flying to europe

You don't have to give up your US citizenship. If that was the case i would never consider it. I did worry so I contacted the US embassy and the British home office and then both told me you don't have to give up your US citizenship. The US Embassy said that the only way you will have your citizenship taken away is if you write some formal letter asking to have it taken away.

Benifits? Well, the prime one for me is that if my husband were to die I would be allowed to stay here without any question. Not only that but I would stay on the rent book for our flat. I don't know if I would want to stay here forever if something happened to him when I was still relativly young but the truth is that my life is here now and I don't want to be forced to leave.

Also, it make it a lot easier to get a pension (social secruity). Plus, claim benifits if you ever have to. For me it is a peace of mind thing. I don't want to be forced to leave and if our husbands were to die (god forbid) they could if they felt the need.

Also, if you are American and earning money in American dollars (ie sponsor checks) you have to pay US taxes. It sucks but it is something I have been dealing with all this year. It has been a pain in the ass.

Virgin Atlantic all the way! Premium Economy is the best way to go. regular is kinda cramped. If you try hard enough you should be able to find a cheap flight directly through Virgin and just upgrade a notch from there.

I would go BA first class or buisness Class if you can, I've done the Vancouver - London route 7 or 8 times now and wouldn't fly with anybody else, the new seating they have now on most transatlantic routes is really good, makes the flight go really quickly when you are comfortable and the food and service is excellent.

I've been through Heathrow and Gatwick and bunch of times and will always fly into and out of Heathrow if I can. Everytime I've been through Gatwick it's been a nightmare, especially the luggage collection, I was once in there for over 90 mins toe to toe with hundreds of other pissed off peeps waiting becuase they got backed up.

holy shit this is an old thread. someone was bored.

Duh, didn't even notice

Looks like Stevo bumped it to bust Quiets balls.

Damn... neither did I.

End of thread, everybody keeps replying to this year old message and i apologize if i "bust" anyone, its just me and my curiosity / silly sense of humor...

The concorde is really cool...

I didn't notice it was an old thread either. *shrug*

Thanks to Stevo for bumping it though as I've gotten some good information from my fellow American living in England, Sarah.

Sarah, thanks for the info, it seems it might be worth the paperwork after all. I'll look into it after the baby is born.

If you have the money fly United Business class. Its almost the same as first, less the champagne.

Also I use to fly to London almost every week and I always took the 9:00 AM out of JFK. That way, you get to London around 9:00 PM, go to sleep, and don't feel all that bad the next day.