what airline you like to fly on best

[renovation]

when you fly what airline do you like best ?
i know for me USA3000 is the one i try to use the most offen .

[zippyjuan]

Not familiar with them. It depends on where I want to go. I prefer a non- stop flight at a decent hour and hopefully not too expensive. Going from San Diego to Colorado (my most frequent route), I can take Southwest- and spend an extra hour or so in Las Vegas or Arizona or I can take Frontier or United in a direct flight. which is about two hours. Frontier has more convenient flights so I usually use them.

[Memo]

I tend to go Continental or JetBlue but they're all crappy if you ask me. JetBlue burns me everytime but as long as they have the cheapest flights I'll continue to take them. Continental I use because of OnePass miles.

[ArkiStan]

I don't know if it's the generally the same with most domestic flights, but on a recent flight on JetBlue from LA Burbank to JFK, the security procedures were unbelievably pain-free. No searching, just asking if I had anything. Not sure if it was just the time of the night (red-eye) but it was like getting on a bus. With that and the cheap prices, I was pretty satisfied.

[GraingerGuy]

I've only flown JetBlue once...but I really liked it!

[Butch]

Singapore Air . . . I fly it every time I go back to the US. I'm really lucky since they have fantastic service and they are also the cheapest flight between Frankfurt and NYC (Frankfurt is their stopover between Singapore and JFK, so they have 2 flights a day and want to keep them full).

American carriers pale in comparison. Until I find myself on one of the UAE-based carriers or something like that, Singapore will be the standard-bearer for me.

[SKinAZ]

LOVE Southwest Airlines. Most of my flights are the short hauls that Southwest masters. Even my longer flights have been good on Southwest.

[ray]

Continental from LA to NJ
Alaska Air from LA to DC
Delta from LA to Boston
Southwest or Jetblue for short flights (1 hour)
I refuse to fly United and American

[DarkFury]

Which ever one is offering the cheapest ticket to my destination at the time. More or less, they all are the same (i.e. not many perks other than getting to where you are going...)

[RoniMan]

I've only flown JetBlue once...but I really liked it!

:agree:

you get 20+ channels of direcTV! how can you not?

[kimchicowboy]

international: love love love singapore air.
domestic: love jetblue, but they've been having more delays as of late.
sort of domestic: hawaiian air is nice since they provide meals, but no in-seat screens = ghetto.

[Mommypooh]

I don't fly. I just can't fathom getting 3 carseats plus 3 kids plus carry ons all to a plane. I will wait quite a few years before I fly agian. When I did fly it was with my mom and it was always Delta or Southwest. I might have to try sky bus some day if it is still around when we need to fly.

[Sirrich3]

Jet Blue!

[gear02]

I refuse to fly US Air and United. I used to like American but not anymore.

I like Continental, Jet Blue, and Alaska domestically.

International, I like Eva and Singapore Airlines.

[uncledaddy]

Pan Am...damn...has it been that long?

[Daedalus]

Hawaiian Airlines. Tiny seats, old planes, but for some reason I'm usually in a good mood when I fly them.

[VTGreg]

I fly every week for work and will fly whatever airline I can get a direct on but that being equal, I prefer Delta and then American, Continental, US Air and United all fall into a second group. I despise the discount airlines and despise Southwest even more.

[ski]

United has been my airline of choice, since they have a major hub near me (Washington Dulles). Once you hit Premier, the service is hard to give up: free to reserve Economy Plus seats, separate check-in counter, well those are the only two worth mentioning.

[Jeffbx]

Northwest, but that's only because Detroit is a hub and I can get a direct flight to just about anywhere I'm going, including Tokyo & Paris. I hate layovers.

[VTGreg]

United has been my airline of choice, since they have a major hub near me (Washington Dulles). Once you hit Premier, the service is hard to give up: free to reserve Economy Plus seats, separate check-in counter, well those are the only two worth mentioning.

I'm 1K with United and only Gold Medallion on Delta but I almost always get upgraded on Delta and almost never get upgraded on United. That is my only beef with United. I also like the fact that priority on Delta gives me priority with Northwest and Continental while priority on United only gives me priority on US Air (which isn't bad since I live in Charlotte where their hub is located).

[guiseppewv]

I am Gold on USAir and Platinum on Delta.

Likes:
Delta - Great FAs
AirTran
KLM - Great FAs
USAir (international only)

Dislikes:
Northwest (domestic) -terrible FAs
USAir (domestic) -terrible all around

Personally, I fly on the cheapest alternative. If all things are close or equal I choose Delta.

I've flown from HI to the East coast so many times that it really doesn't matter how uncomfortable the flight is - I can deal with it.

[11th Reader]

I fly mainly on Southwest and have great experiences with them. My flights actually usually land earlier than scheduled. I live in Seattle, and Alaska is a hub up here and as a result I've flown a few times with Alaska but every time my flights have been late and I hate that.

I was curious if anyone had any thoughts about TED? I haven't heard much about them...

[Markel]

I was curious if anyone had any thoughts about TED? I haven't heard much about them...
I just flew Ted between Chicago and Phoenix. Pretty standard (but a bit scimpier than major tier airlines). Interesting boarding order: window seats, then middle, then aisle seats.

[guiseppewv]

Anyone have any experience with Continental to/from HI? Just curious before I book.


sort of domestic: hawaiian air is nice since they provide meals, but no in-seat screens = ghetto.

FYI: Delta and Continental serve meals on all of their to/from HI legs.

[cruelpupet]

My ratings from best to worst:


Cathy Pacific
Korean Air
China Air/Jet Blue (they tie)
Continental
(insert every other airline here)
Lufthansa

[brainsmile]

Whichever one supports and encourages the Mile High Club.... :)

Now a better question is who belongs to this club?

[guiseppewv]

Whichever one supports and encourages the Mile High Club.... :)

Now a better question is who belongs to this club?

Everyone can be in the mile high club now that you can "rent" suites with a bed in them. Just takes a little bit of loot.

LINK (http://www.cnn.com/2007/BUSINESS/10/25/a380.firstflight/)

[ShawnLee]

I love my Asiana - but basically, I'll be happy with any of the Star Alliance carriers.

Asiana is what I'm usually on flying anywhere to or fro of Korea. United and US Air are what I usually fly domestic from coast to coast, stateside.

United, for me, has been hit or miss.
I was delayed out of Washington on a Saturday because of a bad storm last year, going back to LAX, and the earliest they could confirm me for was Monday.
The gate agent bumped me up to first class and she got my indebetd gratitude from a situation where I might have ended up despising the whole airline.

[des1969]

I like US Air and Delta. But if you are flying during the holidays, don't take Frontier. They are cheap but only fly through Denver. My family and I got our flight cancelled last Christmas because of the Denver storm. We ended up having to drive from San Diego to St Louis, where we were going for the holidays