gabrielchew From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2005, 2512 posts, RR: 13 Posted (1 year 4 months 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 4688 times:
A.net meeting in snowy Tallinn. U2/FR STN-TLL-LTN
Back in October I was asked by FlyingFinn76 if I was interested joining a few other a.netters on a winter trip to Stockholm. I liked the idea of meeting a few other a.netters, but Stockholm didn’t tickle my fancy at all. Expensive pints make me angry. Thankfully, a side trip for the Saturday was organised to Tallinn in neighbouring Estonia. Now, this was more like it. A cheaper, more pretty destination that I had been hoping for an excuse to get back to.
As I was trying to save money for my upcoming African trip, I limited my flight choices to no-frills airlines. Thankfully mid-January London-Tallinn flights are cheap. I booked a one way easyJet STN-TLL flight for GBP 26, and return on Ryanair TLL-LTN for GBP 21. Not bad. A nice 3/4* hotel in Tallinn’s UNESCO Old Town was booked for GBP 38 including breakfast.
This weekend’s map:
I decided to forego the expensive train connections, and took the easyBus service from Baker Street for GBP 5. I was a bit unsure of the time keeping of the bus, but was delighted that instead of the scheduled 1 hour 20 minutes, we arrive exactly an hour after leaving Baker Street.
On the easyBus to STN
Nice sunny day to fly – walking to the nice terminal
I took advantage of flying on easyJet (rather than Ryanair) and got a proper boarding card from an empty check in desk. I was told the load for today was 126 out of 156 – not full, but much busier than I was expecting. I also asked how much Speedy Boarding was – a shocking GBP 13.50 to board first??!? No thanks!
There was only a small queue at security (of course more inexperienced travellers). The departure lounge at STN is very nice – spacious and light. To avoid the extorninate prices on board, I headed over to Boots, and got a bottle of their sparkling flavoured water for GBP 0.65 – tasty and a bargain.
FIDS
I took a seat and waited for my gate to show.
As expected, we were given a gate in the satellite building, requiring a transit journey.
Free papers
Ooh, is that a 747-800?
On the transit
In the Satellite Building
My jet, G-EZAG
The gate
The number of people turning up at the gate grew slowly, and thankfully, everyone was calm, and sitting down, rather than hanging around like vultures.
January 2012
London Stansted (STN) – Tallinn (TLL)
easyJet U2 3057
Scheduled: 1310-1755 (2h45m)
Actual: 1321-1804 (2h47m)
Airbus A319 G-EZAG
Finally we were let out onto the tarmac. All the speedy borders and young family headed to the front door. I trotted off to the back down, showed by boarding pass, then made a beeline for the emergency exit row. Excellent, window seat with extra legroom.
Legroom
The U2 A319s have a proper arm rest unlike BA
Non-U2/FR, quite a rarity at STN
Ooh, it a bit cold in TLL
Most U2 flights get a jetbridge
Skiing charters
Pushback
Remnants of Air Asia X’s time at STN
Taxiing past FRs winter graveyard
Lining up
Rotating into the sun
An entertaining (if not rather one sided) view of 2014 UK without Scotland from the Daily Mail
For GBP 1.20 I availed myself of a tonic water (ice, but no lemon)
Views
Cabin, quite full
I bought another tonic to help pass the time
The mother of this child let him run free. He leant so far over the back of the seat that he nearly fell into the row behind (and onto the occupants). He was also crawling in the aisle – not safe or clean.
It slowly changed from day to night
We headed through a rather thick dark cloud, and ended up popping out over Tallinn
Touchdown was a few minutes late in a gloriously snowy Tallinn.
A newly painted Flybe Nordic
Special livery OV
Disembarkation was via airbirdge, and before long I was walking towards immigration
Immigration was swift, and with no luggage to collect I was shortly in a taxi. Time from plane to curb just 6 minutes.
After s hort journey, I was dropped off my my hotel in the Old Town
After dropping off my stuff I went out in search of the other a.netters that had arrived on an earlier OV flight from ARN.
