Confuzzled - Travel plans

[slycat]

This is something I really should have planned sooner. However I naively thought that with Confuzzled being a convention occurring within the (admittedly small) country where I live, there wouldn't be any problems getting there. How wrong I was.

Firstly the trains normally have an option of cheap single fares if you book early enough. However at the moment, the single fares (£22 each way) are only available on the outbound journey and not on the return and the trains it did apply to on the outbound journey would require 4 changes rather than being direct. Therefore I would have to get a return ticket at the cost of £85 which I was reluctant to pay but would if required. I decided to see what other options there were. There's the coach of course but that takes 8 hours each way and still costs £50 so that's not going to happen. Driving's not an option as I can't drive and I don't know anyoen driving up on the same days I am from the same area as me who could take me.

So, I checked the flights. From Southampton, my local airport to Manchester, it would cost £117 return and so with this being such a lot more than the return train, it wasn't a viable option. However arakinuk suggested getting the flight from London Heathrow and I could get to the airport from his place that morning. The flight from Heathrow to Manchester is £75 per person. Will still need to pay for either airport parking or taxi but in the end, it will work out a lot easier to get there for relatively similar price.

So yeah, I'll be flying to Manchester on the FlyBMI flight which leaves Heathrow at 8:35am on the 22nd May and will be getting the flight back from Manchester at 2pm to Heathrow.

Sorted :)

Comments

[jessie-pup.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure how I'm actually getting there :D Probably by train I guess.

[fionacat.livejournal.com]

Is that BMI or BMIbaby (which is like BMI but ... not) as you can normally get the same flight only a lot cheaper on bmibaby.

[slycat.livejournal.com]

That was the cheapest flight we could find online. Arakin and I scoured the internet for the best deal :)

[slycat.livejournal.com]

Is that the Royal "we"? :P

Either way, I'll see you there at least :P

[slycat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, if I planned early enough, I probably could have got the train for £44 return through getting the cheap singles but it seems I've left it too late. I hope you don't have any problems getting there.