...and what other "cheap" airlines do you know that fly between UK, Ireland and Europe (esp. Amsterdam)? <BR>How good are they, and what is their weak points? Do they have a good on-time record? <BR>We are flying w/2 kids, and at one point change from one flight (RyanAir) to another (EasyJet) in Luton (London). With these kind of airlines you have to be extra careful, I guess... <BR>Thanks for the info. Amik

Try www.eurotrip.com <BR>cheap flight forum <BR>lots of eurotrippers use those two airlines and can give you more info

<BR>Don't know much about RyanAir, but EasyJet is cheap and reliable and has a good on-time record. <BR>Weak points: no free meals and drinks, they won't check your luggage for more than one flight (so from Dublin to Amsterdam you will have to pick up your luggage and check in again in London Luton).

Beware sunday evening flights back from "weekender" destinations - eg sun eve from Dublin to Glasgow.The plane is full of drunks, Ryanair not only lets them on, they sell them booze. <BR>Also be sure to check in early for Easyjet & Ryanair flights - getting bumped off is more common than on full-price flights. <BR>Note there is no seat allocation on these flights, saves time, but can be a surprise. <BR>Apart from the above they are very good & MILES cheaper than the opposition.

I regularly travel on all the cheap airlines that fly out of London. I have found EasyJet and Ryanair both to be great. The value for money is superb and the quotes include taxes. I have flown London to Venice (50 sterling rtn), London to Barcelona (40 sterling return) and London Edinburgh (23 sterling return) etc etc. All of the above flights were bought on-line where the best specials are available. At these prices, I happy to buy my own coffee, EasyJet also allows you to change your flight for 10 pounds. Another low cost airline is GO which is owned by British Airways. I try to avoid this one because its purpose is to put the others out of business so that regular BA prices can reign. Sometimes though, their prices are so good that I have to leave my principles behind...

I am willing to add my two cents on reasons why Fodorites might want to consider boycotting GO! and supporting RyanAir, Buzz and their fellow upstarts. <BR> <BR>About this time last year, Go! made a big splash on Frommers.com about "plans" to enter the England-Italy market - - but they wouldn't say anything about which cities, what kind of schedules or fares - - the equivalent of "vaporware" in air travel - - all seemingly designed to reduce bookings on its competitors without actually committing to offering ANY service. Ultimately, it did offer STN-MIL initially - - competing with klmUK - - and I was very pleased to have taken a group on klmUK (alas, with one delayed bag arrival) - - but ANYthing to keep from supporting this predatory, unethical "vapor routes" business. <BR> <BR>I complained about this on Frommers.com (who provided Go! a ton of free publicity) but they never published my letter to the editor. <BR> <BR>Upstart airlines are our friends, fellow Europe travel consumers! support them! - - even if you do have to keep an ear to the ground - - e.g., debonair!)