Were looking to go to Greece May2017 family of 5.. Booking from a northern BC town... But I've looked and YVR/Heathrow then Heathrow to Athens seems to be quite a better schedule for flights and cheaper! Anyone else Experienced this?

Avoid Heathrow if possible because of taxes.

Oh? Taxes on flights?

The airport charges the airlines more in taxes/ fees to land there, making the plane tickets more expensive. Chk the cost for other routes or the London Gatwick airport before booking.

Gatwick.

Although their taxes are higher, I still found it cheaper to connect through Heathrow. Went to Greece last year... yvr-Heathrow-Athens. Had no issues.

Usually cheaper to fly from Gatwick.

You can fly directly to Santorini from Gatwick, Amsterdam and Rome. If you're looking to visit the islands I would fly directly there.

Also remember most European airlines charges alot for not having a printed ticket or luggage requirements.

i didnt know that!

Yes, the cost of a checked bag is very high as I learned on a recent flight from Gatwick to Budapest (via EasyJet). EasyJet was going to charge me for checking my carry on bag because I also had a shoulder bag, but I managed to cram everything into my carry on. When EasyJet states "one carry on" that is it - no purse or any other bag!

geez, how much was an additional bag

Monica At the boarding gate, the very cranky EJ employee told me it would be $50 GBP! Hence, my reason for stuffing everything into my carry on. But, I will say the EJ gate personnel in Prague were great i.e. after 10 days on the Continent my carry on bag was looking very overstuffed and they offered to check it without charge. They were doing this for other passengers as well. Go figure.

Easyjet is high just like Ryanair and the dimensions is smaller than they state learned the hard way. Lucky for free wifi that I booked a luggage for my trip or else the cost of flight was 3 times higher.

That's crazy and very good to know for our next trip over there

Andrew You are correct, the dimensions are smaller! Being at Gatwick for my flight, I observed travelers toting VERY small (at least in my eyes) carry on luggage and nothing else i.e. no handbag and I found out why at the gate. For future travels from Gatwick I'll take only the bare necessities and skinny down so my clothes take up less space and no shopping while away. I've also heard of travelers wearing many layers to avoid taking a larger bag, but that would be so uncomfortable. LOL

In order for a carry on has to below 40l but how I saw it most people are carrying around 35l

I wonder if things will be different now coz of the brexit

Just got back from UK two weeks ago. Gatwick is the cheapest way to fly. Heathrow was almost double. Let me check a good route for u since this is my hobby

oh wait. i cant coz u said 2017 lol but Gatwick is the cheapest way to go and Air Transat is such an awesome airline, they're so nice - all about customer service, i will never fly with AC again unless im in business class, and even business class, theyre pricks and super $$$$$

westjet flys direct to gatwick

They're expensive tho

If you can catch a good deal its cheap I flew to Gatwick for 261

Omg drew that's insane

round was like 500 at the time of purchase

we paid about 650 RT for May Long week

thats a great deal

Ya i did good haha

Avoid Ryan Air! Brutal!

I could say the same about EasyJet, but now that I understand their one carry on bag rule, I will govern myself accordingly. Because their fares are decently priced, I would probably use them again for a short haul flight London/Continent return.

I just flew them from Stansted to Corfu and was expecting the worst since my checked bag was 0.5kg over, my camera backpack/carry on was oversized as well as I'm sure over the 10kg limit, my "personal item" (purse) was bigger than it should have been, and I also had a shopping bag, yet I wasn't charged anything extra or given any hassle. That being said, the onboard service was terrible and nothing is included (no entertainment and not even some free water to take a pill). Thankfully it was a short flight.

Angela Air carrier? Cost for your checked bag?

Apparently you can pre-pay for over weight bags. Biggest problem is Ryan Air has no agent at airport so in case of a problem, out of luck!

We flew Vancouver to Gatwick, Rome and then to Athens. In Rome we changed flights from Air Transit to Air Italia. If not mistaken it only took about an hour and thirty.