What is the best airline carrier going into Scotland?

[Pei]

Originally posted by Chairboy
Can you please convert that into wittlesburg farthings or St. Luxembourg Danamarks so the rest of us can follow the conversation?

quid = pounds

http://www.xe.com/ucc/

[Reschke]

Thanks for the help. I wouldn't mind hopping a train or commuter flight up there or even renting a car and driving the distance.

For those of you who live in Britain what is the distance and allowed highway speeds between London and Edinburgh? I have never been to England and or Scotland and would like to take a few days to tour after the wedding before coming home. After all it would be really close to the 10th wedding anniversary for my wife and I and we could just call it our anniversary trip.

[beet1e]

Originally posted by Reschke
For those of you who live in Britain what is the distance and allowed highway speeds between London and Edinburgh?

About 400 miles. Legal speed limit is 70mph, but most people do more like 80-90.

[Tarmac]

The train ride from London to Edinburgh is beautiful, especially if you've never been there before.  It's a little over 4 hours, iirc.  

Also,  if you fly into London, the RAF museum at Hendon is only a 30 minute subway ride, and Duxford (the best air museum I've ever been to) is only 45 minutes by train.  In July you might also be able to catch an airshow, or at least see a bunch of warbirds flying.    If you'll be there the 9th and 10th, they're having their huge WWII airshow.  I highly recommend it.

[Replicant]

Originally posted by Reschke
Thanks for the help. I wouldn't mind hopping a train or commuter flight up there or even renting a car and driving the distance.

For those of you who live in Britain what is the distance and allowed highway speeds between London and Edinburgh? I have never been to England and or Scotland and would like to take a few days to tour after the wedding before coming home. After all it would be really close to the 10th wedding anniversary for my wife and I and we could just call it our anniversary trip.

Train would take about 6-7 hours from London Heathrow to Edinburgh (ex used to travel to Edinburgh from 100 miles north of London and that used to take 4 - 5 hours).  Distance, including tube from LHR, is about 450 miles (did a train time check and it's about 6 hours plus waiting times at Heathrow and at London Kings Cross so you can add up to another hour).

I think that Glasgow would be the cheapest international destination in Scotland (think flying into Edinburgh is more expensive).  Glasgow to Edinburgh is about 1 hour by train.

I did a search of flying into Glasgow International (NOT Prestwick!!) and I got the price to $1,046 which is pretty reasonable.  Flying into Edinburgh is about $200 more.  London Heathrow is about $150 more plus you need to get from London to Edinburgh!

I would recommend flying straight into Glasgow.  

If you did want to visit an aircraft museum then there is one about 15 miles from Edinburgh called 'Museum of Flight - East Fortune' (http://www.nms.ac.uk/flight/index.asp).  I've been there and it's okay, obviously not as good as the ones down south but they have a Concorde, Me163, Beaufighter, Blenheim (latter two awaiting construction - check for access) plus other aircraft.  Most impressive thing for me was that the airfield has many buildings untouched since WW2.

[mora]

The most cheapest way would be to get a $50 flight with JetBlue or something similar to NYC and get a $300 roundtrip flight to Scotland from there, they do excist but you have to shop around.

The last time I went to states I flew HEL-JFK-FLA for $550 return.

[Tarmac]

I emailed a friend who routinely flies from detroit to edinburgh.  Here's her reply.  This applies to detroit, but hopefully it'll give you some ideas.  

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ROUTES
Strongly Suggested:  Northwest/KLM on the Detroit-Amsterdam-Edinburgh route.
BIG advantage is that you don't have to go through customs/immigration in
Amsterdam.  The Dutch don't bother since you're going to be leaving their
country very soon on your connecting flight.  Another good point is that
Amsterdam Schipol airport has good signage so no trouble getting to departure
gate.  Only small downside to going through Amsterdam is that they're on the
Euro; if you wanted to buy anything in the airport you'd need to hit a cash
machine to get the correct currency (or charge it on a credit card and accept
any currency conversion fees charged by credit card company).
Customs/immigration in Edinburgh is quick and painless.

Second Best:  Continental on the Detroit-Newark-Glasgow route.  Shorter flying
time.  No customs/immigration until you hit Edinburgh.  Downside = you'd need
to catch a train from Glasgow to Edinburgh (about an hour, $30).

Not Recommended:  British Airways on the Detroit-London-Edinburgh way, you have
to go through customs/immigration in London and that is a HUGE pain in the ass.
Last time I went that way, it took me four hours to get through.

COST OF FLYING
Check out lastminute.com.  Flights in July will always be more expensive due to
the time of year.  I found one for about $1187 round-trip in July on the
Northwest/KLM route.  Tip:  try to fly on a Tuesday or Wednesday as it's less
expensive.

[Replicant]

I would avoid going via Amsterdam.  Almost everyone I know who has flown via Amsterdam (UK to Germany) has had problems with their luggage going missing.  I think they have a real problem there.

[Toad]

Fly Haggis International... you'll love the cuisine!

[Replicant]

Oooh, I could just eat a haggis!  Lovely food!

[Tarmac]

Originally posted by Toad
Fly Haggis International... you'll love the cuisine!

If you don't think about what you're eating, haggis is pretty good.