Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 5:06 pm Post subject: Easyjet - Madrid/Tangiers
Who has gone this way from London before? Is it really long? Are they strict with excess baggage?
RAM are asking £450 at the mo and I refuse to pay that much as it's a rip off!!! Easyjet seems the only other option!
“Do not look to those above you. Look to those below you, as it will more likely remind you of Allah’s favors bestowed on you.” (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 6:12 pm Post subject: Re: Easyjet - Madrid/Tangiers
Khalid - I have travelled Easyjet Luton - Madrid - Tangier many times. Going out it is just right as by the time you have collected your bags at Madrid and then checked in at Madrid to go to Tangier you only have about an hour and half or so spare. Enough time to grab a cup of coffee, a snack and a look around the expensive shops (if you dont mind the really high prices at Madrid airport!). Coming back there is something like a 5 hour wait at Madrid before the flight back to Luton. There is always the option to catch the underground train at the airport and pop into Madrid centre to kill some time
Easyjet aren't too bad with regards to excess baggage. It really depends on the mood of the check-in staff. The Madrid staff are much more easy going than the Luton staff. For example you can take a fag lighter and you dont always have to strip off as you go through to departures
Once you are called to board the plane the Moroccan experiences then start. Think organised queuing then think about the Moroccan style of queuing i.e. just walk to the front and push in, then watch others as they do exactly the same. What starts out as a nice long line very quickly becomes a big ball of people pushing and shoving to get on a plane that is going anywhere untill everybody has boarded in any case!
If however you have already booked your tickets and find that you dont want to go, you can always give me the tickets. I will send you a postcard, pick up a little gift (say some Moroccan slippers or safi vase or whatever) and you will be safe with the knowledge that it would have been really appreciated
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 9:34 pm Post subject: Re: Easyjet - Madrid/Tangiers
Paul,
Thank you very much for the above information, very much appreciated mate!
Well for the dates I want i'm looking at £243 which is a hell of a lot of a saving!! (Luton-Madrid/Tanger) BUT you only get 20K of baggage allowences (1 suitcase) and I usually take around 30K and another 5K in hand luggage etc...
Now is it true easyjet charge £84 for an extra 3K of weight? now that's some serious doe lol...
Sale ends today which is just my luck as I am still mauling the idea of going with easyjet...
Cheers Paul (Tkt is in the post! )
K.
“Do not look to those above you. Look to those below you, as it will more likely remind you of Allah’s favors bestowed on you.” (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 10:53 pm Post subject: Re: Easyjet - Madrid/Tangiers
Khalid - I think when you book your flight you can also remove or add extra weight or an extra suitcase. Dont know how much it will be although I am sure if you book it at the same time it is not that expensive
To be honest, when I go (alone or with friends) I only travel with hand luggauge and this is only for my camera, passport, etc. I take a newspaper and work my way through the suduko puzzles. Daily mail has 5 or 6 and some good brain teasers. The time goes quick this way. When you have family and they need food, drink, etc it costs a fair amount. It really is an expensive airport
For our next trip, I think we paid £75 each return which is a good price. especialy during school summer holiday time
Tangier is a nice airport
Where are you looking to go in Morocco? If you don't mind me asking
On a slightly seperate note, what typicaly does a Moroccan take back with them when they go? Please don't say tea-bags, lea & perring sauce or any thing like that!
Dont seem to remember reading about you returning home. Do you go back to Morocco much? How about me and you go to my apartment and make a start in sharing our knowledge. I have a very open mind
On a serious note and if you dont mind me asking, what part of Morocco are you from?
Khalid - I think when you book your flight you can also remove or add extra weight or an extra suitcase. Dont know how much it will be although I am sure if you book it at the same time it is not that expensive
To be honest, when I go (alone or with friends) I only travel with hand luggauge and this is only for my camera, passport, etc. I take a newspaper and work my way through the suduko puzzles. Daily mail has 5 or 6 and some good brain teasers. The time goes quick this way. When you have family and they need food, drink, etc it costs a fair amount. It really is an expensive airport
For our next trip, I think we paid £75 each return which is a good price. especialy during school summer holiday time
Tangier is a nice airport
Where are you looking to go in Morocco? If you don't mind me asking
On a slightly seperate note, what typicaly does a Moroccan take back with them when they go? Please don't say tea-bags, lea & perring sauce or any thing like that!
“Do not look to those above you. Look to those below you, as it will more likely remind you of Allah’s favors bestowed on you.” (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 5:36 am Post subject: Re: Easyjet - Madrid/Tangiers
Khalid - I live (and was born) in sunny Luton, Bedfordshire
I have an apartment about an hour away from Tangier on the Med coast. It is inbetween M'Diq and Ceuta. I think the area was called Restinga Smir and now they are trying to call it Tamuda Bay. It is also known as the Golden Mile!
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 2:02 pm Post subject: Re: Easyjet - Madrid/Tangiers
I know the area very well, I have cousins who have houses in restinga, a wonderful place to have a summer vacation, but I have not been back there for 2 years it must of changed alot now!
“Do not look to those above you. Look to those below you, as it will more likely remind you of Allah’s favors bestowed on you.” (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 2:47 pm Post subject: Re: Easyjet - Madrid/Tangiers
Anyone gone the iberia route? Madrid/tanger or barca/tanger?
“Do not look to those above you. Look to those below you, as it will more likely remind you of Allah’s favors bestowed on you.” (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
Anyone gone the iberia route? Madrid/tanger or barca/tanger?
I have Khalid, and will be doing so again in the summer inshallah. I think Iberia is the way to go - professional airline with competitive prices (if you book far enough ahead) and changing in Madrid/ Barca not as stressful as u might think. Plus the 46KG luggage allowance doesnt hurt
Anyone gone the iberia route? Madrid/tanger or barca/tanger?
I have Khalid, and will be doing so again in the summer inshallah. I think Iberia is the way to go - professional airline with competitive prices (if you book far enough ahead) and changing in Madrid/ Barca not as stressful as u might think. Plus the 46KG luggage allowance doesnt hurt
Salam sis,
Ahh cool, sounds good with the lugguge allowence lol, but I've heard that lugguge gets lost and never seem again lol which is scary
“Do not look to those above you. Look to those below you, as it will more likely remind you of Allah’s favors bestowed on you.” (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
Dont seem to remember reading about you returning home. Do you go back to Morocco much? How about me and you go to my apartment and make a start in sharing our knowledge. I have a very open mind
On a serious note and if you dont mind me asking, what part of Morocco are you from?
Hi Paul,
Many thanks. one day if God wills.
I would love to go any day to Morocco but my job is the trouble can't take time off . I am thinking to go around sept though .
So you live in Luton? Great I used to hang around there a lot when i was living in knebworth. My old Pal has a studio there by the main Police station. great memories .
About Morocco
I was born there and lived just under half of my age there. go there about once a year if I could but sadly the hot weather spoils it for me can't handle too much heat.
Anyone gone the iberia route? Madrid/tanger or barca/tanger?
done that a few years back, via Madrid, Valencia and twice via Malaga, Now I fly to Gibraltar, take the ferry from gibraltar, tarifa or algeciras depends on the day of the week and the time I land..
Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 3:06 pm Post subject: Re: Easyjet - Madrid/Tangiers
I have taken the plunge and booked with Iberia for a decent price of £269, 17th July inshallah. I guess it can't be much worse than RAM or can it lol...
“Do not look to those above you. Look to those below you, as it will more likely remind you of Allah’s favors bestowed on you.” (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
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. I am thinking to go around sept though .
