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« on: June 22, 2007, 12:03:25 PM » |
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Anyone ever flown on IcelandAir to get to London?
I'm thinking it might be fun to stop for about 48 hours in Reykjavik on the way back from a conference in the UK--soak in the blue lagoon.
Another question I have is how long I should wait to get my plane tickets. I was pricing them all week--at the beginning of the week they seemed to be dropping, and now they've spiked.
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« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2007, 12:37:19 PM » |
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Anyone ever flown on IcelandAir to get to London?
I'm thinking it might be fun to stop for about 48 hours in Reykjavik on the way back from a conference in the UK--soak in the blue lagoon.
I've never done it, but I always thought it sounded like fun too. Another question I have is how long I should wait to get my plane tickets. I was pricing them all week--at the beginning of the week they seemed to be dropping, and now they've spiked.
This depends on when you are planning to travel. If summer, I would say to book as soon as you see a good price because prices just go up and up during tourist season. If you are travelling in the off-season, then you might wait a little bit longer. I usually watch yahoo's farechase for several days before I buy anything. |
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« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2007, 08:54:57 PM » |
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I've flown Icelandair a few times. When we were on a new plane, it was decent. However, I had to spend an excruciating flight with the smallest amount of leg space I've ever had on any flight in my entire flight (and I'm not tall by any means). I think we had to pay for soda also, but my memory may be failing me there.
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« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2007, 09:05:47 PM » |
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People in my family swear by Icelandair, but I've never flown them.
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« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2007, 11:13:32 PM » |
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We flew Icelandair to Paris last month. Food was not bad, staff were friendly, and nearly all the communication is in English. Soda's free, but alcoholic drinks aren't (worth it to say, "I'll have a Viking!"). Their computer system was down the day we started the trip, so we stood in a long, slow line at British Airways. All in all, it was a budget airline, but I had no complaints.
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« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2007, 09:13:00 AM » |
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I have flown them multiple times and they are fine. Not too bad, not too good. Only really worth it if you get a substantially lower fare (which is often the case), or you do the layover thing (which is fun).
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« Reply #6 on: June 23, 2007, 07:47:59 PM » |
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I flew with them a lot to Glasgow in the late 90's and thought they were fantastic, free wine with meal and free liquer with coffee plus good food. Sounds like they have gone downhill since then.
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« Reply #7 on: June 24, 2007, 05:06:55 AM » |
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Anyone ever flown on IcelandAir to get to London?
I'm thinking it might be fun to stop for about 48 hours in Reykjavik on the way back from a conference in the UK--soak in the blue lagoon.
Yeah, I did this 20 years ago with an overnight stop in Reykjavik and I loved it. I had a terrific meal on my own (mmm, I still remember that seafood soup with great fondness - the dining alone thread actually made me think about this meal) and walked around town and smelled the sulfury water in the hotel bathroom and had a good night's sleep and continued my journey the next day. I don't remember anything about the flight itself, which means it was probably fine. The best part was that I told almost no one about my plans so I walked around town thinking, I'm in Reykjavik and no one knows. |
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« Reply #8 on: July 02, 2007, 04:03:15 PM » |
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Most recent trip on Icelandair was last month, to Frankfurt; I had previously flown them years ago. They've gone downhill. Way, way downhill. They are as bad as American or United internationally. Wine and cocktails are $5 (or 5 Eur, take your pick), beer $4. The food was just GOD-AWFUL. It redefined mystery meat. It still makes me shudder. We were requested to order our drinks with the meal service, which meant the flight attendants disappeared and we didn't see them for another 6 hours. It was the same on all four flights I took, thus I landed rather dehydrated. They passed out .5L bottles of water while boarding in Frankfurt, but, again, that was an excuse for the flight attendants to disappear.
No individual video screens, so the "entertainment program" was rather a joke.
On the outbound flight, my luggage did not arrive in Frankfurt. I was unimpressed with the customer service agent there-- no courtesy kit and it took quite a bit of pressing for her to even give me the standard reimbursement form. I've dealt with a lot of lost luggage, and Icelandair's handling ranks near the bottom. (Air France, however, is a dream. If you've got to lose your luggage, do it on Air France). They did manage to return my luggage to me the next day, but it should not have been so difficult to get the basic info from them.
Basically, I'd avoid Icelandair unless it is significantly cheaper (more than $300-- I'd pay that much more to be on Virgin or Air France), or you really want to visit Iceland (be warned: it's not cheap. And Paris is more fun for the money).
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« Reply #9 on: July 05, 2007, 10:18:11 PM » |
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Thanks--a non-stop on British Airways is pricing out cheaper than the Reykjavik route, so I'll likely go with that. I'll seek a soak in Bath instead, I suppose.
I've already been to gay Paris.
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