Your favorite (and least favorite) airline...

love4fitnesslove4food_wechange
love4fitnesslove4food_wechange Posts: 6,897 Member
edited January 5 in Chit-Chat
...preferably in the U.S. for domestic flights.

So, i LOVE LOVE LOVE...

Delta because they give you cookes! :)

Virgin because the seat backs have TVs and you can play games or watch shows.


I don't like Southwest--they don't give you food or have any amenities.

I've heard great things about JetBlue and I'm flying with them in 2 weeks. Sooo we shall see.

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  • jamiem1102
    jamiem1102 Posts: 1,196 Member
    I really like Alaska (they also give you cookies! mmm... banana cookie...) and Jet Blue for their variety of snacks.

    I dislike American. It's so crowded and crappy on their flights. Seriously.
  • taunto
    taunto Posts: 6,420 Member
    Most of my flights are international so... sorry but

    Emirates Airline. Simply THE best imho
    ANY American airline is terrible. Flew with Delta. ZERO professionalism.

    But it doesn't really matter. Any flight you take will have a crying baby that will make you hate your life anyways
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,458 Member
    Fave - Alaska

    Least - American
  • love4fitnesslove4food_wechange
    love4fitnesslove4food_wechange Posts: 6,897 Member
    Jamie--I need to fly Alaska..free food is the way to my heart!
  • ChitownFoodie
    ChitownFoodie Posts: 1,562 Member
    I only fly United because my dad. I fly American every so often, and I like it better but theres nothing special about it. I am really digging the Direct TV on the United flights. This last trip I got to watch an NCIS marathon and The Dark Knight Rises
  • iqnas
    iqnas Posts: 445 Member
    I hate Delta!
    They made me wait at the JFK airport for 8 hours.
    Sigh.

    It's a long story..
  • the_journeyman
    the_journeyman Posts: 1,877 Member
    Favorite? Cheapest for my current flight needs.

    Least Favorite? Most expensive for my current flight needs.

    Past experience:

    Quantas & KLM are great. Continental not so much.

    JM
  • imhungry2012
    imhungry2012 Posts: 240 Member
    Spirit is the worst airline ever and second to them in suckiness, crappy planes and poor customer service is American.

    Delta is awesome and I love their Biscoff cookies with a passion!
  • iqnas
    iqnas Posts: 445 Member
    Most of my flights are international so... sorry but

    Emirates Airline. Simply THE best imho
    ANY American airline is terrible. Flew with Delta. ZERO professionalism.

    But it doesn't really matter. Any flight you take will have a crying baby that will make you hate your life anyways

    I agree!
    LOL.

    I fly mostly international too!

    I'm flying Saudi next month! :)
  • iAMaPhoenix
    iAMaPhoenix Posts: 1,038 Member
    My favorite airline is the one that gets me there safely...using this logic, I am glad I have not flown my least favorite yet.
  • crystalflame
    crystalflame Posts: 1,049 Member
    Favorite - American, but only because my boyfriend's an Executive Platinum so we get upgraded every time we fly. The First Class food is always excellent =P Otherwise, I hate them all.

    Least favorite - Delta. I've never, ever, ever flown them without being delayed, usually for maintenance. After a few times of 4hr+ delays, I swore them off for good.

    No American-based airline holds a candle to the good international ones. Singapore Airlines is fan-frikkin-tastic. Emirates is unbeatable. Thai, Cathay, and BA are all pretty decent too.
  • 31993703
    31993703 Posts: 1,144
    Fav - United since I have status.

    Least - Spirit. I will never fly them again.
  • love4fitnesslove4food_wechange
    love4fitnesslove4food_wechange Posts: 6,897 Member
    Oh...let's see. I've also flown United and US Airways. Both suck.
  • 31993703
    31993703 Posts: 1,144
    Oh...let's see. I've also flown United and US Airways. Both suck.
    Unless you have status on them. :X TAKE IT BACK
  • taunto
    taunto Posts: 6,420 Member
    Most of my flights are international so... sorry but

    Emirates Airline. Simply THE best imho
    ANY American airline is terrible. Flew with Delta. ZERO professionalism.

    But it doesn't really matter. Any flight you take will have a crying baby that will make you hate your life anyways

    I agree!
    LOL.

    I fly mostly international too!

    I'm flying Saudi next month! :)

    I'm going to Jeddah in a couple of weeks hopefully myself. I could take Saudi directly but will be flying Emirates just to dtop by Dubai and chill with some friends there :)

    Oh and Singapore is amazing too!
  • rebeccap13
    rebeccap13 Posts: 754 Member
    Best - Delta when I flew out of MT was the best! Love the cookies, the in flight wi fi and also racked up lots of points on my AmEx card :). Alaska is probably second, free booze! I like Southwest and Allegiant because of the great deals, I can tolerate semi crappy service for the right price, and hell, its always better than driving if you need to get somewhere fast.

