Commute from London to Dundee ?

[craig1]

If you do a lot of flying, it's worth making the whole palaver as painless as possible. For me personally, BA is cheapest, usually the least hassle and offers the best choice of airport eateries en route. Lufthansa planes have more legroom and are generally less busy but cost a bit more. Easyjet cost about the same as BA to go via gatwick (bit more hassle than heathrow for me to get to) and it would need a lot more than a £30 saving to persuade me to go via stanstead and get home at gone 1am after two hours of knee squishing.

Another hint if you fly a lot. Try to pick one airline for your flights and make sure you get the reward card. Regardless of what other people say, waggling your non-basic reward card at check-in while smiling and asking nicely is the most likely thing to get you a freebie seat upgrade.

[Wanderer]

Another hint if you fly a lot. Try to pick one airline for your flights and make sure you get the reward card. Regardless of what other people say, waggling your non-basic reward card at check-in while smiling and asking nicely is the most likely thing to get you a freebie seat upgrade.

What is this "check-in" you speak of queueing up for in the vain hope of an upgrade?

Just fly on one of the low cost airlines, online check-in (skipping the queues) pay an extra fiver for priority boarding and you can bag an exit row or seat 1a-1c probably 80% of the time and failing that you can get a seat in the first few rows for a quick exit. Simples.

Try doing that on BA et al.

[doodab]

Try doing that on BA et al.

They all have online check-in too. In fact they let you choose your seat so that you don't have a frenzied scrummage to get the seat you want.

With the better airlines having a 31 or 32 inch seat pitch as opposed to easyjets 29" you don't really need an upgrade. The extra space also means you can avoid the exit rows and have a seat that reclines, and you can recline it without pissing the person behind you off. Throw in a couple of free beers and it's money well spent IMO. Especially when it's cheaper anyway

[dezze]

They all have online check-in too. In fact they let you choose your seat so that you don't have a frenzied scrummage to get the seat you want.

With the better airlines having a 31 or 32 inch seat pitch as opposed to easyjets 29" you don't really need an upgrade. The extra space also means you can avoid the exit rows and have a seat that reclines, and you can recline it without pissing the person behind you off. Throw in a couple of free beers and it's money well spent IMO. Especially when it's cheaper anyway

Totally agree. I try to avoid Easyjet if I can as even buying a priority boarding pass doesn't always work out - one flight I was on had about 50 priority boarders! You're right in that the normal seats on BA have much more room than Easyjet flights.

[Boo]

Simples.

Please don't do that.

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[Boo]

Thanks to all for the replies, the contract fell through in the end but the info is all stored for next time...

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