Business travel

[fivel]

Continued from here http://www.wargeeks.org/showthread.p...0295#post10295

I prefer travelling via London to the USA.....I hate the 18 hours 'direct' flights.

[rainy]

Any preference in Airlines?

[gus]

I have also for some time tried to make up my mind if the flights via London or Amsterdam is better than the direct ones. Now, I guess I do not have much choice. The main hassle for me is that the trip back always seem to have a 12-ish hour stopover in London, since both flights are basically overnights.

[fivel]

I have also for some time tried to make up my mind if the flights via London or Amsterdam is better than the direct ones. Now, I guess I do not have much choice. The main hassle for me is that the trip back always seem to have a 12-ish hour stopover in London, since both flights are basically overnights.

That 5 hour flight from USA to London is a killer, I only manage to get about an hours sleep on the plane....normally I have business in London to take care of as well on the way home....so I dash off to the hotel and crash for the rest of the morning.

I believe there are day flights to SA now...but not from London...either Frankfurt or London

[gus]

The day flights only seem to be during high season, or maybe it is only certain days.

[fivel]

GKM, it is a KLM flight from Amsterdam...all year round..not sure what days though.....Schipol is a nightmare airport though!

[gus]

I actually do not mind Schipol that much. Thanks, will check it out for the future.

[rainy]

Huh? I think Schiphol is one of the most organized airports in Europe. You want nightmare, go via Paris CDG one day. I spent 5 hours in Schiphol on a stopover and I almost fell in love with that airport. Everything is easy to find, you can walk from one end to the other in 20 minutes.

[gus]

Yes, I also never got lost in Schiphol. And the walks are just far enough to get some exercise between flights. It is not like the cross country treks at Heathrow. And I often go to Ireland for work, so tend to have some euros which are easy to spend at Schiphol, while I tend not to have any sterling, so have to use my credit card for everything at Heathrow.

I have not been to CDG in a long time, but have vague memories of chaos from eight years ago.

[fivel]

Schipol just takes soooo long for the luggage to get to you.....it is nice and modern when compared to the mayhem at Heathrow....I fly twice a year to Boston...which is an OK airport.