Poster: A snowHead
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flyglobespan are starting a daily Stansted - Geneva route on 22nd December. Anyone got any experience of this airline?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Yeah,
They're a scottish company, based in edinburgh, and do daily flights between glasgow/edinburgh -> stansted as well. I've used them a couple of times.. Reasonably priced budget airline (free tea/coffee though!). Normally seems fairly quiet and i've never had any problems with them... They actually allocate you a seat as well!
-John
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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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JohnM, Welcome to snowHeads
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
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JohnM, welcome to snowHeads
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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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JohnM, thanks for that - and welcome to snowHeads
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As John M says, they are a Scottish Company. I have used them many times and they are good. They fly to quite a lot of places from Glasgow and Edinburgh.
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And with a name as pretentious as 'Globespan' I guess they need to!
My main problem at the moment seems to be globespam.
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David Goldsmith, I thought spam came in a square tin not a globe, you're not confusing it with a globe artichoke are you?
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And with a name as pretentious as 'Globespan' I guess they need to!
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Work colleague has just got back from 2 weeks in Canada with flights via Globespa; Manchester to Toronto, and back from Vancouver via Calgary. They booked hotes through Globespan and saved about £2500 over independant booking. Other friends took a family of 5 to Toronto and back from Glasgow. Flights and service all fine (apart from the one caught in the Manchester Airport security alert). Flights to Toronto from several UK & Irish airports and to Vancouver & Calgary from Glasgow, Gatwick, and Manchester.
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They are a reasonably long established Scottish tour operator which branched firstly into charter flights in the summer season to Canada and more recently low cost flights from Glasgow/Edinburgh to various Med destinations (the likes of Easyjet etc dont do that from Scotland so we get to transit thru Luton if we want to do that.) We have flown summer flights (Palma or Barcelona) with no problem.
Last year in Palma they got very excited about baggage weight, so anticipate paying extra if you breach the allowance.....which presumably is how they make their money
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Ford, welcome to snowHeads
Air Scotland sounds like a complete disaster area...
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DON'T EVER FLY WITH AIR SCOTLAND - DELAYS APLENTY!!!
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You know it makes sense.
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jb1970, Looks like NOBODY actually flies with Air Scotland!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Alastair, no experience, but looking at their site and adding up the cost of flights, it apears that they have soon leanrt the art of hiding away the surchages.
A £68 return flight to Geneva soon becomes £108 with taxes etc. You can book BA etc for very little more AND get full luggage allowances. Globespan limit you to 20kg including cabin luggage. Skis && Boards are an extra £15.
It seems to me that these airlines who describe themselves as "no frills" (as do Globespan) really just want an excuse to milk the punter as far as possible without owning up to it!
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