16 February 2016

London to St Anton

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.

Dep LGW
13:25
Arr INN
16:25
Flight
76
gbp
Bag
18
gbp
Airport - HBf
2.7
eur
Inn HBf - StAaA
21
eur
Train time
1.5 hrs
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.

Dep LGW
14:15
Arr SZG
17:20
Flight
33
gbp
Bag
23.75
gbp
SZG - StAaA
53.6
eur
Train time
3 hrs
Total
99
gbp


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).

dep LGW
11:00
arr FDH
13:45
Flight
52
gbp
Bag
18
gbp
FDH - StAaA
31
eur
Train time
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.

dep STN
11:45
arr FMM
14:30
Flight
33
gbp
Bag - guess
15
gbp
FMM - HBf
3
eur
Memm - StAaA
48
eur
Train time
4 hrs
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.

dep LHR
15:40
arr ZRH
20:05
Flight
86
gbp
Bag
20
gbp
ZRH - StAaA
54
eur
Train time
2.75 hrs
Total
148
gbp


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.