A few evening photos of Tallinn – simply gorgeous in the snow. I guess the Christmas tree is still there due to the differences in the Orthodox Christmas. It made the pictures better at any rate!
After a great night out with the lads, I had enough time for a quick stroll around town before heading to the airport for my lunchtime flight home.
Another short taxi ride later and I was back in the terminal. My last time in TLL 18 month earlier was a much calmer affair. Today, however, the place was packed.
Arrivals
FIDS
There was a long but fairly fast moving queue for security
Terminal Map
The new CRJ 900
The nice terminal with free wifi
The same place from STN that I arrived on yesterday. The queue for the STN flight and our LTN flight intermingled creating quite a mess.
Unlike easyJet, Ryanair don’t use a jetbridge. We were herded down the stairs into an underground waiting area.
After ten minutes, the plane finally pulled up outside
Fifteen minutes after that we were allowed to board
January 2012
Tallinn (TLL) – London Luton (LTN)
Ryanair FR 2224
Scheduled: 1255-1340 (2h45m)
Actual: 1314-1339 (2h25m)
Boeing 737-800 EI-DHW
Upon boarding I was delighted to see the exit rows still empty. I asked the FA standing there if I could sit there, but she said I couldn’t unless I had a boarding pass saying I had one of those….Huh? It turns out just a few days before my flight FR had introduced “reserved” seating. Those with priority boarding passes are allowed in rows 1,2 and the exit rows. Shame I didn’t know about it in advance or else I would have bought reserved seats. EUR 5 seemed like a bargain to get an empty exit row on a full flight. In the end no one sat in those seats during the flight.
Being deiced
Taxiing out
Some nice views soon vanished into the clouds
I decided not to indulge in any of the inflight options, preferring the free option of my book and MP3. To disturb the tedium of the journey, someone’s bottle in their bad leaked sending the crew into a tizzy to solve the problem
An oil rig being towed across the North Sea
Snow free England
Although there was quite a lot of frost
Touchdown was a minute early. The crew played their triumphant “we’ve landed early” bit as we taxied to the terminal.
An ATP
G-LATE
The old part of LTN, reserved for FR
There was quite a queue for immigration, although the line moved quickly.
Time from plane to curb was a respectable 13 minutes.
So, overall a very pleasant weekend. It was great to meet up with the guys in Tallinn – I should probably have gone to ARN too – never mind. If you’re looking for a weekend break in Europe, Tallinn is just the place if you like a bit of snow!
I hope you enjoyed reading.
My next trip is a rather mammoth trip to Africa at the end of the week. The routing currently is LHR-CMN-LIS-BRU- BJM-KGL-EBB-ADD-DAR-ZNZ,DAR-NBO-ZRH-ATH-LCA-LHR, mostly in Business class. Exciting! Expect some trip reports!
aflyingkiwi From New Zealand, joined Nov 2010, 488 posts, RR: 3 Reply 2, posted (1 year 4 months 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 4574 times:
Hi Gabriel,
Sound's like you had 2 pretty decent & cheap flights with U2 & FR. Tallinn looks like a pretty cool place though I don't think the weather would be my cuppa tea.
Thanks for sharing & I am looking forward to your African reports.
deltamartin From Sweden, joined Dec 2010, 1059 posts, RR: 9 Reply 3, posted (1 year 4 months 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 4573 times:
Hi Gabriel!
Another nice report!
I too was on the A.net meet, and on that OV flight to TLL, I was leaving TLL to HEL on AY/BE about the same time as you arrived though, too bad we couldn't meet!
Now that's an interesting marketing gimmick. Offer the pax cheap transfers to the airport. It actually makes sense to fly LCCs then. Wish more faux airlines would come up with a similar idea.
Quoting gabrielchew (Thread starter): I headed over to Boots, and got a bottle of their sparkling flavoured water for GBP 0.65 – tasty and a bargain.
