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02:14:17 on Thu, 15 Sep 2011, 77002 remarked:
As with any journey you are balancing cost and time. That's a personal
decision. But if money and convenience are the main factors, suitable
routes are not always the direct ones.

Also balancing the amount of luggage. I take journeys with a
briefcase I would never consider with two suitcases and a carry-on.
Deep level tubes are exactly a case in point.

Exactly. Although the Piccadilly line trains (as I recommended earlier)
are more luggage-friendly than average, having been designed for the
Heathrow service. It's why I'd probably recommend that way of getting to
St Pancras rather than Heathrow Express plus sub-surface train (where
the stepless route has two additional changes of train now).
--
Roland Perry