I have an old Saying that is, "If you buy Cheap, you buy Twice" but somehow my fathers Prudence with Money has been imbedded into me. Why pay nearly £200 to travel on British Airways when EasyJet is under £100. The flight to Faro is only 2.5 Hours and sure you dont get any free refreshments. Instead they pass through with a trolley service offering snacks available for purchase. I did do some searching around for prices but EasyJet won on Price and the fact they fly from my local airport, Stansted.
The word of advice Emily & I would like to offer Stelios is to "Rebrand". Everybody knows the Easy Brand name for being the cheaper version of everything. But do we really have to be subjected to that bright Orange colour on Everything? The Livery, the safety card, the seat numbers, the Magazine, the Sick Bag, Everything was Orange. Even the crew wore a discusting shade of faded grey and bright Orange. To me it looks like a Can of Fanta or Sunkiss Orange.
But the Orange I can just about live with, especially short hall. I know a new venture in the group is EasyCruise, a low cost Cruising Holiday around the med on a converted cross channel ferry. Can you imagine, waking up in the morning and the walls, furniture, bedding is all Easy Orange. The Colour that Lifeboat Jackets always have been in my mind.
Having enjoyed our cocktails and the tranquility of the Private Lounge a wave of tension pours over you as you walk back into the buzzing departure area. Our gate had been announced and as we had early boarding numbers this meant we would be in the first 30 to be allowed to board the plane.
I have never seen a bunch of grown adults act so uncivilised. EasyJet do NOT offer you a pre allocated seat. You are guaranteed a seat but you choose your own once you board the Plane. At Faro you have to take a bus from the departure gate that leads you to the staircraft steps. This is always so Glam when you arrive and they open the Cabin Doors streaming in Hot Sunshine and you have put on your seasons summer shades just to make your entrance (Drama Queen or Lucky Bitch?). But on the return this means the first off the bus get the first choice of seats. The second that the bus pulled up to the aircraft it was like a Stampede as everyone pushed and shoved and grown adults even in their 50s and 60s ran to either the front or rear steps to board the Plane. Elbows pushed people grabbed their friends hands and litterally fought like Cattle to get out of the bus and be first to the trough (well onto the Plane). If the airplane were a 747 I can see why people would want to go to such effort to get a little extra leg room, but the Emergency Exits on these Airbuses are mid row and maybe you get an extra inch. The other exits at the front are right by the Galley & Toilets so far from glamerous really.
We found our way to Row 5, up front but away from the Lavatories. Having been Long Haul on so many flights I guess I am used to long distance travel, but it was the most upheavel we had gone through in duration of the whole Holiday. I guess thats what you get for being cheap, afterall Neil, 'You buy Cheap, You buy Twice!'
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