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Flying Solo +1
Member
Username: Mmay
Post Number: 10
Registered: 03-2010
Posted From: 71.215.40.222
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 01, 2010 - 12:11 pm: | |
I am also a Cat IV from the midwest and fly from Italy to usually Norfolk. I then catch a commercial flight to the Midwest. One piece of advice I have is to spend the night at a hotel when you arrive. It does cost more and it adds to the travel time, but it's nice to have a night to recoup before moving on. I've done it both ways (with hotel and without) and it was easier to spend the night. I do the same thing on my way back home.
To make a last minute commercial ticket affordable, I either cash in frequent flyer miles or use Southwest military fares. I don't believe Southwest services Charleston until next year, though. |
k wendelken
Member
Username: Chinaiyf
Post Number: 10
Registered: 01-2010
Posted From: 193.110.130.103
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 01, 2010 - 10:07 am: | |
I just did Spang>Chas>Ramstein>Spang last week. I think. I am class III and waited an entire hour for a flight out of Spang. Coming home was a bit more challenging and a I had a day and a half wait to get back to Ramstein and then got a ride from a fellow SPAT back to Spang to get my car.
I would prepare for a possible few days of camping in the Chas terminal. There are limited transportation/food/billeting options there but it is completely doable. |
Kristin Shaughnessy
New member
Username: Kmshag
Post Number: 2
Registered: 05-2010
Posted From: 204.218.240.73
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 01, 2010 - 09:28 am: | |
I've read here and been advised that Spang is often less crowded and has more flights to Charleston than Ramstein. I'm leaving June 18 w my 2.5 yr old as a Cat IV (I know, I know- terrible timing) and I plan on taking a commercial flight frm Charleston to the Midwest. Any advice? I'm a first-timer and my friends with experience have either lived on the east coast or at least near a base. I know I need the necessary paperwork, to reserve by email or fax, but thats about it. I also have questions about billeting and ground transportation that I will post elsewhere. |
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