How to get through the Flight to Spain with less pain.

Here are a few hints to help make Low cost airline flights a bit more acceptable

Hand Luggage only will save checking in and collecting baggage.

Take half the clothes and wash them half way though holiday, dont book luggage in

Put everything into your case prior to screening at security ,  jewelry, , books, belts, money sunglasses, mobile, wallet etc

nothing but passport and ticket needed to show. Once through open your case and put everything on its easy.

At the gate dont rush to be first on and bring a bottle of water from shops passed security.

Book an isle seat as it will make it easy if you need the loo , you will also be first out when the planelands.

Take some music so you dont have to listen to the anouncements, bring your own sandwhiches, you are allowed them

Pre book seats at the back as most low cost airlines are arriving to stairs front and rear of plane.

Dont rush if you see the bus at the wing of the plane flight mostly met by 2 coaches and asyou are last on first off

Think about booking single flights out and back with different airlines as you might get a better deal.

If you are going to Murcia Region then San Javier is less frantic than Alicante and has lower parking cost and easy to pick up car hire.

Any other ideas anyone can come up with ?

 If you live in Granada and have visitors flying from southern England use the new London City to Granada route with British Airways   4 times a week ( Mon, Weds, Fri & Sun ) starting 26th July, free hold luggage 22kg and a meal and drink on board all for the princely sum of 85 GBP each way and no long drive from Malaga.  Happy days

We do check a bag and have a bag each on the flight.

Things that we will not need on the flight (Laptops, Ipad etc) go in the max size cabin bag for the ovverhead lockers. Don't forget that these items will need to be taken out of the bags for security checks, likewise makeup and fluids.

We have a smaller bag which goes under the seat. This contains everything that will be require don the flight, food, books, specs, pills, etc so we don't have to go to the overhead lockers.

We also have in this bag a plastic bag (usually from one of the arirport shops) as bags seem to explode when opened on aircraft and we can't get everything back in. This is also usefull for coats, etc. The restriction is the number of bags you take on, not take off.

I'm the guy in the combat trousers with passports and paperwork stuffed in the leg pocket.

Mike.

I tried that ruse, out by one flight and return by another. Having checked both for single and return fares it added up to commonsense.

I booked easyJet to Liverpool (okay) and Ryanair return (not okay). I can’t imagine how they did it but Ryanair’s single price had in a few minutes soared like one of their aircraft at takeoff. I then had no choice, I bit the bullet and it cost me more. Be careful.

The other comments are great. Too many travel with too much. I tell my dearly beloved but will she listen? Of course not.