Comments on: Save Money on Flights Using Alternative Airports in Europe http://www.nomadicnotes.com/travel-tips/save-money-on-flights-using-alternative-airports-in-europe/ Photos and notes from around the world. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:18:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tim Longley http://www.nomadicnotes.com/travel-tips/save-money-on-flights-using-alternative-airports-in-europe/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Tim Longley Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:27:48 +0000 http://www.nomadicnotes.com/?p=471#comment-46 You make a good point about the value of smaller alternate airports, but your plug for harefares is a big red herring (if I may mix metaphors). Some of the airports they list are simply not at the places they say - rely on their listings of distances in kilometers and you may find yourself way out. Worse still, their listings of which airlines serve which routes are extremely misleading. Let's take your proposed Amsterdam to Budapest route. They suggest booking with Finnair which simply does not fly from Amsterdam to Budapest. Follow their advice and you would in for a long and very expensive detour. You make a good point about the value of smaller alternate airports, but your plug for harefares is a big red herring (if I may mix metaphors). Some of the airports they list are simply not at the places they say – rely on their listings of distances in kilometers and you may find yourself way out.

Worse still, their listings of which airlines serve which routes are extremely misleading. Let’s take your proposed Amsterdam to Budapest route. They suggest booking with Finnair which simply does not fly from Amsterdam to Budapest. Follow their advice and you would in for a long and very expensive detour.

]]> By: Em http://www.nomadicnotes.com/travel-tips/save-money-on-flights-using-alternative-airports-in-europe/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Em Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:33:28 +0000 http://www.nomadicnotes.com/?p=471#comment-45 I have used alternative airports a few times but they do tend to be very far away. When Go airlines used to operate I flew to Rome and you could purchase a bus transfer ticket on board because the airport want't really 'in' Rome! Great post! I have used alternative airports a few times but they do tend to be very far away. When Go airlines used to operate I flew to Rome and you could purchase a bus transfer ticket on board because the airport want’t really ‘in’ Rome! Great post!

]]> By: Chris http://www.nomadicnotes.com/travel-tips/save-money-on-flights-using-alternative-airports-in-europe/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Chris Sun, 13 Dec 2009 11:15:35 +0000 http://www.nomadicnotes.com/?p=471#comment-44 That's pretty clever really. The sheer amount of money you can save would far out weigh the extra hour or 2's travel it takes to get to and from each airport. That’s pretty clever really. The sheer amount of money you can save would far out weigh the extra hour or 2′s travel it takes to get to and from each airport.

]]> By: Flights to Europe http://www.nomadicnotes.com/travel-tips/save-money-on-flights-using-alternative-airports-in-europe/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Flights to Europe Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:09:04 +0000 http://www.nomadicnotes.com/?p=471#comment-43 Completely agree on using alternative airports. However sometimes you can get burned. We flew into a small airport outside venice once and it took us 2 hours to get to the city Completely agree on using alternative airports. However sometimes you can get burned. We flew into a small airport outside venice once and it took us 2 hours to get to the city

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