Poll

Which is the Worst Airline that flies to Israel ex USA

Delta
3 (3.4%)
United Air
6 (6.7%)
EL AL
73 (82%)
US Air
7 (7.9%)
Swiss Air
0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 89

Author Topic: Is EL AL the worst Airline that flies to Israel ex USA? With Poll  (Read 10790 times)

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Re: Is EL AL the worst Airline that flies to Israel ex USA? With Poll
« Reply #40 on: May 15, 2015, 07:51:11 AM »
Nothing to do with El Al, that happened to my wife a few times in places that never HEARD of El Al...
For example?
I never had it in any other place.
Besides,  you'd expect from an Israeli airline not to freak out about a shaitel.

At least I appreciate ElAl they still let me on board after giving them a mouth full of $#!& and throwing tantrums.
Any US airline would've called the police and deny me boarding because 'the pilot is not comfortable flying with you on board'.
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Re: Is EL AL the worst Airline that flies to Israel ex USA? With Poll
« Reply #41 on: May 15, 2015, 07:52:17 AM »
In FRA they asked my wife to go behind a curtain and told her to raise her shaitel so they can check if there's anything hidden there.

This is insane and ridiculous.
My wife never wants to fly ElAl again.

I'm not 100% sure whether this is ElAl's fault or not, but I think ElAl handles the security in FRA on their own.
I'm pretty sure Elal has their own security pre-flight around the whole world.

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Re: Is EL AL the worst Airline that flies to Israel ex USA? With Poll
« Reply #42 on: May 15, 2015, 08:01:45 AM »
For example?

Most memorably in BZN.

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Re: Is EL AL the worst Airline that flies to Israel ex USA? With Poll
« Reply #43 on: May 15, 2015, 08:35:17 AM »
In FRA they asked my wife to go behind a curtain and told her to raise her shaitel so they can check if there's anything hidden there.

This is insane and ridiculous.
My wife never wants to fly ElAl again.

I'm not 100% sure whether this is ElAl's fault or not, but I think ElAl handles the security in FRA on their own.
Nothing to do with El Al, that happened to my wife a few times in places that never HEARD of El Al...
metal clips in the hair will show up on the machine

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Re: Is EL AL the worst Airline that flies to Israel ex USA? With Poll
« Reply #44 on: May 15, 2015, 08:36:49 AM »
tell ure wives not to wear metal clips in their hair when going through security, it shows up on the machine
LOL!! She did not wear any metal clips...
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Re: Is EL AL the worst Airline that flies to Israel ex USA? With Poll
« Reply #45 on: May 15, 2015, 08:37:49 AM »
tell ure wives not to wear metal clips in their hair when going through security, it shows up on the machine
Ye. The one time we forgot about it they stood there unsure what to do & then they just waived us through.

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Re: Is EL AL the worst Airline that flies to Israel ex USA? With Poll
« Reply #46 on: May 15, 2015, 08:38:01 AM »
LOL!! She did not wear any metal clips...
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Re: Is EL AL the worst Airline that flies to Israel ex USA? With Poll
« Reply #47 on: May 15, 2015, 08:39:42 AM »
box cutters?
Well, not all ladies have hair. I don't wanna take this thread off topic. Someone can pull up that old thread..
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Re: Is EL AL the worst Airline that flies to Israel ex USA? With Poll
« Reply #48 on: May 15, 2015, 09:02:35 AM »
The attitude is what is the biggest turn off to ELAL IMO + the fact that the seats arent amazing either. The Delta product is probably best from all in J.

It was when they had the 747

777 is nothing special

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Re: Is EL AL the worst Airline that flies to Israel ex USA? With Poll
« Reply #49 on: May 15, 2015, 09:10:51 AM »
777 is still MUCH better than LY J. And as per some better than LY F.
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Re: Is EL AL the worst Airline that flies to Israel ex USA? With Poll
« Reply #50 on: May 15, 2015, 02:07:46 PM »
(disclaimer: i dislike ELAL as much as the next guy and i dont have any hatred at all towards and groups as a whole,im just being a realist)
 im not sure what attitude your referring to. unless you are referring to phone reps or the like in which case it has no significance here the same way your IB experience isn't rated lower due to the less then dumb agents. I have flown them myself as well as spoken to many, many others about this and never heard of any attitude on the actual plane other then maybe occasionally to Hasidic,rabble rousing, attitude giving, DYKWIA scumbags who deserve to be put in their place sometimes in which case i am happy with ELAL actually having the lack of business etiquette to say something as opposed to the others who suck up the crap that they are doled out daily by said scumbags.
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the actual stewardess attitude. yes in business class.. are you possibly Israeli?  ;D ;)

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Re: Is EL AL the worst Airline that flies to Israel ex USA? With Poll
« Reply #51 on: May 15, 2015, 02:29:23 PM »
I flew LY in coach twice and had very good experiences.
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Re: Is EL AL the worst Airline that flies to Israel ex USA? With Poll
« Reply #52 on: May 15, 2015, 02:39:54 PM »
I flew LY in coach twice and had very good experiences.

were you sleeping? drunk? high? either way.. happens.. we cant generalize that everything is good or bad..

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Re: Is EL AL the worst Airline that flies to Israel ex USA? With Poll
« Reply #53 on: May 15, 2015, 02:53:10 PM »
I flew LY in coach twice and had very good experiences.

Same here. They really improved over the last decade.

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Re: Is EL AL the worst Airline that flies to Israel ex USA? With Poll
« Reply #54 on: May 15, 2015, 03:29:18 PM »
were you sleeping? drunk? high? either way.. happens.. we cant generalize that everything is good or bad..

Yes, because the only reasonable explanation for a person's experience differing from yours must have been due to the fact that he was asleep or under the influence of alcohol or other substances.
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Re: Is EL AL the worst Airline that flies to Israel ex USA? With Poll
« Reply #55 on: May 15, 2015, 03:43:49 PM »
Yes, because the only reasonable explanation for a person's experience differing from yours must have been due to the fact that he was asleep or under the influence of alcohol or other substances.
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Re: Is EL AL the worst Airline that flies to Israel ex USA? With Poll
« Reply #57 on: May 15, 2015, 04:47:00 PM »
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Re: Is EL AL the worst Airline that flies to Israel ex USA? With Poll
« Reply #58 on: May 15, 2015, 06:16:49 PM »
Yes, because the only reasonable explanation for a person's experience differing from yours must have been due to the fact that he was asleep or under the influence of alcohol or other substances.

No, not exactly. 1) I meant it in a light way. 2) Most people whether they voted or not above dont like The service they get from elal. I dont care to hate on them, I just dont fly them.

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