New route SIN-LGW awards fully open

[Gold Member]

Go! Go go go!

From July. Includes LGW-SIN.

I can’t see them on partners airlines, yet.

 

[kpc]

Go! Go go go!

From July. Includes LGW-SIN.

I can’t see them on partners airlines, yet.

Taxes on Lgw to Sin will be horrible

 

[Gold Member]

Taxes on Lgw to Sin will be horrible

Surely better than Heathrow?

 

[AIRwin]

Surely better than Heathrow?

Lounges?

 

[Gold Member]

Lounges?

No idea. Got any business awards in peak European summer?

 

[SYD]

Surely better than Heathrow?

Presumably much the same? The extortionate UK departure tax is the same for all ports?

Mind you, I did buy a CX SYD-LGW (return) fare for circa $5k just before the Big C…

 

[jrfsp]

Presumably much the same? The extortionate UK departure tax is the same for all ports?

Mind you, I did buy a CX SYD-LGW (return) fare for circa $5k just before the Big C…

APD tax will be the same, but airport fees are generally lower from LGW

 

[SYD]

APD tax will be the same, but airport fees are generally lower from LGW

About £30 by the looks. But you’ll spend more than that getting to/from LGW and central London.

 

[jase05]

Lounges?

There is a No1 lounge there

 

[Jacques Vert]

About £30 by the looks. But you’ll spend more than that getting to/from LGW and central London.

Try the EasyBus (Gatwick to/from London, Heathrow Airport and Oxford from £2) for a reasonable price from London to LGW, or v.v.; currently about GBP8.80 if you book in advance. We did this in 2010 for GBP2.00 and it worked fine; only thing to watch is the baggage limit although on our trip there was only one other pax on the bus so the driver didn't care how much luggage we had.

 

[SYD]

Try the EasyBus (Gatwick to/from London, Heathrow Airport and Oxford from £2) for a reasonable price from London to LGW, or v.v.; currently about GBP8.80 if you book in advance. We did this in 2010 for GBP2.00 and it worked fine; only thing to watch is the baggage limit although on our trip there was only one other pax on the bus so the driver didn't care how much luggage we had.

I used to be happy with the regular train (Southern) that only took a few minutes longer than the Gatwick Express but I was shocked to see this year that it was up to about £20 one-way. Fortunately I was flying out of Heathrow but just happened to be at London Victoria station and checked the train prices… I believe you can buy advance purchase tickets, but they’re still £13.50 oneway.

 

[Must...Fly!]

I used to be happy with the regular train (Southern) that only took a few minutes longer than the Gatwick Express but I was shocked to see this year that it was up to about £20 one-way. Fortunately I was flying out of Heathrow but just happened to be at London Victoria station and checked the train prices… I believe you can buy advance purchase tickets, but they’re still £13.50 oneway.

Unfortunately I believe that's correct.

As an aside, I used to work at London Victoria...fun times. Gatwick was often about 6 quid if you booked an advance saver. Thameslink used to be a bit cheaper than a Southern service (from the Thameslink corridor or London Bridge) but I don't think that is the case any more either.

 

[dajop]

Last time we had to travel from Gatwick to Kensington (Olympia) and the best way was to change at East Croydon. We discovered that Gatwick to East Croydon was only about 3GBP (off peak) and that we could save money for the minor inconvenience (given we had to change there anyway) of exiting the station and re-entering using a different credit card . As we didn’t go through zone 1, the fare was then only 2GBP. So 5 GBP for the total journey. Much less expensive than expected.

But to get to Central London it would be 8GBP using this method, but obviously more inconvenient if not already needing to change at East Croydon.

 

[SYD]

Unfortunately I believe that's correct.

As an aside, I used to work at London Victoria...fun times. Gatwick was often about 6 quid if you booked an advance saver. Thameslink used to be a bit cheaper than a Southern service (from the Thameslink corridor or London Bridge) but I don't think that is the case any more either.

Actually, it possibly was Thameslink we used last from Vauxhall via Clapham Junction. I’m sure it was only about £5 or £6 in late 2019.

 

[Must...Fly!]

Last time we had to travel from Gatwick to Kensington (Olympia) and the best way was to change at East Croydon. We discovered that Gatwick to East Croydon was only about 3GBP (off peak) and that we could save money for the minor inconvenience (given we had to change there anyway) of exiting the station and re-entering using a different credit card . As we didn’t go through zone 1, the fare was then only 2GBP. So 5 GBP for the total journey. Much less expensive than expected.

But to get to Central London it would be 8GBP using this method, but obviously more inconvenient if not already needing to change at East Croydon.

Yes the change at East Croydon trick can still work, particularly useful if your destination is on the western side of London. The Southern service from East Croydon via the West London line is only hourly though, so it can take a while.

But it is offset by the cheaper price and avoiding multiple potential changes on the tube for example. I think you can also hop off at East Croydon, do the tap off/on shuffle then get any train to Clapham Junction and the overground from there via the West London line to potentially save waiting.

My trick before touch & go was a thing at Gatwick and I needed to save money. Paper ticket Gatwick to East Croydon, then exit and re-enter using my annual Z1-2 travel card and pay the extension fare for Z5-Z2 travel. Now easier if you have more than one payment card of course.