    Worst - Frontier, their boarding system blows. United/Continental is a close second, rude attendants and tiny planes.
  • Abells
    Abells Posts: 756 Member
    ANA -- all nippon airways

    they keep feeding and giving you wine and beer no matter where i sit and they are the nicest attendants ever!

    in the US-- fly united but that's cause i rack up the miles :) I like it a lot
  • bridgelene
    bridgelene Posts: 358 Member
    My absolute favorite is Delta. We've always had wonderful service, be it international or domestic. It's always clean, and out of many times we've flown with them, we've only been delayed twice -- and received wonderful compensation for the length of time we were delayed. Even with the delays we've had great communication.

    I also like Frontier. I've only flown with them once, round trip DTW-LAS. They also had great service, and were INSANELY on time, actually landing quite early both flights (which from what I hear is normal for them). If I flew with them on any sort of regular basis and it was always like this, they *might* bump Delta for #1.

    Granted, most of our international flights we fly Delta.....we did a KLM hopper for Vienna --> Amsterdam once. But other than that, I do have to admit that I have no experience with non-US airlines.

    Finally, worst? Southwest. Admittedly the flight attendants were nice as well as funny (and I like humor), but...... 1- I don't like dragging my own luggage around. 2 - I was flying with someone with a disability, so we had priority boarding, but I don't like the boarding by zones rather than assigned seating. 3 - it just *seemed* cheap.

    I mean, I know you get what you pay for (and the flight attendants were a LOT better than we paid for), but......ew. Not worth for me, ever again.

    We've also flown Continental quite a bit *shrug* for my opinion. United was also *shrug*-worthy imo. We used to be Northwest girls (loved them......and hated Delta before the merger).
  • Oishii
    Oishii Posts: 2,675 Member
    Favourites:

    Virgin: their veggie food was just the same as the meat eaters', just with the meaty bit swapped for something veggie, rather than being a hotchpotch of ickiness :P

    SwissAir: just for the chocolate, as a kid.

    Least favourite:

    KLM: no individual screen on an 11 hour flight! A pupil had the same issue, so I know it's not just that one flight.

    Iberia: costs more than Easyjet, but no better.
  • _the_feniks_
    _the_feniks_ Posts: 3,412 Member
    American Airlines can suggit.
    I like Southwest personally but I know a lot of people don't. I have close family friends who are pilots.
  • trishadams
    trishadams Posts: 104 Member
    Jet Blue - First bag is free, Direct TV, roomy seats & good snack selection.
  • iqnas
    iqnas Posts: 445 Member
    Most of my flights are international so... sorry but

    Emirates Airline. Simply THE best imho
    ANY American airline is terrible. Flew with Delta. ZERO professionalism.

    But it doesn't really matter. Any flight you take will have a crying baby that will make you hate your life anyways

    I agree!
    LOL.

    I fly mostly international too!

    I'm flying Saudi next month! :)

    I'm going to Jeddah in a couple of weeks hopefully myself. I could take Saudi directly but will be flying Emirates just to dtop by Dubai and chill with some friends there :)

    Oh and Singapore is amazing too!

    That's awesome!

    I'm going to Jordan, Medina, Mecca, and Palestine.

    I've heard awesome reviews about Emirates though!
  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    Most of my flights are international so... sorry but

    Emirates Airline. Simply THE best imho
    ANY American airline is terrible. Flew with Delta. ZERO professionalism.

    But it doesn't really matter. Any flight you take will have a crying baby that will make you hate your life anyways

    This.
    EA business class? Tops. Although the deco is early bad Bollywood.
    Singapore comes very close. Virgin used to.

    Lufthansa is excellent. But just not at those levels.
    American airline companies are barely a cut above Venezolana or Air China. At least your single serving friends are a lot less annoying on those flights.

    C'mon America, you cut all plush out of flying and made it a damn smelly bus ride with Sister Mary Elephant as the airline "stewardess". And don't get me started on Delta.
  • Thomasm198
    Thomasm198 Posts: 3,189 Member
    Least favourite: Ryanair

    Favourite: Any other airline besides Ryanair
  • cdngirl71
    cdngirl71 Posts: 2,641 Member
    Favourite - West Jet - they have comical flight attendants, ha ha!!

    Least favourite - Air Canada
  • umachanxo
    umachanxo Posts: 926 Member
    I love Air Transat.

    Don't like Air Canada.
  • GiddyupTim
    GiddyupTim Posts: 2,819 Member
    My favorite? Southwest.
    Everything about it is informal and nobody expects to be pampered. The result? No pretensions and the other passengers are not uptight. If an American flight is five minutes late, your seat mate is going to be stewing and taking it out on the stewardess. Who needs to sit next to that? If your Southwest flight is late, it is no worse than the jostling you took trying to get to your seat, so it is not such a big deal. Everyone rolls with the punches and it is a much more pleasant atmosphere.
    Least favorite? United.
    It is owned by the employees, and yet they know nothing about customer service. You would think the counter people, stewardesses and pilots would have a vested interest in being friendly and accommodating. But they don't.
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