"People are telling Ben to go to Castle Stuart, which is now called Cabot Highlands and he has plans to meet friends there."
Tony M. -
As of Thursday afternoon, the road signs on the A96 highway and by Inverness Airport still identify the property as Castle Stuart.
Ben S. -
The odds are good you will make the connection in Frankfurt. The odds about your clubs making the connection are not quite as good.
DT
This is the advice I was afraid of. United have me the ancillary option of flying direct to London and then I could take train up. Extra money and time but likely I would get clubs.
I have to not agree with this advice. 90 minutes is plenty of time for your clubs to make the transfer.
I have a part-time roommate at my house in NJ, he was a friend from Afghanistan, and he’s gone on since then to become a First Officer for United (he’s using my NJ place as a crash pad, while he builds his net worth and pays off flight school loans.). He’s also a dual US/UK citizen
He’s flying back from somewhere in Europe today (I think Edinburgh actually), so I can’t speak with him directly. But previous conversations with him is that 90 mins is fine. I ask him about this stuff all the time because I’m always concerned my clubs won’t make it.
The one thing he would say if he was in this thread is to avoid Heathrow at all costs. The ground crews are insufficiently staffed. You would stand a chance of losing your clubs there or a lengthy delay with luggage if you fly into Heathrow.
In fact, my roommate, Alex has been flying the route from Newark to EDI a lot lately though he says he’s not senior enough to get on flight 36 which is the better flight
I think I’ve asked you this before do you have a military background? I also enjoy the certainty of seeing my golf clubs, palletized in the middle of a C-17 (or a KC – 135). Nothing beats the feeling of eyes on your luggage.
That said I have a horror story where our Air Force misplaced my bag in 2013 coming from Qatar to Bagram. They gave my bag “special” handling, which resulted in it being left in the middle of the cargo bay. Had I not hitched a ride on the back of a forklift at 3 AM right after we landed, the bag would’ve gone onto Kyrgyzstan.