
Messages
772
Location
Stockton
One thing i do find with FRA and the BA flights is that you will almost always end up on a remote stand with a bus to terminal, but as said 90 minutes is more than enough here. Just factor in that the boarding gate will likely close 20-30 minutes before departure so you may not have time for a full meal, but a grab & go will easily be possible.
I've just got back from a crazy trip which involved 13 flights over 10 days, thoroughly enjoyed it despite a few potential problems along the way. Managed to visit a few new cities, was in Vienna for a day, Prague I managed about 90 minutes in the city and also managed to visit Toledo just outside Madrid. Included was a trip in BA's new Club Suite on the A350, returning in First on the 777 too (bonus!), first flight on an A340-600 with Lufthansa to Vienna, and Eastern's Jetstream 41 too. I also tried out Chinese based Sichuan & Hainan airlines as part of this crazy trip. It did take a fair bit of planning but it all came together and worked beautifully in the end despite a few wobbles on the trip itself.
 

TheAlbanach_

Member
Joined
1 Jul 2017
Messages
141
Hey all, sorry to hijack this but looking for advice. Just had an email from easyJet, my flight from Berlin in January has been cancelled. Just wondering where I stand on this, I can change the flight to the previous day for free but I cannot travel that day. Would they rebook me with another airline for th same day? Never had this happen before so no idea what to do. Thanks!
 

scotrail158713

Established Member
Joined
30 Jan 2019
Messages
1,797
Location
Dundee
Hey all, sorry to hijack this but looking for advice. Just had an email from easyJet, my flight from Berlin in January has been cancelled. Just wondering where I stand on this, I can change the flight to the previous day for free but I cannot travel that day. Would they rebook me with another airline for th same day? Never had this happen before so no idea what to do. Thanks!
Unlikely that easyJet will rebook you on a different airline. EasyJet will either rebook you for the previous day - but if that’s impractical then you should be entitled to a full refund.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Top