With the low cost flights transfers from airports, often on the outskirts of the capitals, have become increasingly complicated. I am realizing more and more often that low cost flights are cheap yes, but up to a certain point.
Today there are many flag carriers who do last minute discounts and sales. Who does not remember the Alitalia flight at 99 €? And all the double tickets at the price of one of the various SkyEurope? Not to mention what international companies combine with their contests, nearly € 5000 worth of shopping gifts offered on the Singapore Tourism Board.
Are low cost flights, or at least those that are called so by convention, still this great savings? Let's do two accounts.
If I want to go to Barcelona I leave from Bologna, Rome, Pisa and many other cities with Ryanair, but I only arrive at Girona airport. The flight costs me from 50 to 90 euros round trip, finished price including taxes, but the transport to Barcelona city costs about 21 euros. From 70 to 110 euros of vehicles only and so far everything ok. Let's consider the times: flight about 2 hours, bus 1 hour and 20.
If, on the other hand, I want to go to London or Brussels, the situation becomes complicated. Admitting to be able to find a good flight and to spend less than 50 euros round trip transportation problem remains because the journeys are long and often uncomfortable, not to mention the costs.
Flag airlines, such as theAlitalia or Lufthansa even these calls, so more by definition, often offer us high costs for national or international flights, but on closer inspection there are many offers. If you can get a good offer you save in time, because you land in major international airports, and sometimes even in cash.
Il crux of the matter perhaps it is not how much you can save with low cost flights, but how much time you save at the same, or almost equal, price with national airlines. Having found the difficult question now the answer is very personal: do you prefer to save money or save time?
