London - Luton Airport - early morning - any hot tips?

nafe12

Got a horrible flight leaving 6am luton on a Monday morning.
Living in London - finding it pretty hard to get there (relying on TFL to get us to Baker St at 2am seems rather risky).

Anyone have any hot tips? Hotels near by seem a little expensive (£70-80).

Thanks!

wallbash

Early morning at Luton is always tough, at 5/6 am the traffic can back up on the slip roads. The Easy Jets leave around then , so my only tip leave in plenty of time, have queued for nearly an hour to drive into airport.

( and I live within a normal 15 min drive. )

rorylando45

Even at crack of dawn, it can be quite a wait getting through security at Luton too. Couple of weeks ago I was on a 7.50am flight from Luton on a Tuesday morning and never seen such a big queue at security at about 6am. So allow time for that!

tanith

You could just get to Luton the night before and kip on chairs not ideal but cheap!!

redmalc

Not connected to Luton but just been reading on another site about problems at East Midlands Airport ,people last week arriving two hours before flight and not getting through security in time and missed flights,a large number so could also be an issue at Luton

rochja

There are 2am and 3am National Express from Victoria. Don't know if there are available seats though. I believe it takes a little over an hour

27yearoldmale

Get to St Pancras station, then take the First Capital Connect Thameslink to Luton - jump on the airport bus (free with train ticket) and you arrive. Less than an hour!