I'm looking to get to St Anton on Saturday 20th February ... there are
loads of different options from London ... so I ended up putting together a
spreadsheet to work out the different total costs - including the various
different baggage fees from different airlines, and the different rail costs
from different airports. Below are the cheapest flights I could find,
ignoring the 7am departures !
I ended up booking this flight to Innsbruck - it has the shortest
transfer time - so hopefully I will be able to go and pick up my skis and boots
from the hire shop in St Anton on Saturday evening. The trip from
Innsbruck airport into town by bus is quite straightforward ... and with a
direct train from the main station at 17:15, i could get a taxi into town if
the connection was getting tight.
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Dep LGW
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13:25
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Arr INN
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16:25
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Flight
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76
|
gbp
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Bag
|
18
|
gbp
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Airport - HBf
|
2.7
|
eur
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Inn HBf - StAaA
|
21
|
eur
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Train time
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1.5 hrs
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|
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Total
|
112
|
gbp
|
Whilst the option of going to Salzburg was a bit cheaper - the airport
is a bit of a mosh pit at weekends during the winter, and i wouldn't get into
St Anton until after the ski shops had closed. And the amount Monarch
charge for a bag in the hold is just crazy.
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Dep LGW
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14:15
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Arr SZG
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17:20
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Flight
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33
|
gbp
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Bag
|
23.75
|
gbp
|
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SZG - StAaA
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53.6
|
eur
|
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Train time
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3 hrs
|
|
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Total
|
99
|
gbp
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The Friedrichshafen option was quite attractive - but it would mean an
earlier start in the morning, and some of the train connections were a bit
tight (although there were plenty more trains, it would just take a bit
longer).
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dep LGW
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11:00
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arr FDH
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13:45
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|
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Flight
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52
|
gbp
|
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Bag
|
18
|
gbp
|
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FDH - StAaA
|
31
|
eur
|
|
Train time
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2.5 hrs
|
3
changes
|
|
Total
|
94
|
gbp
|
I've never flown to or from Memmingen airport ... but it just sounded
like too much effort on this occasion (including a not overly frequent bus
service from the airport to the train station) ... even though the fare is very
good.
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dep STN
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11:45
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arr FMM
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14:30
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|
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Flight
|
33
|
gbp
|
|
Bag - guess
|
15
|
gbp
|
|
FMM - HBf
|
3
|
eur
|
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Memm - StAaA
|
48
|
eur
|
|
Train time
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4 hrs
|
|
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Total
|
88
|
gbp
|
I really like Zurich airport, and the fact that mainline trains depart
from underneath the airport - but the fare just wasn't competitive.
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dep LHR
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15:40
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arr ZRH
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20:05
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|
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Flight
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86
|
gbp
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Bag
|
20
|
gbp
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ZRH - StAaA
|
54
|
eur
|
|
Train time
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2.75 hrs
|
|
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Total
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148
|
gbp
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I also looked at prices to Munich - but sadly the cheap Lufthansa
flights arrived to late to make the last train to St Anton.
Flights to Geneva weren't particularly cheap, and the train costs around
120 euro each way - so the totals weren't competitive.