Wow, I had no idea any item in any airport in the known world could be priced that cheap. I assume it was courtesy of the weak economy? Thank you Mr. Cameron
Quoting gabrielchew (Thread starter): All the speedy borders and young family headed to the front door. I trotted off to the back down,
What's the point of this speedy boarding thing anyway. Aren't the seats assigned on Easyjet?
Quoting gabrielchew (Thread starter): For GBP 1.20 I availed myself of a tonic water (ice, but no lemon)
gabrielchew From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2005, 2512 posts, RR: 13 Reply 7, posted (1 year 4 months 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 4492 times:
Quoting LH4116 (Reply 6): I suppose most of those money went for the Biz tickets, or were they all purchased with BD miles?
Five tickets....
LHR-CMN cash in Y
CMN-LIS-BRU-BJM miles in C with BD
BJM-KGL-ADD-ZNZ miles in C with BD
DAR-ZRH-ATH-LCA miles in C/F with BD
LCA-LHR miles in C with BA
Quoting LH4116 (Reply 6): Now that's an interesting marketing gimmick. Offer the pax cheap transfers to the airport. It actually makes sense to fly LCCs then. Wish more faux airlines would come up with a similar idea.
Yeah, it's great if you get the lowest fares. Only really works if you start in Central London though
Quoting LH4116 (Reply 6): Wow, I had no idea any item in any airport in the known world could be priced that cheap. I assume it was courtesy of the weak economy? Thank you Mr. Cameron
Nothing to do with a weak economy. Just a special deal.
Quoting LH4116 (Reply 6): What's the point of this speedy boarding thing anyway. Aren't the seats assigned on Easyjet?
No, it's free seating, although they are trialling assignsed seating.
Quoting LH4116 (Reply 6): Did you bring the Gin from home?
Would I do such a thing?
Quoting LH4116 (Reply 6): ...And another 6 minutes to the city
Widebodyroga From United States of America, joined Sep 2008, 473 posts, RR: 4 Reply 8, posted (1 year 4 months 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 4435 times:
Ah, that brings back memories of my ventures down to London when I was a completely broke student up in Scotland. Gotta love the easyBus.
Quoting gabrielchew (Thread starter): For GBP 1.20 I availed myself of a tonic water (ice, but no lemon)
Can you pay in cash or do they only accept plastic like here in the US?
Quoting gabrielchew (Thread starter): A few evening photos of Tallinn – simply gorgeous in the snow. I guess the Christmas tree is still there due to the differences in the Orthodox Christmas.
Man, I'd love to visit the Baltic capital cities one day (only been to Vilnius). As for the Christmas tree: Technically it's the Old-Calendrists that have a late Christmas not the Orthodox Christians as a whole (even though the Old-Calendrists are Orthodox). There are many Orthodox (see Greece, Bulgaria and elsewhere) that celebrate Christmas on Dec 25. Not important (I am not even religious), I just wanted to point it out.
Quoting gabrielchew (Thread starter): The crew played their triumphant “we’ve landed early” bit as we taxied to the terminal.
Ryanair loves to blow its own horn like noone else in the aviation world, no doubt about that
Quoting gabrielchew (Thread starter): My next trip is a rather mammoth trip to Africa at the end of the week. The routing currently is LHR-CMN-LIS-BRU- BJM-KGL-EBB-ADD-DAR-ZNZ,DAR-NBO-ZRH-ATH-LCA-LHR, mostly in Business class. Exciting! Expect some trip reports!
Man, I can't wait to read your TRs. I hope you have an awesome time (and also that it doesn't take you too long to put those TR together!). Happy landings!
Wbodyroga
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airbuseric From Netherlands, joined Jan 2005, 4015 posts, RR: 52 Reply 9, posted (1 year 4 months 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 4330 times:
Hi Gabriel!
It was great to meet over the weekend in TLL, thanks for a good time.
