It's a 25 min busdrive to the train station from me.
I have plenty of time to find the flights. I won't buy right now. They have changed the dates for the con once already, so I think I wait a bit so that I am 100% sure that these dates stick.
It irks me a bit when Americans say that European cons are cheaper for us (than american cons are for them), because we all live so close that we don't have to spend so much money on traveling. I honestly don't think I spend that little money on the traveling! :-( Probably not all say that - but I saw that as a huge point in a discussion once, and I was just like 0.o Sure it cost to travel in the USA as well, but not all of us live IN Rome (or in Germany etc). It's not like any cons (or concerts) ever happens in Norway.
The main reason it cost so much to most cities from Oslo, is that Oslo is not one of the 'main airports' in Europe (like Paris, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, London, Copenhagen). Wherever we are flying, we usually have a stop at those airports. So if both Sillie82 and I fly to Rome with KLM, she'll have to pay the price Amsterdam - Rome. But I have to pay the flight Oslo - Amsterdam as well. The direct flights are usually more popular, so they are even more expensive. (I can save about 60 Euros flying through Schiphol than Oslo - Rome directly, but it adds 3 - 4 hour to my traveltime. (from 3 hours, 5 mins for the direct flight, to 6 or 7 hours (depending on chosen flight) through Amsterdam (that includes a 2 hour wait at Schiphol)
The Norwegian flag carrier is SAS, which is scandinavian, and has it's HQ in Denmark, so most SAS flights go through Copenhagen.
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I have plenty of time to find the flights. I won't buy right now. They have changed the dates for the con once already, so I think I wait a bit so that I am 100% sure that these dates stick.
It irks me a bit when Americans say that European cons are cheaper for us (than american cons are for them), because we all live so close that we don't have to spend so much money on traveling. I honestly don't think I spend that little money on the traveling! :-(
Probably not all say that - but I saw that as a huge point in a discussion once, and I was just like 0.o
Sure it cost to travel in the USA as well, but not all of us live IN Rome (or in Germany etc). It's not like any cons (or concerts) ever happens in Norway.
The main reason it cost so much to most cities from Oslo, is that Oslo is not one of the 'main airports' in Europe (like Paris, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, London, Copenhagen). Wherever we are flying, we usually have a stop at those airports. So if both Sillie82 and I fly to Rome with KLM, she'll have to pay the price Amsterdam - Rome. But I have to pay the flight Oslo - Amsterdam as well. The direct flights are usually more popular, so they are even more expensive. (I can save about 60 Euros flying through Schiphol than Oslo - Rome directly, but it adds 3 - 4 hour to my traveltime. (from 3 hours, 5 mins for the direct flight, to 6 or 7 hours (depending on chosen flight) through Amsterdam (that includes a 2 hour wait at Schiphol)
The Norwegian flag carrier is SAS, which is scandinavian, and has it's HQ in Denmark, so most SAS flights go through Copenhagen.