16 March 2018

London to St Anton - Easter 2018

flights to Munich have gone up a bit over the last week that i've been looking - unsurprisingly :(

on Friday 30th March the cheapest is 180 gbp - that would allow a train connection
on Thursday 29th March the cheapest is 178 gbp - they had previously been 100 gbp
on Wednesday 28th March - the 100 gbp flight is still available

dep LHR 08:00
arr MUC 14:25 (via DUS)

another option would be to fly to Nuremberg on 29th March for 106 gbp - and get the train to Munich for 20 eur

dep LHR 12:10
arr NUE 17:15 (via DUS)


flights to Austria on any of these dates aren't great.

flights to Zurich on any of these dates aren't great either - the best on Friday 30th would be 155 gbp

the best value flight seems to be to Basel on Thursday 29th - there are Easjet and Ryanair flights for 77 gbp and 83 gbp

the train journey from Basel to St Anton would cost approx 62 gbp




there's a couple of Easyjet flights that are reasonable

dep MUC  21:40
arr LTN  22:45
102 gbp - excluding baggage

dep MUC  21:55
arr LGW  22:55
121 gbp - excluding baggage

or if you wanted to spend the night in Munich - flights the next day cost 54 gbp to Luton and 70 gbp to Gatwick


the cheapest late flight out of Zurich would be 194 gbp for a 21:30 departure to Gatwick.

the same flight the next evening costs 81 gbp


if staying longer - Ryanair have 10 gbp flights out of Nuremberg airport - and incredibly, train tickets are available for 30 euro on Wednesday 4th April.  journey time is just under 5 hours.

there is a flight from Salzburg to Luton on Wed 4th April for 40 gbp (dep 20:30 arr 21:35) - and the train from St Anton to Salzburg main station is available from 20 euro (some departures are more expensive)

there is a flight from Innsbruck to Gatwick in the afternoon of Wed 4th April for 62 gbp - and the train from St Anton to Innsbruck main station is available from 17 euro

there is a flight from Munich to Gatwick in the evening of Wed 4th April for 50 gbp - and the train from St Anton to Munich airport is available from 19 euro (some departures are more expensive)

Dublin to St Anton

going to St Anton for some Easter skiing ... a couple of different options:

on Friday 30th March 2018 - Ryanair to Munich

dep DUB 06:10
arr MUC 09:40
67 eur - excluding baggage fees

the 13:00 train cost 60 euro
the 15:00 train cost 45 euro
the 17:00 and 19:00 trains cost 30 euro

alternatively could flight to Zurich

with Eurowings
dep DUB 12:10
arr ZRH 18:20 (via DUS)
100 eur - excluding baggage fees

with Aer Lingus
dep DUB 07:10
arr ZRH 10:40
132 eur - excluding baggage fees

the 12:18 train (under 3 hours) costs 52 eur
the 20:18 train (3.5 hours) costs 61 eur


on Monday 2nd April 2018 - the same routes are available

dep ZRH 21:40
arr DUB  23:00
195 eur - excluding baggage fees

the 16:57 train (arriving 19:42) costs 53 euro

alternatively from Munich there's a Ryanair flight

dep MUC 21:10
arr DUB 22:40
134 eur - excluding baggage fees

or an Aer Lingus flight

dep MUC 20:25
arr DUB 21:55
165 eur - excluding baggage fees

the train timings aren't as helpful for this route, it's a longer journey and there's only a train every two hours - so it would be the 15:03 departure (arriving 18:55) for 69 eur