Also interesting to read experience on floghts flights, another different view! Seemingly U2 did ok and nice to score an exit row. About FR, not sure. I think it is a compulsory item to have 2 people seated at the emergency exit seats to be able to open the hatches in case of evacuation. They can have new selling points, but this seems a safety issue as well... Maybe something to look up?
Good pics, nice sunset too! That Christmas tree only looked much better in the evening
Regards
Eric
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Ps76 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 10, posted (1 year 4 months 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 4265 times:
Hi!
Just wanted to say many thanks for the trip report. It was slightly different from your usual reports in that there were no business class lounges and gin and tonics! But some great shots of the terminals and in flight and of course Tallinn. I would really like to make it to Tallinn especially as there are good cheap flight options from London. I went to Bratislava with Ryanair a couple of times and loved the place.
akhmad From Netherlands, joined Sep 2005, 2332 posts, RR: 53 Reply 11, posted (1 year 4 months 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 4203 times:
Hi Gabriel,
Very nice report. Another ARN A.net meeting report without visiting ARN.
Quoting gabrielchew (Thread starter): I booked a one way easyJet STN-TLL flight for GBP 26, and return on Ryanair TLL-LTN for GBP 21. Not bad. A nice 3/4* hotel in Tallinn’s UNESCO Old Town was booked for GBP 38 including breakfast.
MH017 From Netherlands, joined Apr 2005, 1633 posts, RR: 34 Reply 12, posted (1 year 4 months 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 4193 times:
Hi Gab,
Thanks for this TR; it puts U2 and FR into a good comparison !!! (guess which one I would prefer ?)...
TLL has been high on my to visit list too, but it has to wait till Summer...will probably fly the non-stop Bombardier flight of OV instead of a LCC
After visiting VNO and RIX before, this is my final Baltic capital to visit...no doubt I will like it, since I've always been a big fan of this area as well as Scandinavia: thanks a lot for sharing some pictures !
OA260 From Ireland, joined Nov 2006, 24917 posts, RR: 60 Reply 14, posted (1 year 4 months 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 4054 times:
Hey great report and nice to see one from STN. I still have never flown EZY . Love the snowy pics , have not seen snow on the ground this year and probably wont . Kind of miss it
Glad you had a good trip .
Regards
Philip
OLYMPIC AIR - ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΗ "Η ΕΛΛΑΔΑ ΨΗΛΑ" "GREECE FLYING HIGH"
Quoting airbuseric (Reply 9): I think it is a compulsory item to have 2 people seated at the emergency exit seats to be able to open the hatches in case of evacuation
That's right, Eric. Quite interesting that at FR they don't seem too bothered about that!
Quoting Widebodyroga (Reply 8): Can you pay in cash or do they only accept plastic like here in the US?
Cash is easier to pay with than card at U2, so a contrast to the US!
Quoting MH017 (Reply 12): will probably fly the non-stop Bombardier flight of OV instead of a LCC
Do it! I flew TLL-ARN on one of the CRJ900's and loved it. If anything the flight was too short for me. OV are a great little airline. On the other hand I imagine it might be a bit cramped if the flight was full, but I had a free seat next to me so it was good.
Gabriel, was awesome to meet you. Matt and I were in the terminal at the same time you were and we tried to make it down to your gate before we realised you had to go through passport control. Anyway, we saw you taxi out and takeoff from our gate. In fact you got a photo of the OV 737 being de-iced that was at a neighbouring gate, and I was getting some shots of it. I think Matt got a couple of shots of you on the runway.
Good luck on your African trip! No doubt next you'll be going to Somalia or some equivalent!
sultanils From Belgium, joined Mar 2010, 1188 posts, RR: 29 Reply 16, posted (1 year 4 months 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 3869 times:
Hi Gabriel,
Nice to see some a.netter coming in to the meet from another angle. We just missed each other I guess. Your plane had just left when we came in, wasn’t it?
