Of course, I would do the same thing. We chose to fly with BA to Madrid rather than easyJet becasue BA were cheaper. We booked our tickets quite close to departure time. Close meaning a few months. easyJet was around £80 more expensive. As Stansted is only 15/20 minutes from my house, when flying within Europe the airlines we look at first are Ryanair/easyJet, simply becasue STN is so close. If the price is a lot cheaper, and times are better then we fly from LHR/LGW. I would probably even pay a higher price just so we wouldn't have to go near LTN! Lol.