No offense folks but first class on a domestic flight is a joke.
Does any airline suck as much as American?
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S*** happens. Just be glad this is not 100-150 years ago and you were crossing the country on a train.
Planes have to be kept at 100% capacity or dang close to make money. That means when something goes wrong, there are not other flights available to rebook on. An airline can’t just crap out another airplane when necessary too.
48 hrs is excessive compared to the average delay but that doesn’t mean it is still possible. Just seems like a perfect storm of events.
Sorry about your luck!
Please do this to show everyone at the airport how dumb you are
I got stuck in Denver on a connecting back home a few years back. Blizzard like conditions. It was a Sunday, they told me the next flight I could get would be the next Friday. 5 fvcking days, lol. I rented a car and was home 12 hours later. It was delta I believe.
Yes, really. Does it compare to international first class? Of course not. But the jump from regular economy to first class is noteworthy even on an hour long flight.
I've flown first class on United. Besides the wider seat and some swill beverage, didn't seem like much. You can't tell me first class on some dog shit flight from Cedar Rapids to even Atlanta makes that much of a difference. Some yes, much no. If you have miles to upgrade or someone is paying for it, ok. Otherwise, meh.
FWIW talking long delays - I was about 5,000 ft in the air at about 8:30am EST on Sept. 11th. We did a nosedive back to the airport and then got home 1,000 miles away using Greyhound and Amtrak and bumming rides. Was about 40 hrs delayed approximately.
We are platinum from just pleasure travel and I cannot tell you the last time we had a delay of more than 15 minutes. 9 times out of 10, our bags are waiting for us when we get to baggage claim. Delta has seriously been completely seamless for us.
I fly American a lot and have generally been OK with them. I prefer Delta. Most of my nightmare experiences have been on United.
Obviously, you and I aren't using delta at the same time. My wife and I "joke" about adding an extra day to vacations when Delta (domestic) is involved....Internationally, atleast they (Delta) are hooked up with KLM and Air France who have been pretty reliable for us.
Same here with Delta. Platinum level and the only delays I've experienced lately have been due to snow. Had 3-4 flights in a month where this happened, which sucked. But they can't control the weather.
Compared to first internationally, yes it is. That was my point. And as you rightly said, grossly overpriced.
He is too busy pressing charges for kidnapping to get on a plane
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Flight out of Des Moines to Mesa on Allegiant original scheduled departure today at 12:10 pm delayed at 7:30 am this morning to 10:25 pm departure. Vouchers are being promised, but nothing yet.
In Dallas now. Delayed again this morning, so I missed my first connection. It’s been such a pleasure to fly AA.
Airlines are commodities. No difference. They buy planes...stuff you in them...give you little to no service unless you're a high-ranking rewards member...and shuttle you to and fro.
That said, I agree w/OP that American, somehow, seems to be worse than most.
That said, I agree w/OP that American, somehow, seems to be worse than most.
Spirit is the Ryan Air of the United States
Haha, yup. Spirit aka Bahama Mama Airlines.
You are right. Every airline has similar policies. The difference is in the execution when something goes wrong. Operations decisions. Maintenance decisions. Rebooking decisions. When to cancel flights. How many spare planes are available. And so on. American is not very good at these things.
This cracked me up. The only thing bad about flying is the other people flying that have no self control when something goes wrong. People are big babies whenever there's a problem.
Why would anyone be offended that you don't like first class? WTF do I care what you like?
Always do a great job for us, we only fly American for the most part. Good example, flying home from Jamaica last December and there was bad weather in Charlotte so our flight canceled, rebooked us on a flight to Chicago and then a flight from Chicago to CR the next morning. When we got to Chicago I rented a car and drove the 3 hours home instead of waiting until morning. Got home 30 minutes before we originally were supposed to get there. Some times you have to figure part of it out on your own.
I've had the best luck with Delta and the worst with United. American has been fine but have more cancellations due to weather in Dallas than in Atlanta which makes them slightly worse. United is the worst with cancellations in my experience but that could also be a result of the fact that flying through Chicago sucks.
