Uber from Bath Road hotel to T2?

[The real Swiss Tony]

Just wondering if anyone has experience of doing this around 7am?

Open to booking a black cab on freenow or gett as well but didn’t know if this caused logistical issues with the driver so would be unpopular/leave me hanging?

Thanks

[SteveJ]

Ubers are dime a dozen around there, no issues getting one at that hour.

[bobthebuilder]

Are you leaving the hotel at 7am, or the flight is at 7am? We’ve had great difficulty before getting one at around 4am for a 7am flight. The TfL buses sometimes stop taking passengers on board with suitcases for “health and safety” reasons. Yes, on a bus route to an airport…

Anyway, last time this happened to us, we luckily managed to catch the hoppa bus at £7 each, one way. Just to avoid missing our flight.

[The real Swiss Tony]

It would be leaving the hotel at 7am and although I’m HBO, the hotel location isn’t all that convenient for a bus stop.

Also took an Uber 15 mins to get out the holding area for me last week, so don’t really want a repeat of that.

I just didn’t know if it messed up any sort of priority system if they accepted a short fare. Didn’t want them accepting the request then not moving for 15 mins to wait for me to cancel.

Thanks

[SamG]

I’ve had “short fare” Uber around Heathrow a few times and never seems to be an issue. But your hotel may have an arrangement for a minicab, worth asking at check in

[The real Swiss Tony]

OK, so I stayed at the Courtyard on Bath Road last night. Very good, still had that new hotel smell, enjoyed a curry on the roof at PK’s.

Woke up slightly earlier than my alarm (it was the curry – i’ll say no more but my gut is clearly out of practice. I may have also eroded some of that new hotel smell. Sorry…)

So I was in the lobby by 7am. Bolt were claiming a car would whisk me to T2 for £8 – I was doubtful as £5 of that is the drop charge. Attempts to book the bottom 3 car categories were fruitless. Given Uber wanted close on £20 I was struggling to justify that given my extra 15-20 mins time buffer. Spotting a pilot in uniform walking out the hotel and heading for Bath Road this seemed like a no brainer.

Ended up on the 285 (with said pilot) and whilst not really swift it worked ok. The assumption I’d get a car with no hassle seems to have been a bit too ambitious although I admit the Bolt quote was in the too good to be true region.