I filled out a form on the website for Just Airports 4 days ago. Their website says that I would receive a confirmation within 24 hours but I haven't received anything yet. After two days I sent an email and I haven't received a response on that either.

Based on this I have decided to look elsewhere for airport transfers. We are not interested in taking the train from Gatwick into London because we are traveling with children and we would still have to transfer to a taxi or the tube to get to our hotel. On the return our flight is leaving from Heathrow is there a train from Piccadilly that goes directly to this airport without switching?

Thanks for any advice or suggestions on the transfers

Heathrow Express leaves from Paddington, not Piccadilly

Just Airports seem to have issues with their website..but I've called them by phone and always answered me. I know it's more expensive but ..it works fine.

I have a direct email to someone that works for Just Airports as we have emailed in the past with questions I had but when emailing them asking about the transfers I booked with them he hasn't responded to my email even through I received a return receipt that the email was opened by him

So any other suggestions on who to use for transfers?

From Piccadilly Circus, you can ride the Piccadilly Line tube (i.e. underground/subway) directly to Heathrow Airport.

rkkwan - thank you
Do you know what zone it is in, trying to figure out if it falls into our zone 1 and 2 or if we have to purchase an extension for it

Heathrow is in Zone 6.

You just pay the additional fare for Zone 3-6, there's generally a little window for excess fares near the exit - or if you have an Oystercard just put some cash on it to pay for the fare.

If you are coming from the Piccadilly Circus area then unless it's rush hour the DIRECT Tube is always a better option

Our flight is at 8pm on a Thursday from Heathrow. I figure we would have to leave about 5pm, I guess that would make it rush hour or would leaving at 4:30pm make it better?

A couple of comments:

For an 8 p.m. flight you would have to leave central London much before 5:00. If it is a transatlantic flight you need to be AT Heathrow airport by 5:00 - so you would want to be on the tube at Picadilly Circus by 4:00.

Second - the train in from LGW is your best bet even w/ the kids. A car service in from Gatwick could take 1.5 to 2 hours or more depending on the time of day. Plus there are all sorts of discount codes to get you reduced fares on the Gatwick Express. And there are slightly slower trains that are cheaper. I would <u>never</u> use a car service from LGW to central London. (From LHR is an entirely different matter)

BTW - if you use a 1010 number you can call Justairports or anyone else for just pennies.

Do you want a TRAIN or the TUBE? Piccadilly tube to Heathrow with kids and luggage at the start of rush hour sounds like hell to me.

Janis
I am not opposed to taking the train from Gatwick but my husband would rather take a taxi and doesn't want to deal with the trains, transfers, luggage, etc so our only option is a car service

As to calling the UK, I don't mind calling but since I have already had contact with Just Airports by email, their website wasn't working due to being upgraded and they answered my question on prices by email. I am put off using them since they are not answering my email once I contacted them with my flight information and also filled out their form online. I do most of my business online and if I ever did this to my clients I wouldn't be getting much business

Any suggestions on car transfers companies that others have used?

We will probably take a car service back to Heathrow but wanted to get information on the tube also.

I didn't realize we had to be at the airport 3 hours prior to an international flight. In the U.S. it is 2 hours. Thanks for that information.

Our flight gets into Gatwick at 6am

A 6 a.m. flight means you will be starting out from LGW approx 7:15-7:30. Ask your husband if he is willing to sit in HORRIBLE south London traffic for 2 hours. If so, I really feel sorry for all of you.

A car service or cab from LGW makes no difference - they have to drive on the same intensely congested roads. A train is really the only sensible method from LGW - the airport is more than 30 miles from central London and there is no easy/fast driving route.

Of course international flights don't need 3 hours advance check in Britain: in fact, most international flights don't even open check in till two or three hours before.

Some flights to the US might need that long - but only the poster can have the slightest idea what the advised time is, by the time-honoured method of asking her airline.

Getting a car into London at about 0730 from Gatwick will take an unfathomable amount of time: probably 2 hours, but no-one can know. Getting a car from central London around 1600-1700 is equally hazardous. The safest, least messy, thing is the train (Gatwick Express and no other at that time: Heathrow Express going back) and taxi.

The all-road journey in rush hours (0600-1000: 1530-2000) will cause you more stress than a simple train-to-cab connection ever can.

Its true one doesn't &quot;need&quot; 3 hours at LHR -- but most of the transatlantic carriers are now saying 3 hours. It does mean you spend a lot of time shopping the in shopping mall known as LHR duty free. 2 hours <i>should</i> be plenty - but check w/ your airline to be sure.

And I agree - a 4 or 5 p.m. the Picadilly line will be packed solid. Your husband should really consider trains for both legs. Hope he isn't a stubborn you know what . . . . . .

Taking the Gatwick Express is not that much of a hassle. You catch the train right at the airport (you may have to ride the airport rapid transit first.) The ride is 30 minutes, and there is a decent amount of luggage storage in the train car (at either end of the car and overhead.) When you reach central London, you get a taxi to your hotel. We did this last March and it really couldn't be easier and more straightforward. If you are going to have monumental trouble with luggage, I would, in all sincerity, suggest that you pare down what you are bringing.

Another car service mentioned frequently here is Ray Skinner.

http://london-transfers.com/

Yes, Ray Skinner is very popular. But be aware their MINIMUM charge from Heathrow to central London is 44 pounds. Just Airports is 24 to 28 depending upon destination, and I last paid 25 pounds with Swiss Cottage Cars.

And from Gatwick nearly twice those amounts . . . . .

(as said above by several - a car service from Gatwick makes next to no sense)