Manchester Heathrow - Train or Plane

[LS6_Fox]

This one is for the train experts...

I am flying out from Heathrow on Thursday 18th February and will need to be at Heathrow by 1:00pm (flight is at 4:00pm); travelling from Manchester Piccadilly.

I am returning from Heathrow on Tuesday 23rd February, flight is due to land at 9:15am, so could travel back around noon.

I've had a look on the Trainline and for two people the lowest available (just entering Manchester to Heathrow) is £148.80. Am I better waiting to see if any advance purchase become available?

The alternative is flights with BMI Baby for £150.40.

 

[Blue Maniac]

This one is for the train experts...

I am flying out from Heathrow on Thursday 18th February and will need to be at Heathrow by 1:00pm (flight is at 4:00pm); travelling from Manchester Piccadilly.

I am returning from Heathrow on Tuesday 23rd February, flight is due to land at 9:15am, so could travel back around noon.

I've had a look on the Trainline and for two people the lowest available (just entering Manchester to Heathrow) is £148.80. Am I better waiting to see if any advance purchase become available?

The alternative is flights with BMI Baby for £150.40.

I've thought of a route, but it's not a serious one and certainly not a direct one. As this might be construed as a joke, I need to get my gag checker to vet it and make sure it's funny enough before I post it. I'll be back later.

:icon_bigg

 

[LS6_Fox]

I've thought of a route, but it's not a serious one and certainly not a direct one. As this might be construed as a joke, I need to get my gag checker to vet it and make sure it's funny enough before I post it. I'll be back later.

:icon_bigg

Haha non serious suggestions are welcome! But now you've built this one up I'm expecting something special!!

 

[Blue Maniac]

Haha none serious suggestions are welcome! But now you've built this one up I'm expected something special!!

It may never see the light of day

 

[bocadillo]

This one is for the train experts...

I am flying out from Heathrow on Thursday 18th February and will need to be at Heathrow by 1:00pm (flight is at 4:00pm); travelling from Manchester Piccadilly.

I am returning from Heathrow on Tuesday 23rd February, flight is due to land at 9:15am, so could travel back around noon.

I've had a look on the Trainline and for two people the lowest available (just entering Manchester to Heathrow) is £148.80. Am I better waiting to see if any advance purchase become available?

The alternative is flights with BMI Baby for £150.40.

£74.40 is the off-peak return fare from Manchester Piccadilly to Heathrow, using the Underground between your London terminus and Heathrow. This ticket would not be valid on Heathrow Express.

There are no Advance tickets from Manchester to Heathrow, but I would have thought that you would be able to beat that figure by some margin if you waited for the Advance tickets to become available and bought tickets to London and your Underground tickets separately. You would however have to travel on your specified trains and you may feel it would be better to have a more flexible ticket, just in case your return flight is late.

Is the BMI Baby price quoted above for a flexible ticket?

 

[MKFox]

I'd drive down to Heathrow if I were you. At least you are semi in control

 

[Matt_B]

I'd drive down to Heathrow if I were you. At least you are semi in control

I got the impression he didn't need to get to heathrow per se, just London. The flight was to get him to London.

But I was very wrong. Sorry MK. It's still early.

 

[LS6_Fox]

There are no Advance tickets from Manchester to Heathrow, but I would have thought that you would be able to beat that figure by some margin if you waited for the Advance tickets to become available and bought tickets to London and your Underground tickets separately.

Cheers - when do Advance tickets usually go on sale?

The BMI Baby was not a flexible flight, so it may just be easier to drive down and park there.

 

[Cate Fox]

Cheers - when do Advance tickets usually go on sale?

The BMI Baby was not a flexible flight, so it may just be easier to drive down and park there.

There's always the coach, but it would take hours...

 

[Lako42]

There's always the coach, but it would take hours...

State the obvious Cate :icon_bigg

 

[LS6_Fox]

There's always the coach, but it would take hours...

I've just had a look at the coach, £65 for two but journey time is around 6 or 7 hours!

 

[Brauny Blue]

I've just had a look at the coach, £65 for two but journey time is around 6 or 7 hours!

Is it going via Norwich :icon_roll

 

[Cate Fox]

Is it going via Norwich :icon_roll

Its not far off 3 hours if you go from Leicester...

 

[Cate Fox]

State the obvious Cate :icon_bigg

I was just offering another suggestion :icon_roll

 

[Brauny Blue]

Its not far off 3 hours if you go from Leicester...

Is that via Swansea :icon_roll

 

[Cate Fox]

Is that via Swansea :icon_roll

hardly :icon_roll

 

[Brauny Blue]

What do women know about Geograpghy

Anyway shouldnt you be job hunting :icon_bigg:icon_wink

 

[Cate Fox]

What do women know about Geograpghy

Anyway shouldnt you be job hunting :icon_bigg:icon_wink

I take it you've never been on a National Express coach from Leicester to London then...

 

[Brauny Blue]

I take it you've never been on a National Express coach from Leicester to London then...

Coach, pah............1st class chu chu for me:icon_wink

 

[Lako42]

:icon_roll

You use this far too much Cate. I think you might need to lighten up a bit.