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> The first is price, the second is schedule. Everything else is a distant third. Not in my case. 1. Not an airline on my bad_list 2. Price 3. Schedule E.g.
by chime 16y ago
> The first is price, the second is schedule. Everything else is a distant third.
Not in my case.
1. Not an airline on my bad_list
2. Price
3. Schedule
E.g. I will not fly Air India, regardless of the price/schedule.
Keep playing around with #2 and #3 but do not screw up so much that you get on #1 or else I will boycott you for life.
Also when #2 and #3 are same, I have #4 - Airlines I like (JetBlue, SouthWest etc.).
Off topic but relevant: I always check out my plane through seatguru.com before I buy the tickets. Definitely helps maximize my comfort at no additional cost.
- mey 16y agoI'd be interested to hear other people's airline bad lists. Mine is basically United at the moment. (Largely for fleet age (in my personal experience), and dismissive FA's) Prefer to when possible fly, JetBlue, Southwest and Alaskan Air if the price is drastically all over the board.
- matwood 16y agoI don't really have a bad list. I first look for flights on Frontier then SW and Jetblue. If none of those work out I default to Delta for the skymiles and most of their planes have in flight internet from what I have seen. What always gets me is that long haul flights seem to have less room than domestic flights or the regionals. The most uncomfortable flight I've ever had was from ATL -> Tokyo because the seats were so close together. I ended up spending hours just sitting in the galley with the flight attendants.
- TimeForThis 16y agoIn in the UK so my bad list is limited to Ryanair.
- ubernostrum 16y agoDelta. The only time you'll get me in one of their planes is for a one-hop to or from Atlanta, and even then I'll think hard about whether I can get on another airline. The number of patently absurd things they've done to me would fill quite a lengthy post, though. Whenever possible (i.e., heading westward, domestic US) I fly Frontier. For other destinations, US Airways is my preferred option, mostly because their hub -- Charlotte -- is actually a rather nice and not-too-crowded airport.
- jeebusroxors 16y agoI just flew with them this weekend. I'm pretty sure they canceled the flight I was on due to a small amount of passengers (there were only ~10 people waiting in the terminal). This resulted in a 4 hour initial delay, missing my connection, an additional 2 hour delay waiting for the next connection. There were no people to talk to at my original airport, so I had to leave the "secure" area, go back to the ticket counter and wait in line for the one Delta employee to assist.
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- gaius 16y agoUnited's FAs have a real attitude problem. Their employee ownership programme hasn't instilled in them at all a sense of pride or commitment. Rather it's fostered resentment, as if they begrudge giving you a ride in their personal vehicle. Lots of amusing stores on untied.com. Sabena were on mine (such a bad experience, never again) until they went bankrupt. Ryanair are at the top of my no-fly list.
- gaius 16y agoPrice is a variable, but it's not a major one for me, and I don't want it to be. In a world where you compete on price, all airlines are Ryanair, all supermarkets are Lidl, all TV is reality TV, all music is chart pop, all clothes are polyester... Kinda the point of money is not just to have it, but to spend it on the goods and services that enable the lifestyle you want to live. I am open to paying a premium for a premium experience. Virgin are one airline that really "gets it", they won't be the cheapest on any of their routes, but they won't be that much more expensive, and it'll be fun, and when things do go hatstand they'll go the extra mile. If they do my route, I don't even look at another airline.
- TimeForThis 16y agoExactly. I consider my purchases as my investment in the kind of market I want. Small though my purchases usually are, it's all I've got to use for influence. This is why I will never fly Ryanair when there is another choice that isn't hundreds more in price... and if it is, I probably will just go somewhere else. Flying between London and Dublin, I pretty much only have Aer Lingus and Ryanair to choose between. The difference in experience is like the difference between Requiem for a Dream and Amelie.
- philwelch 16y agoLondon to Dublin is an 8-10 hour drive (including ferry service). Do people seriously get on airplanes to go that kind of distance?
- gaius 16y agoAre you Canadian? Drive 8 hrs in any direction in the UK and you're in the sea :-) So a drive of that distance is simply out of scope for most people.
- philwelch 16y agoAmerican. Can't you drive under the sea, through a chunnel and into continental Europe? (Also, can't you take trains, likewise through a chunnel and into continental Europe?)
- riffer 16y agoHaving flown AirIndia on a few flights domestically, I understand where you're coming from. But in our experience, the AirIndia nonstop from JFK to Bombay is equivalent to the Delta nonstop, and much better than BA thru Heathrow.
- chime 16y agoI suggest you take a look at the direct Continental flight from EWR to BOM. It was very comfortable and they kept feeding you every few hours. I watched all the Harry Potter movies via the in-flight TV system.