I’m glad you had a good time in Tallinn with cheap beer, food and wo...nah...! But I still feel you should’ve done it ‘the proper way’ by coming to ARN
Quoting gabrielchew (Thread starter): I also asked how much Speedy Boarding was – a shocking GBP 13.50 to board first??!? No thanks!
OMG, that’s horrendous. I never take Speedy Boarding with EZY. With FR it’s only € 5, that’s excusable.
gabrielchew From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2005, 2512 posts, RR: 13 Reply 17, posted (1 year 4 months 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 3836 times:
Thanks everyone for your comments!
Quoting Widebodyroga (Reply 8): Can you pay in cash or do they only accept plastic like here in the US?
Quoting TupolevTu154 (Reply 15): Cash is easier to pay with than card at U2, so a contrast to the US!
I think there is a GBP 5 minimum charge for card
Quoting Widebodyroga (Reply 8): Man, I can't wait to read your TRs. I hope you have an awesome time (and also that it doesn't take you too long to put those TR together!). Happy landings!
Hopefully the first one will be up pretty soon - depends if I can find any wifi!
Quoting airbuseric (Reply 9): It was great to meet over the weekend in TLL, thanks for a good time.
Nice to meet you too!
Quoting airbuseric (Reply 9): Seemingly U2 did ok and nice to score an exit row. About FR, not sure. I think it is a compulsory item to have 2 people seated at the emergency exit seats to be able to open the hatches in case of evacuation. They can have new selling points, but this seems a safety issue as well... Maybe something to look up?
I'm sure once people learn that you have to pay for these seats, they'll fill up quickly. I was surpised they didn't move anyone before take off, or ask people to pay onboard - I would have!
Quoting airbuseric (Reply 9): Good pics, nice sunset too! That Christmas tree only looked much better in the evening
Thanks. The town did look a lot better at night!
Quoting Ps76 (Reply 10):
Just wanted to say many thanks for the trip report.
No problem!
Quoting Ps76 (Reply 10): It was slightly different from your usual reports in that there were no business class lounges and gin and tonics!
Yeah, it's hard tranistioning to no frills!
Quoting Ps76 (Reply 10): I went to Bratislava with Ryanair a couple of times and loved the place.
I loved Bratislava too - I bet it'd look good in the snow too
Quoting MH017 (Reply 12): TLL has been high on my to visit list too, but it has to wait till Summer...will probably fly the non-stop Bombardier flight of OV instead of a LCC
I went in the summer and it rained all the time. At leas the wointer is supposed to be cold!
Quoting MSS658 (Reply 13):
Nice tripreport you have got there!
Thanks!
Quoting MSS658 (Reply 13): Too bad we missed each other over the weekend! But hey, this weekend we have another chance .
Yes, hoping to see you on Saturday
Quoting OA260 (Reply 14): Hey great report and nice to see one from STN.
Thanks. STN is quite nice.
Quoting OA260 (Reply 14): . Love the snowy pics , have not seen snow on the ground this year and probably wont . Kind of miss it
I missed it too. We've only have one snowy morning over here, so was lovely to see some powder in TLL.
Quoting TupolevTu154 (Reply 15): Matt and I were in the terminal at the same time you were and we tried to make it down to your gate before we realised you had to go through passport control. Anyway, we saw you taxi out and takeoff from our gate. In fact you got a photo of the OV 737 being de-iced that was at a neighbouring gate, and I was getting some shots of it. I think Matt got a couple of shots of you on the runway.
WOuld be nice to see some pictures. Thanks to the horrible FR boarding process, I imagine I was already queueing up before you even got into the terminal!
Quoting TupolevTu154 (Reply 15): Good luck on your African trip! No doubt next you'll be going to Somalia or some equivalent!
gabrielchew From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2005, 2512 posts, RR: 13 Reply 18, posted (1 year 4 months 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 3831 times:
Quoting sultanils (Reply 16): We just missed each other I guess. Your plane had just left when we came in, wasn’t it?
Yeah, but only just!
