| Hellish return trip from Moscow 08:23 - Jul 13 with 2765 views | itfcjoe |
Not me fortunately, I had a lovely day yesterday with a stopover in Milan and a visit to lake Como for lunch - flight there was a bit dodgy when we were due to land less than 4 hours before kick off and we were stacked around landing for nearly an hour landing just after 6pm and less than 3 hours to kick off.....
The 2 mates we travelled with had return flights via Bratislava - leaving Moscow at 5.10pm, they were at the airport, checked in etc and were running a little late but got to the desk just behind a couple being boarded. Went to hand their passports over and the woman walked away with the sheet of paper, ignored them, and when she came back told them that they'd missed the flight as were 1 minute late. Before marking everyone down as arriving at 5.10pm, apart from them which she wrote down 5.11pm.
Point blank refused to fly so had to go and sort out other flights.
Most flights were £500 plus, so they found one for £260 which has involved them travelling 600km east to Nizhy Novgorod, then from there to Corfu, then home with a total of 9 hours fly time - and on a propeller from Moscow to Nizhy on a plane from before the wall came down.
I woke up this morning and checked phone, and they've now been delayed at Nizhy for 3 1/2 hours, and their connection at Corfu is only 3 hours so they've now missed that flight.
Apparently single flights can be booked from Corfu to home for £70 but they won't be able to book anything until they get there as can't get any info as to when this flight is going to take off....!
Poor guys, can't be much fun! |  |
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| Hellish return trip from Moscow on 08:27 - Jul 13 with 2732 views | Kieran_Knows |
That sounds a bloody nightmare!
Hope you had a good time though (other than the result of course). |  |
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| Hellish return trip from Moscow on 08:29 - Jul 13 with 2715 views | m14_blue |
Glad you went Joe? |  | | |
| Hellish return trip from Moscow on 08:30 - Jul 13 with 2713 views | itfcjoe |
| Hellish return trip from Moscow on 08:29 - Jul 13 by m14_blue |
Glad you went Joe? |
Definitely, it was a fantastic experience and really crammed a lot into a very short break. | |
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| Hellish return trip from Moscow on 08:33 - Jul 13 with 2685 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
So they're not coming home either!   |  |
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| Hellish return trip from Moscow on 08:33 - Jul 13 with 2685 views | m14_blue |
| Hellish return trip from Moscow on 08:30 - Jul 13 by itfcjoe |
Definitely, it was a fantastic experience and really crammed a lot into a very short break. |
Superb.
Such a shame we couldn't see it through but what a ride they gave us. | | | |
| Hellish return trip from Moscow on 08:52 - Jul 13 with 2605 views | Currie10 |
Glad you went mate and got in okay :) ! |  | | |
| Hellish return trip from Moscow on 08:55 - Jul 13 with 2594 views | artsbossbeard |
Jeez, what a kerfuffle!
Personally, I'd have a weekend in Corfu now and fly back on Monday. Wives/kids/Work permitting, of course. |  |
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| Hellish return trip from Moscow on 09:58 - Jul 13 with 2450 views | Guthrum |
I'd have just got on a train heading west and flown home from somewhere like Vilnius. Wouldn't have taken that many more hours and probably cheaper. |  |
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| Hellish return trip from Moscow on 10:10 - Jul 13 with 2413 views | TractorWood |
| Hellish return trip from Moscow on 09:58 - Jul 13 by Guthrum |
I'd have just got on a train heading west and flown home from somewhere like Vilnius. Wouldn't have taken that many more hours and probably cheaper. |
Agree. I'd go West and aim to for the next journey to get me closer to London. Major hubs like Milan, Frankfurt, Helsinki, Munich, Warsaw would be the aim.
Must be really hard not to panic. I've done lots of England away games and try to use one flight with trains. Generally, trying to combine low cost carriers is a false economy as one leg will probably be delayed, cancelled and have no transfer infrastructure. |  |
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| Hellish return trip from Moscow on 10:15 - Jul 13 with 2389 views | brazil1982 |
Certainly sounds like an adventure, but not when you just want to get home and you've lost.
What was the general atmosphere like in Moscow? Was it football mad? | | | |
| Hellish return trip from Moscow on 10:54 - Jul 13 with 2284 views | FrowsyArmLarry |
She must have been on her period |  | | |
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| Hellish return trip from Moscow on 10:54 - Jul 13 by FrowsyArmLarry |
She must have been on her period |
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| Hellish return trip from Moscow on 12:43 - Jul 13 with 2116 views | itfcjoe |
Update - they've just landed in Corfu.
Further update - booked Easyjet flight that gets into Gatwick at midnight tonight [Post edited 13 Jul 2018 12:51]
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| Hellish return trip from Moscow on 14:27 - Jul 13 with 1988 views | soupytwist |
| Hellish return trip from Moscow on 09:58 - Jul 13 by Guthrum |
I'd have just got on a train heading west and flown home from somewhere like Vilnius. Wouldn't have taken that many more hours and probably cheaper. |
Just spent a while looking at the options on the excellent www.seat61.com
The sleeper from Moscow to Helsinki looks quite civilised and the Moscow Tallinn one looks bearable too. |  | | |
| Hellish return trip from Moscow on 18:37 - Jul 13 with 1820 views | Crofty |
I'm pleased now we paid slightly more to book a flex flight with Swiss Air via Geneva.
It's a nightmare when all you want to do is get home and can't because of delays. | | | |
| Hellish return trip from Moscow on 19:30 - Jul 13 with 1778 views | itfcjoe |
Further update, they’ve had a good time in Corfu, hired a boat etc.
Just got back to airport and flight home delayed 2 hours so won’t be home now until 2am.......! | |
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