So can we get them to Groningen in time for late afternoon shots at the bell tower on the 29th??
I have to admit, we have to find a way to do this!
Chateau:
You already know the answer to this. There is no reason for teams to wait around for 6 to 9 hours so they can all take your proposed flight to Hamburg. Take another look at the flights indicated by me in posts #90 and #104 on this thread. Getting to Groningen by 5pm is possible even for the last-place Flight Time and Big Easy.
I believe you have gotten to your position as a result of the Steffie Sunrise information. If you ignore that, then what do you conclude?
From your # 90: This flight time is incorrect: (KL428 left at 12:13 am)
Cheyne/Meghan can make the nonstop KL428 DXB AMS 0140 0600And teams won't be released soon enough to do this: (OS840 left at 1:44 am)
Maria/Tiffany, Sam/Dan, Brian/Ericka and Gary/Matt will just miss the Swiss connection through Zurich and they will get OS840 DXB VIE 0240 0605 connecting in Vienna to OS371 0720 0915.And this flight does not exist:
That leaves in deep trouble Nate/Herb, who can do no better than waiting for the nonstop KL430 DXB AMS 0800 1220.
That's all you put in your post #90. Amounts to nothing usable.
Now for your post #104
Teams won't be released soon enough to do this:
LH631 DXB FRA 0125 0555
LH340 FRA BRE 0700 0755 and those flights were pretty much on-time Wednesday July 29.Your Istanbul set would be a possibility in terms of a 12 hour release time but remains inconsistent with Steffie Sunrise encountering a M/F couple. Her comments were:
We were checking out and this American couple came in with tv cameras. They wanted to borrow Joe's mobile to call the airport.about 1 hour ago from web
they said they were doing a travel documentary but mum thinks it might be that Amazing Race show. we were to excited about 1 hour ago from web
they promised us free skydiving lessons in America if they could use our mobile. they teach skydiving.
And Later on:
we were in Dubi. they were sorta old but not 2 old. The wife was really nice, made me laugh. i didn't talk 2 the husband he was on mobile
So who could that have been that she saw? Most likely it was Cheyne & Meghan, second most likey it was Ericka & Brian. Either way, no team will be released early enough to catch the Istanbul flight since the release time is going to be after 4 am by a wide margin.
There is an initial flight SQ490 to Istanbul 0410 0740. In Istanbul is the choice of 3 paths, two through CDG; the one I like best is through FRA, LH2085 0825 1035 connecting in Frankfurt with LH344 1320 1415 arriving 10 minutes late on July 29.So none of your post #104 flights are usable either.
We need to find the flights that teams could catch after 7 am and get them to AMS by 2 to 5 pm.