Icelandair or Continental - from UK

Travelling to NYC on 29/12/05 until 4/1/06 from Scotland.

Options are;

Continental - Edinburgh direct 拢460

Icelandair - Via Reykavik 拢375

Any opinions on these flights - which is best quality?

Icelandair take you form Reykavik airport for a dip in the blue lagoon which is rather unique. Anyone done this?

Cheers

Icelandair or Continental - from UK

I can%26#39;t see your problem.

Pay 拢460 for a boring flight to New York, or pay 拢85 less and have the added experience of a dip in the Blue Lagoon in the middle of winter. No contest for me - Iceland all the time. In fact, forget New York and stop in Reykavik.

Icelandair or Continental - from UK

You don%26#39;t say which airport you are flying from, but www.dialaflight.co.uk have flights from 拢262 inc taxes from most Scottish airports with KLM.

Also check out these sites for airline quality

www.airlinequality.com

www.airlinemeals.net

www.seatguru.com

We flew to Orlando last year with Icelandair via Reykjavik from Glasgow.

We originally booked with KLM via Amsterdam as it was cheaper but the plane broke down at Glasgow so they offered us the flight via Iceland. Although the stopover is for 4 hours it didn%26#39;t add any extra time to our journey but it might with yours as your other flight is direct.

We have flown with various airlines to the US and didn%26#39;t find Icelandair any better or any worse than the others, but did enjoy the trip to the Blue Lagoon.

We are flying out from Glasgow with Continental in 2 days time so I%26#39;ll let you know what it%26#39;s like when we get home.

I%26#39;m a bit worried as it is only a 757 they are using- 3 aisle 3 configuration so it won%26#39;t be very roomy. but we may be pleasantly surprised

babymac,

We fly from Edinburgh with Continental on 24th Sept, our first trip with them. After reading people%26#39;s doubts on the forum I spoke to a couple of friends who have flown with them before. They both said the flights were fine, no problems. We have always flown across the Atlantic in larger planes, usually BA, so was also a bit concerned. Hopefully it%26#39;ll all be ok and we won%26#39;t be disappointed. It%26#39;ll be good to hear how you get on. Have a great holiday.

Jackie (Penicuik)

The continental planes from edinburgh and glasgow are on the small side compared to others..but you will be fine babymac, the stewards on the plane work pretty flat out for most of the trip ,so just don%26#39;t get stuck behind them on your way back from the toilet !! i think you will be pleasantly surprised with them !! my lady who is of average build had no problems ..i did only because i%26#39;m quite tall !! hope you have a great time ..look forward to hearing all about it ..take care .

Thanks guys- I%26#39;m only 5 foot 2 so leg room is never much of a problem for me!!!

My problem now is that my 4 year old is running a fever and is pretty poorly and I don%26#39;t know whether I%26#39;ll now be able to go.

I%26#39;ll be gutted if I have to cancel but you just want your Mum when you%26#39;re not well.

Hopefully it%26#39;ll only be a 24 hour thing- he was ill yesterday and he%26#39;s still in bed so he might sleep it off- fingers crossed!

Audrey

Sorry to hear that your young lad is not to well just now babymac ...i do hope he gets well in time for you to go to NYC ..it would be a shame for you after all the preparations you%26#39;ve no doubt made !! but family always comes first so they say !!

A word of warning for the easily bored re - the Continental flight from Edinburgh. Take plenty of reading matter/a CD player/Ipod - you don%26#39;t get individual tv screens on this flight just the screens that come down from overhead so basically you%26#39;re stuck with the film thats showing. If its not your cup of tea your%26#39;re stuck (FYI I fall into the easily bored category!!!)

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