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Getting to Heathrow from London is faster, easier and cheaper.

Depends what part of London you’re in. For me Gatwick is the faster, cheaper, easier airport. It’s also the airport with the fastest security and passport control I’ve ever been through.

I also challenge the idea that Heathrow is ever cheaper to get to than Gatwick. The Thames Link service to Gatwick is far cheaper than the Heathrow express, much faster and more pleasant than the Piccadilly line, only the Lizzie line makes Heathrow as cheap and easy to get to by train as Gatwick.

I can definitely say that Gatwick is the 100% better airport for international transfers. From that angle, the only thing Heathrow has going for it is that there are many more options. From every other aspect, Gatwick is way better and Heathrow is horrific.

Doesn’t it depend where in London? For example I’d rather ride the Gatwick Express from Victoria for 30 minutes than sit on the tube from Kings Cross to Heathrow for an hour. And outside of London, from Cambridge for example, there is non-stop train service available to Gatwick but not to Heathrow.

It’s too bad Norwegian shuttered their long haul service between Gatwick and NYC/BOS. It was affordable, comfortable and convenient, so of course it went bankrupt. Now the best options are out of Heathrow (my favorite is now British Air, as long as AA isn’t operating the flight…).

Check out Norse, basically the same flights as Norwegian had.

This is great, exact same model and everything. I hope they come back to my city (Austin), it was insane what they did for price competition in the area (generally sliced the cost to get to Europe in half) and generally had better quality of service. My favorite part was being able to order food and beverages a-la-carte from the IFE console. It's so much more efficient for both the customers and the staff to do it that way.

But starting in November you can reach Heathrow from Central London in 30 minutes.

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