I’m traveling to Budapest in September 2018 and have it in my head I can make a connecting flight that seems a little risky.
I have already purchased Seattle/London r/t tickets on Virgin Atlantic. I buy my tickets separately because it costs less and I have more control but also creates an opportunity to blow it.
I have carefully researched the options and these are my options:
Fly into LHR at 1pm, VA uses terminal 3.
“Connect” to a British Airways flight to Budapest at 2:50 pm also terminal 3.
Do you think that’s enough time to make the plane if we don’t check any bags?
We should be able to use the pass through line at passport control and while terminal 3 is HUGE it just seems like maybe? hopefully? probably? we could pull it off with some time to spare if the VA flight is on time, which it usually is. It would get us to Budapest by dinner time, 6:30.
Would you do it?
The other safer option is a BA flight at 9 pm that gets us to Budapest at 12:30 am. (I am sure our hosts will really appreciate THAT.) A critical 6 hours when you’ve been up all night already.