ENGLAND’S victory over the Netherlands on Wednesday evening means that fans from all over the country are now trying to work out ways in which they can reach Berlin for the final on Sunday night.
Extra flights were laid on for those desperate to reach the German capital, but they quickly sold out, despite some seats being £600-a-pop.
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British Airways put on two more flights from London to Berlin over the weekend after thousands of fans tried to book a trip to Germany in the wake of Ollie Watkins‘ winning strike against the Dutch.
However, tickets for both were gone within hours, leaving others searching for alternative routes.
The Mail reports that a flight from Manchester is still an option, but that ticket prices have surged from £187 to £622, a 233 per cent increase.
Still, it could be seen as a price worth paying for anyone hopeful of seeing England claim their first trophy since Bobby Moore lifted the Jules Rimet back in 1966 after the Three Lions’ only World Cup win.
Flights to alternative cities in Germany appear to no longer be an option either, with people even taking a chance on a last minute trip to Memmingen, a six-and-a-half-hour train journey away from Berlin.
Ryanair‘s flights from London Stansted to the south German city are all sold out on the Friday and Saturday, while one landing on the Sunday arrives too late to get people to the ground in time.
One option available to supporters is a flight to Eindhoven in the Netherlands, with Ryanair offering routes out on Saturday, from £126.99.
From there, it’s at least a £97, six-and-a-half-hour train, with up to three changes, depending on which route fans end up booking.
An alternative route to Prague is another option, but plenty seem to have cottoned on to that, with flights now as much as £626 return from the UK.
From there, a four-hour train is still required, at the cost of around £44 each way.
With kick off at 9pm on Sunday, there’s still more than enough time for anyone keen to make the trip to get there in time.
A lot of people are looking into trains as well, with ticket purchases to Berlin via booking site Trainline surging by as much as 825 per cent on Wednesday alone.
A train from London to Paris can be booked from £187, leaving on Saturday and from there, a nine-hour journey can be booked for £179 one way.
For anyone put off by the unreliability of public transport, there is always the drastic option of driving from England to Berlin, which is doable in around 14 hours from London, according to Google Maps.
With two people taking turns, the drive might not be quite so painful, but it would at least incur a ferry fee from Dover to Calais of around £98, although some routes are closer to the £198 mark.
Petrol costs, according to the Fleet News fuel cost calculator, would be around £100 each way.
There are still ways for England fans to make it to Berlin this weekend, as long as they plan well and have the spare cash to pay inflated rates for planes or trains.
However, for those who don’t think it’s worth the hassle, there’s always a simple walk to the local pub.
Meanwhile, these are the pubs and outdoor areas in London screening the match this Sunday.
And this is how to secure a pub table for the final.
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