Icelandair from Copenhagen

[CruzinNoony]

We are taking a transatlantic cruise next April and I have started looking into air. We live in Las Vegas. So, we need to fly to Ft. Lauderdale to start the TA, then somehow get home from Copenhagen. Has anyone out there flown on Icelandair and taken them up on the layover for a couple of days in Reykjavik? They offer a package with a choice of two hotels. Anyone done this?:rolleyes:

[as19111]

We flew into and out of Copenhagen via Icelandair. We connected in Boston and had a Reykjavik stop. We went through customs and then onto a connecting flight to Copenhagen. The same was true in reverse except customs was in Boston, too. So, our passports were stamped twice in Rekjavik and not in Copenhagen.

 

If we had the time and opportunity, we would have loved to stay for a couple of days. We did not BUT we've now booked a cruise for next July to Iceland and Norway.

 

Icelandair was fine. It's a full flight. The flight attendants dress in what appears to be "vintage stewardess" including caps tilted to one side of their heads. If you weren't in the typical tiny coach seats, you might think you were flying in the golden age of air travel. If you have the time and means, I would certainly recommend you take the offer. Just make sure you give yourself at least an extra day to see Copenhagen.

[NVCLVR]

A few years ago (2005), when Icelandair was flying out of SFO, we took a round trip (for a Baltic cruise) to Copenhagen. Since it was an inaugural (sp?) season (from SFO), the prices were right! The flights were full...as, as we were in coach (steerage) we refer to that experience as "sardine airlines" (packed in tight!). Our connects going over were perfect. Coming back we took the offered stop-over for 4 days. Was an absolutely wonderful experience and I highly recommend it. The plane from Copenhagen to Iceland was fine (not crammed) because it was a smaller plane (something like a 727). We rented a car and stayed at a B&B (rather than one of the recommended hotels...which, by the way are very good, too) & explored all over. The trip back from Iceland to SFO was, again, "sardine airlines". Would highly recommend going business class! Icelandair couldn't be nicer and the service was terrific. What was particularly fun were the announcements...made in English, probably Danish and in old Norse (Icelandic). We're also looking at the TA frm FLL and our flight back will definitely be business class if we go Icelandair;)!

[ab0si]

A couple of comments:

 

Icelandair's business class is quite poor. Picture U.S domestic business class with very thin cushions on the seats. Better than steerage, of course, but not worth serious dollars, imho.

 

Iceland is an interesting place and well worth a visit. It is expensive, but since their economy and currency has crashed even worse than the U.S. it is cheaper now than has been true in the past .. if your funds are in a real currency (e.g., euros) it is a real deal.

 

Note on flying: ask the cabin attendant for a couple of bottles of Brennivín .. the local schnapps flavored with caraway. It can also be used as jet fuel, rat poison, and/or paint thinner.

[Hydrokitty]

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A couple of comments:

 

 

Note on flying: ask the cabin attendant for a couple of bottles of Brennivín .. the local schnapps flavored with caraway. It can also be used as jet fuel, rat poison, and/or paint thinner.

 

Flew Icelandair from JFK New York to Reykjavik and it was fine. We loved Iceland and spent 4 nights there in October. It's a beautiful place if you like natural beauty like glaciers, geysers and waterfalls. City very cosmopolitan, people wonderfully kind and everyone speaks english. We were looking for a particular place in the city and had our maps out, a lady came right over and asked where we wanted to go and then took us there!

 

PS: Brennivin also removes wallpaper paste! :D:D

[flyncruz]

We flew a non-stop flight from Seattle to Iceland and then on to Copenhagen. The flight departed Seattle at 2:30PM and arrived about 6.5 hours later in Iceland at 7:00AM Iceland time. We purposely planned a 6 hour layover into our trip. We went downstairs in the airport and caught one of the bus services going to the Blue Lagoon. EXCELLENT DEAL AND OPPORTUNITY! We were 2 out of about 10 of the first people to enter the lagoon at opening time and had the place to ourselves for the couple of hours we were there. Fantastic. We then caught the bus back to the airport arriving about 1:00PM for our 2:30PM continuing flight to Copenhagen. It's a smallish easy-to-navigate airport and we had no problem catching our flight. Two days later we boarded our HAL cruise in Copenhagen and sailed back to Iceland. We went on a different tour since we had already experienced the Lagoon. Wonderful experience I would repeat again.

 

Second Chapter- Icelandair is offering great deals for R/T travel on that non-stop flight from Seattle to Iceland with two nights hotel package. We booked and will now try flying to Iceland and staying for several days without a cruise ship!