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Airport Queues
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posts : 13 (Beginner)Date : 01-19-05 21:02Airport Queues
All,I am flying out with Balkan Holidays this Saturday from Gatwick at 14:15.
Ticket says last check-in is two hours before. Anyone been on this flight in the last few weeks, is it organised chaos trying to check-in or was the queue fairly short?
Thx
Bansko Boy
re: Airport Queues
the queues at manchester are bloody big !!!!!the times weve been with them have got there very early and been first in the queue.
re: Airport Queues
sounds like chaos to me,, Im flying at 3.30 out of gatwick and been told to arrive 3 hours before which puts us arriving about the same time
re: Airport Queues
To be fair the queues with Balkan from Gatwick on 2nd Jan were OK, but they had put our flight back by several hours 
so it was quieter.
We decided to leave in plenty of time and enjoy a few Gatwick beers first - you then appreciate how cheap it is when you get to the resort. It is much less stressful whiling away an hour or two in the airport than turning up at the last minute, 'doing' the roundabout off the M23 on two wheels (unless you are on a bike of course), looking for the ...
so it was quieter.We decided to leave in plenty of time and enjoy a few Gatwick beers first - you then appreciate how cheap it is when you get to the resort. It is much less stressful whiling away an hour or two in the airport than turning up at the last minute, 'doing' the roundabout off the M23 on two wheels (unless you are on a bike of course), looking for the ...
To be fair the queues with Balkan from Gatwick on 2nd Jan were OK, but they had put our flight back by several hours so it was quieter.
We decided to leave in plenty of time and enjoy a few Gatwick beers first - you then appreciate how cheap it is when you get to the resort. It is much less stressful whiling away an hour or two in the airport than turning up at the last minute, 'doing' the roundabout off the M23 on two wheels (unless you are on a bike of course), looking for the desk, screaming at the kids who are managing to walk slower than ever etc... etc...
Have a great time.
Bill
so it was quieter.We decided to leave in plenty of time and enjoy a few Gatwick beers first - you then appreciate how cheap it is when you get to the resort. It is much less stressful whiling away an hour or two in the airport than turning up at the last minute, 'doing' the roundabout off the M23 on two wheels (unless you are on a bike of course), looking for the desk, screaming at the kids who are managing to walk slower than ever etc... etc...
Have a great time.
Bill
