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So, sick of trudging about in the snow for the last couple of days, decided to have a look at some flights to MCO for a long weekend at the end of the month.

Dates were departing 26th Jan, returning 31st Jan and this is what comes up

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26th Jan

LGW to NQY with flybe - NQY ????

26th Jan

NQY to MAN with flybe

OVERNIGHT MAN !!

27th Jan

MAN to MCO

It doesn't give you any confidence to use their booking engine

David

[mitchja]

I suspect it's more to do with the lack of direct LGW & MAN connections.

Perhaps the LGW flight(s) are fully booked? Probably be easier just to try MAN>MCO direct and use the train possibly?

There are, I believe, no direct flights between LGW>MAN these days and it's been like that for a few years since BA dropped the MAN>LGW>MAN route. Jet2 did briefly try that route but I think they also dropped it as well.

Your only option now is the train (even then there's at least 1 change) or the painful bus transfer connection via LHR now for Northern connections to/from LGW.

LGW really does feel very isolated for Northern travellers now and is the reason why I don't even consider LGW these days.

Yes, if there's no LGW-MCO flight on the 26th - or it's sold out - it's giving you what it thinks is the next best option given that there's no direct LGW-MAN flight!

Do you earn TPs for the Flybe legs lol?

[mitchja]

I'm sure I read somewhere that you don't earn any VS TP's on FlyBe connecting flights.

i think as these are only connections for VS longhaul, not 'standalone' routes, there won't be any TP

when i first saw the announcement i'd thought, great, little red is effectively back, albeit as a codeshare, but afaik there's no option to book, say, LHR-EDI on VS, only to use EDI etc. as one end of a longhaul booking

Ah - the perils of the "codeshare" when the computer programming excludes the "common sense" option. It does get you from LGW to MCO using the "Morecambe and Wise" approach - just not necessarily on the same day! Was the price a good one?

Ah - the perils of the "codeshare" when the computer programming excludes the "common sense" option. It does get you from LGW to MCO using the "Morecambe and Wise" approach - just not necessarily on the same day! Was the price a good one?

Yup, that's exactly what I thought. Wonder why you'd want to go to Newquay on route to Orlando ??? But more interesting is what's the 2nd "aircraft" on the first flight - a legacy 1000

When you google it, all that comes up is a rifle ???

And no, unfortunately, the price was worse than rubbish

David

1 hour 10 on a small jet from NQY is a bit pessimistic isn't it? what would you say 40 minutes max?