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davywavyCan anyone tell me what American Airlines are like?
My usual airlines of choice (BA and Vurgin) don't fly direct to St Louis and so I might have to fly with a lesser airline. Are they any good, or would the extra travel time on BA be rewarded with extra comfort & facilities?
My usual airlines of choice (BA and Vurgin) don't fly direct to St Louis and so I might have to fly with a lesser airline. Are they any good, or would the extra travel time on BA be rewarded with extra comfort & facilities?
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Date: 2003-09-30 01:34 am (UTC)But they've always treated me right.
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Date: 2003-09-30 01:35 am (UTC)extra leg room
Date: 2003-09-30 01:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-30 02:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-30 02:03 am (UTC)They were awful. We flew with them a few years ago when we went back to Portland. The plane looked like it was falling apart, the stewardesses were the mothers of Neandertal and there was no space at all.
Continental trans-Atlantic and US Airways are both pretty good. Failing that, Lufthansa were suitable.
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Date: 2003-10-17 05:39 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2003-09-30 03:41 am (UTC)The only problem we has was as it was the Week Of Much Snow, we were delayed by a day getting out of Heathrow as BA had taken up all the de-icing machines. So as long as it isn't snowing here, then it will be fine...
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Date: 2003-09-30 08:33 am (UTC)Just flew them a month ago
- The extra leg room is nice, but doesn't do me much good for sleep (that angle just makes me slide lower into the seat, which compresses the spine and bends the lower back ... in a word, 'ouch')
- The food is quite good, but I wouldn't rate it excellent. Better than China Airlines though! ;-)
- In Economy-class, one has to pay for one's alchoholic beverages ... something that put me off a bit.
- The film is old-style, on a shared screen...rather than the seat-back screens with games - as per Virgin Atlantic.
- There is a dearth of telephones per seat as well, most bad in Economy seats on domestic flights.
- AA's hub is Dallas/Ft. Worth ... a nice airport, but on some flights, it adds unnecessary hours to one's journey.
- The Atlantic arrival point is forcibly JFK, unfortunately (Gods curse the damnable place).
... still, much better off than United, I'm sorry to say.
Have you anything to add on KLM? I haven't flown them in years, and heard of the recent Air France buy-out...
Re: Just flew them a month ago
Date: 2003-09-30 02:42 pm (UTC)I think there were only drinks with the meals, any extra you had to specifically ask for and only non-alcoholics were free IIRC.
That doesn't bother me too much as I rather stay sober on a journey that takes a lot out of me in the first place.
Not sure about leg space, I had a whole row to myself so wasn't really bothered. Besides, my legs are short. ;o)
Very important for Dave: No extras or goodies or toys or games. There was a screen on the backrest in front of you, though.
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They have frequent flights from Heathrow, and one of their major hubs is Atlanta, which is a rather nice, newer airport that accepts international arrivals (avoids JFK) ... moreover, being in the south, it's a fairly good jumping point for St. Louis.
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