 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi
This isn’t exactly a skiing question, but hoping you can help given Geneva is a popular ski airport!
I’ve got to go to Geneva for work in November- I can get a cheap flight out on Sunday from Manchester with easyJet, but they don’t fly back til Friday and I’d like to come back Tuesday night.
Is there anywhere I can easily get a train to from Geneva and then fly back, or do I just need to accept I’ll have to travel from London (train prices for which will be more than the flights  )
Yours hopefully…
Thanks
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Zurich? Luthansa
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Skyscanner . net showing BA via LHR, KLM via AMS and AF via CDG. Also shows a direct flight with Ethiopian 
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Try Geneva to Liverpool and get a train.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Sounds like a specific November problem, in our experience there are flights from Manchester to and from Geneva most days. In season there are several every day, with different airlines.
As @MikeM says, Liverpool is sometimes an alternative. From Yorkshire it is about another half hour's drive but that is a small price for avoiding the horrible Manchester airport experience. However I don't think that is a daily option, and it definitely varies with the season.
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I’ve tried Liverpool - no options. Also tried Leeds and east mids and again no direct flights. Looks like Manchester out and via London return I think, although I’ll check out Zurich!
Loads of flights daily in December, and I’d have paid to go a day early to ski if that had been the option but sadly it’s an annual conference and not my choice of dates . Thanks all!
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Won't work pay for the train to/from London? If not, and you want to keep the cost down, megabus or national express is usually a lot cheaper than the train.
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Yes they will, I just am conscious of keeping our costs down, we are not a huge organisation. I can fly to Geneva and back for less than an off peak ticket from London to Manchester. Have booked to come back via Gatwick anyway now!
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| Lozza1uk wrote: |
| Yes they will, I just am conscious of keeping our costs down, we are not a huge organisation. I can fly to Geneva and back for less than an off peak ticket from London to Manchester. Have booked to come back via Gatwick anyway now! |
isn't it cheaper and easier to fly back to Manchester via Heathrow than mess about with trains?
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Sadly not that time of night. This also means I can visit my sister near Gatwick so not all bad
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Is there a KLM flight back via AMS? They fly every day.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@Lozza1uk, skyscanner says LH5767 GVA to FRA at 19:10, then LH948 FRA to MAN arrives 22:50 on 15th Nov (Tuesday), approx 162gbp.
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I too would suggest looking at KLM they fly from practically every UK regional airport to Schiphol, even small spots like Humberside & Teeside. There will be a good number of flight from Amsterdam. Schiphol is not my favourite airport, it always seems to involve a lot of walking but less grief than Heathrow or trains.
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