David,

Many thanks - just what I was after.

Cheers, Chris

ps having read whats involved, ie no online checkin - airport checkin only, not visible in your Easyjet.com account and everything having to be done on the phone at 10p / minute I can see why Easyjet do not explain whats involved in using the credit.

More summer Med routes for EasyJet

A number of Mediterranean leisure routes are to be started from the UK by EasyJet this summer.

The new routes include Liverpool-Bodrum, Bristol to Dalaman, Bodrum and Heraklion; and Stansted to Bodrum, Dalaman, Dubrovnik and Split

They are part of expansion which will see 21 new routes added by the airline, taking the total number of routes to be launched across its European network in 2010 to 70.

The new services means the airline will offer more than 500 routes connecting 19 bases across the UK and the continent to key airports across Europe and North Africa.

With permission from Travelmole

Not having flown Easyjet from Gatwick before I was wondering if they use an airbridge or is it a walk to the plane? We are flying to Malta on 20th January (7.15am) or at lease we will be if there is no snow!

Pippa

Pippa,

Easyjet use both airbridge boarding and remote parking (buses) at Gatwick North and South- although the majority out of Gatwick North is by Air Bridge.....with some being across the bridge to stands 112-116 -which is quite a long walk from the terminal area.

Nivsy

Has anyone any idea when the 2010/11 winter schedule and prices are released ?

Thanks, Chris

It is Gatwick North that we are flying from.

We have used those stands across the bridge when we have flown BA. Yes, it is a fairly long walk but quite interesting as well!

Pippa

Just going back to the on-line check in with hold luggage. We used this for our New year's eve break to Prague. I printed out the boarding cards for the outward and return flights and was instructed to just drop the suitcase off at one of the designated areas at the airport. This is supposed to save time at the check in desks. however, I failed to see any such area in Bristol and ended up going through the normal check-in desk. luckily there wasn't a queue so we were thropugh in no time.

When we arrived at Prague airport for the return flight there were already loads queuing at the check-in desks (although they were yet to open). I noticed a sign above the first desk that said Speedy boarding and on-line check in only. There was no-one queuing there and I was lucky enough to be at the front when the desk opened. Had I not done the on-line check-in, we most definitely would have been at the end of a long queue at one of the other desks.

Have Easyjet implemented the restrictions on access to hand luggage during final hour of flights?

If so, are they making allowance for parents who need to feed babies on short flights or allowing dummies to be attached to baby using those 'saver' things (parents will know what I'm talking about)?

I assume that hubby and I would be allowed to have purse/wallet with money for buying drinks/snacks for us in a pocket.

If restrictions are such that we won't be allowed to keep food or dummies for our babies accessible then we won't be flying over to England at the end of April.

cate ... the only recent changes announced so far will primarily affect passengers flying to the US, as outlined in THIS post.

David

Thanks David, reason I asked is that I read an article on BBC website last weekend which said that UK government were going to consider introducing the same restrictions as the USA.

cate ... security measures are understandably under constant review, especially in light of recent events. Some new measures may be announced in the near future which could apply at all airports or on all flights, other measures may be more 'random' or 'unpredictable'. If or when any changes are announced, we will post details in our HAND LUGGAGE REGULATIONS & INCREASED SECURITY topic.

David

Hi Cate, just to set your mind at rest, we had no restrictions whatsoever during the last hour of our flight last week.

Hi,
Does anyone know when the Gatwick - Tenerife November flights will be on sale please?
Thanks. Jean

Hi Jean,

It could be as late as May or June. I'm checking Gatwick - Faro every day for October flights and will post as soon as these are released. Don't know whether Tenerife ones are released at the same time but I'm sure someone will tell us.

Hi Pippa, I've also just booked for Malta with easyjet for April,and noticed that if your flight leaves before 08:30 you can check in the night before from 20:00, have you ever done this before?.It will be my first trip to Malta staying at The Palace in Sliema, booked it as a holiday through Easyjet got an excellent price.Maggie

Hi,

I noticed that you could check in the evening before if your flight leaves early in the morning too. We won't be doing it though. We have checked in online so just have to drop off the bags and head for security. Not sure it is worth a trip to the airport the evening before and paying for parking just to save probably no more than 15 minutes queuing at the bag drop. Another thing that put me off checking in the evening before is that the last 2 Wednesdays the flight to Malta (along with many others) has been cancelled due to snow. It could be a hassle if having checked in your bags the previous evening to have to go and claim then back again!

We are off to Malta on Wednesday so hopefully no snow.............

Pippa

Hopefully no snow for you Pippa, But Maggiemae we are flying from Gatwick during April to Tenerife and I consider being able to check in after 8 the night before a real advantage we are staying overnight prior to our flight and it will save us carting our hold luggage to the Hotel and back again the next morning as we will be arriving to LGW by train which is just minutes from the check in.

Thanks for both replys, I'm a little confused now, the confirmation page I printed off yesterday when i booked online states it's north terminal, but the confirmation e-mail they sent me says south terminal.I'm flying out on friday April 9th,should it be North?

Hi maggiemae ... according to the Easyjet website, flight numbers between 8000 and 8999 operate from the North Terminal. All other flight numbers operate from the South Terminal.

David