a question about London airports

[ritaxis]

If you were going to fly in and out of London, and the price was the same either way you did it, would you choose Gatwick or Stansted? Those are the choices, and there is apparently only a fifteen minute difference in arrival or departure.

The passenger has no special destination in London -- he's jusgt messing around on his way to California and back to Prague.

(our cheapest places to fly in and out of appeared to be London, Shannon, Dublin, Nice, Manchester, Krakow, and Malaga, in that order. The easiest places for him to get to, he said, were London and Krakow. London's cheaper than Krakow. Also probably simpler to wander in for a few days, though also probably more expensive to hang around in)

on another front, I have deadheaded the front roses. The first bloon is just about over.

Comments

[julesjones]

No personal experience of Gatwick in the last 25 years, but my impression is that it is generally better for connections into London, both in frequency and in price. You can use http://www.nationalrail.co.uk to check the train timetables and ticket prices. The train fares vary wildly depending on whether you get an apex, off-peak or full fare. Apex fares are not suitable for someone arriving by air, because they are valid only for a specific train, but off-peak is typically any train on a route after around 9.30 am.