Quoting sultanils (Reply 16): I’m glad you had a good time in Tallinn with cheap beer, food and wo...nah...! But I still feel you should’ve done it ‘the proper way’ by coming to ARN
Yeah, I should have come to ARN... next time!
Quoting sultanils (Reply 16): Like the ‘realfeel’ of -16°C. Pretty cold for being outside a great part of the night
It didn't feel too cold when you'd had a few drinks!
globalflyer From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 806 posts, RR: 2 Reply 19, posted (1 year 4 months 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 3806 times:
Hi Gabriel...really nice TR. TLL is a beautiful city and you made some very nice pictures! Wow it looked cold there. I cannot wait for your next adventure...that looks amazing! Cheers, William
Landing on every Continent almost on an annual basis!
AlwaysOnAPlane From United Kingdom, joined Sep 2010, 299 posts, RR: 2 Reply 21, posted (1 year 4 months 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 3680 times:
Hey Gabe.
Another fast report from this double sided meeting.
Really nice to see some pictures from Tallin. Looks so good with the snow around and still some christmas decorations.
I'm glad all went to plan for you and you had a good night with the lads. Lots of booze judging by the looks on some of the faces Sunday morning.
As for the flights, well, U2 seem to be quite acceptable here aside from the rip-off speedy boarding price. That really is astonishing. FR, well the style is slightly below easyJet as we know. But, you got a good price both directions. I just dont really like the hanging around on a flight of stairs while the plane pulls in.
Thanks for sharing your story. I'm really looking forward to your African adventure. That is one hell of a routing and I wish you a safe trip in every way.
FLIEGER67 From Turkey, joined Sep 2003, 4391 posts, RR: 57 Reply 22, posted (1 year 4 months 5 days ago) and read 3615 times:
Hi, Gabriel,
great to follow you´re point of view about the TLL meeting. Sounds once again like a good idea to spend the weekend.
Also flying on EZY/FR sounds ok.
Quoting gabrielchew (Thread starter):
My next trip is a rather mammoth trip to Africa at the end of the week. The routing currently is LHR-CMN-LIS-BRU- BJM-KGL-EBB-ADD-DAR-ZNZ,DAR-NBO-ZRH-ATH-LCA-LHR, mostly in Business class. Exciting! Expect some trip reports!
Now that´s another level of interesting destinations.
Well, I needed to put it up before I left for Africa
Quoting AlwaysOnAPlane (Reply 21): Really nice to see some pictures from Tallin. Looks so good with the snow around and still some christmas decorations.
Prettier than Stockholm?
Quoting AlwaysOnAPlane (Reply 21): I'm glad all went to plan for you and you had a good night with the lads. Lots of booze judging by the looks on some of the faces Sunday morning.
Yeah, was a good night - a few people had a bit to much - I was very close to the line!
Quoting AlwaysOnAPlane (Reply 21): I just dont really like the hanging around on a flight of stairs while the plane pulls in.
Me either. Horrible process - everyone is on edge including the staff trying to control the rabble
Quoting AlwaysOnAPlane (Reply 21): That is one hell of a routing and I wish you a safe trip in every way.
THanks!
Quoting FLIEGER67 (Reply 22):
great to follow you´re point of view about the TLL meeting.
Shame you didn't come! Have to meet some other time!
Quoting FLIEGER67 (Reply 22): Now that´s another level of interesting destinations.
FlyingFinn76 From Finland, joined Jun 2009, 1705 posts, RR: 41 Reply 24, posted (1 year 4 months 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 3464 times:
Hi Gab,
Good to see your report up, was certainly great hooking up again, if only for such a short period! I'm amazed at what a difference there's between the almost summery weather in the UK and the full winter (although still warmer than is the norm) in Tallinn!
Look forward to another meet, in Berlin at the latest!
Quoting gabrielchew (Thread starter): Back in October I was asked by FlyingFinn76 if I was interested joining a few other a.netters on a winter trip to Stockholm. A cheaper, more pretty destination that I had been hoping for an excuse to get back to.
