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Beakout Beyond may be your 151st convention. Then you can probably skip this post ;) It could also be your first, or maybe you need a refresher of all the rules/regulations/tips etc. That's what this post is for.
I will try to put as much practical information as possible. The con leaflet will probably answer a lot of questions. As will the experiences of other posters. I also added some other info I thought would come in handy.
General info
*Here on the Starfury website
Did you creditcard payment/ ticket order go through okay? No confirmation email?
*Don't worry. With Sean (Starfury's boss), you can expect everything worked out with the charging if you don't get an email from him. He doesn't send confirmations, but he does email when something doesn't go right. The tickets get send in batches, so it could take some time before you get them, especially when you're in a foreign country.
For the people who don't have their tickets yet, here's all the information from the leaflet. Click to read. 
More information about stewarding:
*From the convention stewards coordinators
Just to let you know what is likely to be expected of you if you volunteer as a stewards.
Firstly, just to let you know, you still need to buy a ticket for the event. I know this sounds obvious but we have had some questions asked about this.
You will be asked to help for about 6 hours over the weekend, this will most likely be split into a couple of hours each day or three hour shifts over a couple of days.
The reason for this is so that there can be a spread of workloads as also we can try to enable you to see or do all the things you'd like to do over the weekend
A few examples of Duties are below, just to give you a taste :-
Hall Duties - This may require you to check IDs of those entering the hall, checking phones remain off in the hall (this can cause major problems for the Mics if these remain on)
Photo Session - Queue Control, making sure people are queuing for the right guest, not creating a fire hazard by blocking exits etc..
Autographs - Queue Control.. Post its, checking correct items are going to be signed or personalised (if the guests are).. Doors, ensuring correct attendees are going through.. Bags, looking after bags as attendees get their things signed.
There are loads of sections and loads of roles but this is just a taster..
The Perks :-
For the talks, the first two rows in the main hall are always reserved for the disabled and off-duty stewards - ideal if you want to get a better view of the guest or take photos.
If you are on duty during the autograph sessions or photo sessions we operate a 'get out of jail free' proceedure, enabling you to jump the majority of the queue, get what you need and return to your duties as quick as possible.
For some reason when you put on the stewards badge people do graviate towards you and this is an ideal opportunity to make new friends.
With this in mind, are you still interested?
If so please rely back and we'll ask you some further details so that we can put you somewhere you might enjoy working.
If you are not interested please can you also reply back, lettting us know as this will enable us not to chase you up when we get closer to the events.
Many thanks
Experiences from other posters who went to a Starfury convention:
*Mandy- went to Breakout last year
(Want to share your recaps? Great, thanks! Just give a link to it in a comment and I'll add it)
Gift projects for Jason and Kristen for BoB:
*Fan forum/LJ gift project for Kristen can be found here
*Fan Forum/LJ gift project for Jason can be found here. You can still sign up for that one!
Need a roommate?
*We have a post for that here
Traveling to another London airport and need to get to Heathrow?
*There are transferbuses that go from airport to airport. More info about costs and duration of the trip here at Londontoolkit.
Still have questions after reading this post? Feel free to ask them and I (and the other members) will do our best to answer them!
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It's definitely doable. I'm flying to London Luton myself and take the airport transfer bus to Heathrow. Gatwick has that bus aswell. I think it's about 30/35 pounds for a round trip when you travel from and to Gatwick. From Luton it's 23 pounds. But please remember to calculate 1 to 2 hours travel time extra.
And that IS a cheap flight. Great!
Did you find a room- or travel mate?
http://www.londontoolkit.com/travel/int
Don't worry though. With Sean, you can expect everything worked out with the charging if you don't get an email from him. He doesn't send confirmations, but he does email when something doesn't go right.
The tickets get send in batches, so it could take some time before you get them, especially when you're in a foreign country.