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>The low cost carriers I've flown in Western Europe and Asia were way better than the the regular US carriers (United, Delta, Southwest, etc.) They had much bet
by pb7 2y ago
>The low cost carriers I've flown in Western Europe and Asia were way better than the the regular US carriers (United, Delta, Southwest, etc.) They had much better seating, planes, restrooms, policies, etc.
Which carriers exactly? None of these things are true. Most ULCC have thin plastic seats that don't recline, no IFE, no Wi-Fi, paid food and drinks (good luck getting even a cup of water), charging for selecting seats even at check in, same restrooms (they don't choose the restrooms), policies that include steep fees if you have to interact with any staff, draconian adherence to sizes of bags that will clearly fit just fine but they need to make extra money somehow, super thin fleet that is all but guaranteed to leave you stranded if there is IRROPS, flying out of airports with limited amenities located far from civilization, websites and apps that barely work, the list goes on and on.
There are only two benefits: they are cheap and if shit goes wrong, EU261 will compensate you. That's it.
- rsynnott 2y agoAfter spending an 11 hour flight recently with the person in front resting gently on my knees for about 9 hours, I'm all for non-reclining seats; Ryanair is into something there.
- pb7 2y agoI've never had this issue as a 6'3" person that's in the 99.9th percentile for miles flown across 30+ different airlines. You must be a giant. For giants, they have economy seats with extra legroom, premium economy, and business class.
- wkat4242 2y agoTrue and most flights in Europe are so full you can't reasonably recline anyway. However the new extra thin seats of ryanair do really feel hard after an hour or two. I don't mind the lack of recline but they need more padding IMO.