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davywavy ([personal profile] davywavy) wrote2003-09-30 09:19 am
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Flying

Can 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?
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Just flew them a month ago

[identity profile] applez.livejournal.com 2003-09-30 09:24 am (UTC)(link)
AA is fair:

- 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

[identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com 2003-09-30 02:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I flew with them in 2001, just over a month after 11th of September. Food was quite good. Service was a bit lousy, though. None of the flight attendants were under 50 and every time you wanted something they were really really bothered to have to get up from their coffee it seemed. There was only one cool attendant, a huge black woman who probably cooks a mean gumbo at home ;o) but she rarely was in my section.
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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