Europe's worst airport

[Carolinian Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Carolinian]

The In Your Pocket travel guidebooks are having a poll on what are Europe's worst airports. The editors top three choices are 1) Heathrow, 2) Bucharest - Banesa, 3) Gdansk, Poland

Look at the top right of the homepage - www.inyourpocket.com

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

well I will be going to that #1 spot in January, I wonder if I should fly into Amsterdam do a little window shoping and then take a train into London?

[Larry Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Larry]

well I will be going to that #1 spot in January, I wonder if I should fly into Amsterdam do a little window shoping and then take a train into London?

Hey Frank; Looks like we're going to the same place again although this time your going first. We will be going to London the end of November/ beginning of December 2009 including Thanksgiving ( staying at Marriott 2 nights before going to Allen House).

Keep good notes of what you did so I can check with you when you get back.

Frank, I'm leaving for Mayan Palace Riviera Maya next week since you liked it so much and I am going with my two daughters and their families as I volunteered to be the baby sitter for my grandkids.

[falmouth3 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close falmouth3]

well I will be going to that #1 spot in January, I wonder if I should fly into Amsterdam do a little window shoping and then take a train into London?

As far as I know, England still has their "green tax" on air travel into England. The tax is based on how far the flight has flown. If it's not too inconvenient, perhaps you might want to fly somewhere else first and find a less expensive way into London.

[Carolinian Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Carolinian]

As far as I know, England still has their "green tax" on air travel into England. The tax is based on how far the flight has flown. If it's not too inconvenient, perhaps you might want to fly somewhere else first and find a less expensive way into London.

That tax is imposed on leaving the UK rather than on entering, so you can do an open jaws ticket into London (but try to find a flight to more user-friendly Gatwick airport) and out of somewhere else. Amsterdam should not be that somewhere else, as the Netherlands is the only other European country besides the UK with this annoying tax. Try Dublin or Frankfurt and use an LCC to bridge the jaws (i.e. fly the short hop London to your return gateway city).