Well just for clarity
-both my bookings were direct with BA
-the flights were booked at different times. I already had a holiday to Miami booked from London. Then we got drawn against Athens.
Despite the doubts above I'm still reasonably confident that if I turned up at Athens airport and...
To be fair to BA they're pretty good with this kind of thing, I'm fairly sure they would sort me if it went horribly
wrong.
Very unlikely scenario anyway!!
I just looked at the one way cost of ticket for that Athens to London flight and it's £495 so I'm guessing it's near enough full. So...
I'm doing Ryanair wed evening - 100 quid and BA 1.45pm Friday back free with avios. I chose BA as i have a flight with them to Miami the next day so if they bugger up they can sort it !!
That's expensive.... Just had a look and you can get tue-fri for 140 (Stansted/Luton)
Wed - Fri ....200 leaving from Stansted coming back to Gatwick.
Generally prices don't seem that expensive to me for an 8 hour round-trip.
Last time I went I used Uber and freenow taxis. Really easy. The centre is not that big. Don't envisage too many issues. And I don't think we will be bussed around