Hmm, you put it in a bit different terms before: "peer pressure" was among the terms used...
Quoting gabrielchew (Thread starter): I decided to forego the expensive train connections, and took the easyBus service from Baker Street for GBP 5. I was a bit unsure of the time keeping of the bus, but was delighted that instead of the scheduled 1 hour 20 minutes, we arrive exactly an hour after leaving Baker Street.
The easyBus isn't bad if you can score one of the cheaper tickets. Of course it being London and an automobile you are subject to traffic in the city, the M25 and whatever is the designation for the motorway up to Stansted but looks like that Saturday you were pretty lucky. I think it took around 1h30mins when I took it a couple of years ago...
Quoting gabrielchew (Thread starter): , but much busier than I was expecting. I also asked how much Speedy Boarding was – a shocking GBP 13.50 to board first??!?
I've never understood why easyJet keeps gouging so much money for it? Sure, you get a dedicated check in desk (pretty much useless as you have OLCI anyway) - maybe they could split it into two - a cheaper fee for priority boarding and another fee for the works including priority check in (kinda like airBaltic). I find the 4-5 EUR Ryanair charges for priority boarding to be fair.
Quoting gabrielchew (Thread starter): The number of people turning up at the gate grew slowly, and thankfully, everyone was calm, and sitting down, rather than hanging around like vultures.
See, this is the difference between Ezy and Ryan - both are cheap but only Ezy is civilized.
I wonder why they don't lease those planes to other carriers instead of letting them sit there. Or maybe they are targeting the lucrative last minute leases, like the famous BA strikes of yesteryear when FR operated a number of routes for them...
Quoting gabrielchew (Thread starter): .Huh? It turns out just a few days before my flight FR had introduced “reserved” seating. Those with priority boarding passes are allowed in rows 1,2 and the exit rows.
Really? I didn't know that! Then again I haven't flown FR since July. Good to know anyway, I think I might end up with them in May again, need to save some money and they are offering a quite tempting option...
Quoting gabrielchew (Thread starter): So, overall a very pleasant weekend. It was great to meet up with the guys in Tallinn – I should probably have gone to ARN too – never mind. If you’re looking for a weekend break in Europe, Tallinn is just the place if you like a bit of snow!
Yes, certainly nice meeting you! The ARN half of the meeting was great too, but at least there was a proper winter in Tallinn!
Quoting gabrielchew (Thread starter): My next trip is a rather mammoth trip to Africa at the end of the week.
Great stuff, can hardly wait. But anyway take care, I'm still amazed at your camping plans!
Quoting LH4116 (Reply 6): Now that's an interesting marketing gimmick. Offer the pax cheap transfers to the airport. It actually makes sense to fly LCCs then. Wish more faux airlines would come up with a similar idea.
There's the F word again.
25 roberts87: Thanks for posting. Seems like you had decent flights with U2 and FR. Nothing special, but hey, what do you expect for such a bargain price. Thanks fo
26 gabrielchew: Thanks for the comments guys! Yeah, ewas good to see you! Yeah, it was a nice change from summer to winter I was trying to mellow it for the public! B
27 SR117: Hey Gabriel, thanks a lot for the report. Wow, now that's my idea of a cheap and cheerful trip ; ) Wintertime may be chilly, but its a good time to ta
28 gabrielchew: Thanks Ricardo, glad you liked it I always take bus timing with a (big) pinch of salt Yeah, it was quite bitter Indeed, the snow makes it look great
29 717Flyer: Hi Gabriel, Really nice to read another story about the A. net meet! Nice with some variation to see a report not featuring a flight on the Estonian A
30 ba319-131: Hi Gabriel, Good read, Tallinn looks lovely in the snow, have to think about taking the wife there during the snow, perhaps December for a Christmas j
31 gabrielchew: Yeah, I've had enough of that Saab too! haha Not sure what it depends on Well, the first 2 parts are up. I'm flying ET KGL-EBB-ADD tomorrow Yeah, it'
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