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Airline Experience Master Thread
« on: April 25, 2012, 08:02:09 PM »
If you flew any airline and would like to share your experience here's the place:
Feel free to tell us how modern/comfortable the planes were, private TV screens or not, was your flight delayed, how were the staff and just general info!
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Re: Airline Experience Master Thread
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2012, 12:36:11 AM »
I don't fly international much but last week I flew AA PHL-MIA sat in 7c (bulk head) No personal TVs I flew back 7a also No TVs and got delayed 15 minutes which we made up in the air (however that works) this week I flew LGA-DTW also AA (gotta love avios) sat 1A a great seat cause it's a 2 and 1 set up but 1A is by itself nobody across the aisle, No complaints about any of the service     
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Re: Airline Experience Master Thread
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2012, 08:11:02 AM »
qf syd-dfw business class. worst service i have ever experienced on an aircraft including coach
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Re: Airline Experience Master Thread
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2012, 08:51:10 AM »
Quote from: moish on April 26, 2012, 08:11:02 AM
qf syd-dfw business class. worst service i have ever experienced on an aircraft including coach
Is QF generally bad?
Just that route, or just your flight?
Care to elaborate?
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Re: Airline Experience Master Thread
« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2012, 08:54:29 AM »
Quote from: moish on April 26, 2012, 08:11:02 AM
qf syd-dfw business class. worst service i have ever experienced on an aircraft including coach
Shouldve taken SYD-LAX on A380 ;)
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Re: Airline Experience Master Thread
« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2012, 10:16:57 AM »
Quote from: aussiebochur on April 26, 2012, 08:54:29 AM
Shouldve taken SYD-LAX on A380 ;)
+1 flew MEL-LAX on A380 and was my best trip to Aust. ever - had been flying UA  in the past, so I guess pretty much anything would  beat that - in coach anyway - haven't had the opportunity to reach higher yet.
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Re: Airline Experience Master Thread
« Reply #6 on: April 26, 2012, 11:27:51 AM »
Just flew lax-mel UA business, service wasn't amazing but the seats are great.
Didn't make a dif rear or forward facing
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Re: Airline Experience Master Thread
« Reply #7 on: April 26, 2012, 11:55:36 AM »
Have flown Swiss many times this year TLV-ZRH-JFK/LAX...on board service/food is great...CS is also fantastic...all in all it's probably my airline of choice for that route...with *G hopefully I'll get to see the front half of the plane...
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Re: Airline Experience Master Thread
« Reply #8 on: April 26, 2012, 12:06:26 PM »
Quote from: YudiG on April 26, 2012, 11:55:36 AM
Have flown Swiss many times this year TLV-ZRH-JFK/LAX...on board service/food is great...CS is also fantastic...all in all it's probably my airline of choice for that route...with *G hopefully I'll get to see the front half of the plane...

Good to hear. I'm doing a ZRH-JFK run in J in a few weeks.

Kosher meals are edible?
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Re: Airline Experience Master Thread
« Reply #9 on: April 26, 2012, 12:09:53 PM »
Quote from: AJK on April 26, 2012, 12:06:26 PM
Good to hear. I'm doing a ZRH-JFK run in J in a few weeks.

Kosher meals are edible?

the meals were pretty good...from SFO-ZRH it was a weiss catering meal from NY and it was roast beef and a desert that was actually VERY good...the ones from ZRH are a bit better and i did notice that some passengers got grilled chicken breast others stir fry...i always thought you only had one choice...
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Re: Airline Experience Master Thread
« Reply #10 on: April 26, 2012, 01:52:58 PM »
Excellent, thanks!
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Re: Airline Experience Master Thread
« Reply #11 on: April 26, 2012, 08:59:05 PM »
Quote from: Chaikel on April 26, 2012, 08:51:10 AM
Is QF generally bad?
Just that route, or just your flight?
Care to elaborate?
all the domestic portions were great, but for some reason the flight attendants were just terrible on the long haul.
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Re: Airline Experience Master Thread
« Reply #12 on: April 26, 2012, 09:04:17 PM »
Quote from: moish on April 26, 2012, 08:59:05 PM
all the domestic portions were great, but for some reason the flight attendants were just terrible on the long haul.
That kind of thing is just a crapshoot, can happen on any airline.  Had great FAs in CX F SFO-HKG and terrible ones HKG-YYZ.
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Re: Airline Experience Master Thread
« Reply #13 on: April 26, 2012, 09:41:44 PM »
but to be worse than any coach i have ever experienced including the russian ones?
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Re: Airline Experience Master Thread
« Reply #14 on: April 26, 2012, 09:42:56 PM »
Quote from: moish on April 26, 2012, 09:41:44 PM
but to be worse than any coach i have ever experienced including the russian ones?
That's impressive, but mine were pretty bad.
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Re: Airline Experience Master Thread
« Reply #15 on: April 29, 2012, 10:53:06 PM »
Anyone have experience with Austrian airlines?
What about Brussels airlines in business?
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Re: Airline Experience Master Thread
« Reply #16 on: May 07, 2013, 04:43:08 PM »
Quote from: Devorah on April 26, 2012, 10:16:57 AM
+1 flew MEL-LAX on A380 and was my best trip to Aust. ever - had been flying UA  in the past, so I guess pretty much anything would  beat that - in coach anyway - haven't had the opportunity to reach higher yet.
Totally psyched.  2 seats just opened up in F on QF A380 from LAX-MEL and I decided to take the plunge.  Rest of the family will be back in Y so I guess my hubby and I will have to take turns.
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Re: Airline Experience Master Thread
« Reply #17 on: May 07, 2013, 08:16:47 PM »
To South America:
Delta - Pro: planes are nice,
Con: seats don't recline, hate they're service in JFK and in flight service isn't amazing.

TAM - overall a good airline, seats recline nicely.

LAN - Pro: very nice planes, seats recline, good in flight service, comparable to European airlines.
Con: A bit square, on the phone customer service doesn't exist.

AA - over all good, service is different every time, amazing to redeem miles.
Con: many times not nice planes, it's a American airline so no alcohol.
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Re: Airline Experience Master Thread
« Reply #18 on: May 07, 2013, 08:20:42 PM »
Was on a luhtzhanza flight recently it was so full ppl were standing in the aisles like on a bus.
The flight attendant got on the Pa , and said everyone find a seat we are leaving now , the plan went into the runway with ppl scrambling for seats
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Re: Airline Experience Master Thread
« Reply #19 on: May 07, 2013, 09:14:58 PM »
Quote from: EMES on May 07, 2013, 08:20:42 PM
Was on a luhtzhanza flight recently it was so full ppl were standing in the aisles like on a bus.
The flight attendant got on the Pa , and said everyone find a seat we are leaving now , the plan went into the runway with ppl scrambling for seats
To/from TLV?
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