What Airline Do You Fly Most Frequently?

[sparky]

All over Alaska. Anything but Southwest. HATE the Who concert seating, and the high number of screaming children - which must be a side effect of cheap tickets.

[golddustwoman77]

It depends on where I'm going. If I'm flying to Florida to visit my husband's family, we fly Southwest. If we are flying elsewhere, we fly Delta.

[Merf]

Originally Posted by darklinensuit

Why?
- Jake

Sheebus this threads go like a mile a minute on the Chit Chat board.

Anyway, to answer your question, Charlotte is the biggest US Airways hub on the east coast and about 80% of the flights going out of Charlotte are US Airways flights. There is no competition. If you want to go anywhere in the US or the world (with the exception of a handful of Delta, United, and Northwest flights) you have to fly US Airways out of Charlotte. It's a racket.

We're getting a few Independence Air flights in October, though, and I've heard through the grapevine that we are the next city that Southwest is planning on going into next year! *crosses fingers*

[Merf]

Originally Posted by Merf

and I'm driving to Raleigh in September to fly Southwest to Philadelphia for the AC and Camden shows.

Originally Posted by GardenStateGirlie

$75 roundtrip....bless your heart, Southwest

WOOT!!! Kiss my ass, US Airways!!!

[jbrownsjr]

of course it depends where i'm going

but Continental has got to be the best I have ever flown

[Violet]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

of course it depends where i'm going

but Continental has got to be the best I have ever flown

Okay, this is a good post for me to follow...I used to work for Continental. They're nice to work for, too. The only reason I don't anymore is I didn't make enough there. But I LOVED the benefits! They used to sell t-shirts in the company store that said "marry me and fly for free." And I must say, I think it's a nice airline to fly, especially on long flights. We flew to Europe once in business class and it was great. They lay out a buffet and keep it going throughout the flight. Stuff like cheese, wine, appetizers. That's in addition to the main meal they also serve.

But since I don't work there anymore, I've been flying Spirit Air. Definitely no frills, but it's okay. We go out of Atlantic City to FL.

We've also done a good bit on United. Took them to China and back. They were really nice. While in China we flew a couple chinese airlines. THAT was interesting. When we left Nanchang to go to Guangzhou the flight attendants went around the cabin with flyswatters killing all the flies before we took off. Maybe they were fruit flies and they didn't want to export them to another city. Not sure. But they packed you on those planes real tight.

Carol

[Jessica Leigh]

Southwest... absolutely whenever possible... i can fly for $29 to places that take 6 hours to drive to and $60 in gas in my gas guzzling SUV... and i save 5 hours travelling time.... AND when you book online you get an extra flight credit... it's the only airline that i've ever actually earned free flights on and i have tried with 5 different airlines... they just didn't add up quick enough!

i know people say that SW sucks and they don't have assigned seats blah blah blah.... but 90% of my flights are 45 mins to 1 hr 15 mins.... i really don't care about a second rate airline if i spend most of my time on one hour puddle hoppers and i save a lot of money. i mean, what the hell is the point of paying for something more posh when you take off, level out, have 7 mins in the air to take your seatbelt off and go pee, and then you have to be back in your seat with your seatbelt on to start your descent?

[Tango]

Whatever is cheapest. I look at Travelocity, then go to the site of the lowest priced airline. Sometimes I weigh the thrift with the inconvenience of stops and times of travel. Southwest has been good, so has US Air and Delta.

[Jessica Leigh]

Originally Posted by darklinensuit

Reminds me, I hate having to connect in the wrong direction. Waste my time why don't you.
Actually, I hate connecting. I fly non-stop whenever I can. But other than in college I've always lived in a big city.

- Jake

hahaha no kidding!

one time i was looking for a flight from LA to Phoenix and they offered me one with a layover in San Fran!!! i was like "WHAT THE HELL!!??" they listed the total travel time (with layover) as 5 hours! I could DRIVE it in that time!!

[estranged4life]

of existence I have yet to fly...Just too claustophobic.

Plus, knowing how much God loves me ("hardy-har-har") I know the first time I would step into a plane the damned thing would crash into either a cornfield or a housing development...Thus I drive.

Besides, I attended courses at Spartan School of Aeronautics in Tulsa (Non-FAA regulated QC/NDT courses, To which us QC/NDT students were treated as "lepers" by the FAA asskissing school Administration.)...I know what "type" of people are currently being trained to work on airliners.

[WelshWitchPMD]

I try to go with Southwest most of the time. My biggest complaint with them is that they need to serve more cities like Atlanta and Denver to name a few.
One of the best things that they did was to add Philadelphia as one of their cities. That is a nice, cheap and also short flight for me.

The worst was Delta. I had my experience with Doesn't Ever Leave The Airport back on May 15. They needed a part for the plane and had to drive it from Boston to Providence. My flight to Atlanta(not much of a choice there) was delayed about 2 hours. I was not too happy. Another thing I did not like about Delta was the refund policy. I had bought a ticket to Raleigh but decided that I was not going to go to the show. I was told to hold on to my confirmation # so I could use it as a credit in the future. Back in June Delta had an online special to Denver but I could not use my credit online. I called customer service and they told me that they had to issue the ticket over the phone however they did not have the discounted price that was only online and said that they could not give it to me. On top of that they charge a 100.00 rebooking fee.

I don't like Delta.

[ShangriLaTroubl]

I havent flown since 1997...and im flying from Atlanta to San Antonio via Delta this Saturday...im a little nervous about flying...I hate heights...lol...and I hate to be cramped, I'm not fat but I'm a big guy...and I hope to not be TOO uncomfortable

Chris

[estranged4life]

Originally Posted by WelshWitchPMD

The worst was Delta. I had my experience with Doesn't Ever Leave The Airport back on May 15. They needed a part for the plane and had to drive it from Boston to Providence. My flight to Atlanta(not much of a choice there) was delayed about 2 hours. I was not too happy. Another thing I did not like about Delta was the refund policy. I had bought a ticket to Raleigh but decided that I was not going to go to the show. I was told to hold on to my confirmation # so I could use it as a credit in the future. Back in June Delta had an online special to Denver but I could not use my credit online. I called customer service and they told me that they had to issue the ticket over the phone however they did not have the discounted price that was only online and said that they could not give it to me. On top of that they charge a 100.00 rebooking fee.

I don't like Delta.

the home of the great slogan I learned from the FAA students & former Delta employees at Spartan:

"Delta-Our planes are spotless...And Engine-less & wingless".

[Wild_Heart03]

I mostly fly United... they've yet to ever delay my flight or lose my luggage. Which is more than I can say for Delta...

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by DeadliestPoison

Mmmm I'm not sure. I've only flown to Cancun with them, since that's the ONLY PLACE my parents EVER want to go on Vacation. -_- I'm like, "Send me to England! Send me to Germany!" but they ALWAYS go to Cancun. It gets hella old after a while. But everyone knows us there.

My sister & mom are going to Cancun... sometime this December, I think, with ATA.

Here's their website: http://www.ata.com/ I guess they DO go to Philly & Houston. Huh. You learn something new every day.

Thanks, but I was kidding. Who the hell considers Philly & Houston a vacation. (Actually, I guess I do since I'm headed to Philly, but really to see the family.)

- Jake