Question for frequent Airline travelers.

[CAVPFCDD]

Delta = Don't Expect Luggage To Arrive.

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thats the one i've heard

Try southwest, usually the cheapest. Also try Airtran, look at some of the airlines websites, usually they give out deals that are better than travelosity or priceline or whatever, their "web specials" as they call them. I know jetblue and i think south west have no first class so every seat is coach sized.

I was on a jetblue flight once and said to my friend, wheres the first class on this plane? the freindly flight attendant passing by was quick to say, "well sir on jetblue every seat is first class" lol  Great airline though, gotta love the tv in every seat.

But everyone i know swears by southwest, they seem to always have the lowest price and great "web specials" so definatly check that out.

[Spikes]

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thats the one i've heard

Try southwest, usually the cheapest. Also try Airtran, look at some of the airlines websites, usually they give out deals that are better than travelosity or priceline or whatever, their "web specials" as they call them. I know jetblue and i think south west have no first class so every seat is coach sized.

I was on a jetblue flight once and said to my friend, wheres the first class on this plane? the freindly flight attendant passing by was quick to say, "well sir on jetblue every seat is first class" lol  Great airline though, gotta love the tv in every seat.

But everyone i know swears by southwest, they seem to always have the lowest price and great "web specials" so definatly check that out.

SWA is good, never a problem with them. They only fly 737s and have the fastest turn around time in the airline world.

[Obie303]

CB, Jet Blue may sub out the flights, usually to Virgin America.  It's still a good airline.  I'd also check into Direct Air.  Having flown Delta and AA a few times, I can't say one nice thing about them.  Hope this helps.

Obie

[C(Sea)Bass]

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thats the one i've heard

Try southwest, usually the cheapest. Also try Airtran, look at some of the airlines websites, usually they give out deals that are better than travelosity or priceline or whatever, their "web specials" as they call them. I know jetblue and i think south west have no first class so every seat is coach sized.

I was on a jetblue flight once and said to my friend, wheres the first class on this plane? the freindly flight attendant passing by was quick to say, "well sir on jetblue every seat is first class" lol  Great airline though, gotta love the tv in every seat.

But everyone i know swears by southwest, they seem to always have the lowest price and great "web specials" so definatly check that out.

I looked at Southwest because they fly out of Providence which is smaller and close to me. Problem is the price for a 1 way to PBI is more than the total roundtrip from BOS and has a layover at BWI. The flight I got from JetBlue is nonstop, as was the Delta flight.

I did fly Southwest from Orlando to Providence once, we stopped at Raleigh and BWI. We had a 45 minute delay in Raleigh due to a broken altimeter (like we really need that ), but the crew was very nice about it. I would fly them again if the price wasn't so much higher.

[Spikes]

CB, Jet Blue may sub out the flights, usually to Virgin America.  It's still a good airline.  I'd also check into Direct Air.  Having flown Delta and AA a few times, I can't say one nice thing about them.  Hope this helps.

Obie

Yeah, flew AA from ALB>OHare>PHX last Feb. It was a decent flight and not much wrong, but we got delayed in OHare to storms.

[trigger2]

Not every flight is perfect. Your family is safe, no credits to the pilot whatsoever?

Sounds more like he caught a display on his gear indicator telling him there MIGHT be an issue. Props on flying a proper "pan-pan" landing though!

In radiotelephone communications, a call of pan-pan is used to signify that there is an urgency on board a boat, ship, aircraft or other vehicle but that, for the time being at least, there is no immediate danger to anyone's life or to the vessel itself. This is referred to as a state of urgency. This is distinct from a Mayday call, which means that there is imminent danger to life or to the continued viability of the vessel itself. Thus 'pan-pan' will inform potential rescuers (including emergency services and other craft in the area) that a safety problem exists whereas 'mayday' will call upon them to drop all other activities and immediately instigate a rescue attempt.

The correct usage is "Pan-Pan, Pan-Pan, Pan-Pan", followed by the intended recipient of the message, either "All Stations, All Stations, All Stations" or a specific station, "Vancouver Coast Guard Radio, Vancouver Coast Guard Radio, Vancouver Coast Guard Radio", the identification of the craft, its position, the nature of the problem and the type of assistance or advice required, if any.

If possible I suggest SouthWest Airlines, have only good things to say about them.

[C(Sea)Bass]

While looking at flights I noticed something kind of odd. JetBlue has a flight out of BOS to PBI nonstop leaving at 8:17, then another at 8:20. The 8:20 flight arrives 4 minutes before the 8:17. They are listed as the same plane type. Does the first flight take the scenic route or something?

[Golfer]

I'd rather let a minor issue develop into a major one before I say "Pan-pan, Pan-pan, Pan-pan" on the radio.

Unless of course I own a Sanpan boat which case I might be tempted to call it Pan-pan.

[Golfer]

While looking at flights I noticed something kind of odd. JetBlue has a flight out of BOS to PBI nonstop leaving at 8:17, then another at 8:20. The 8:20 flight arrives 4 minutes before the 8:17. They are listed as the same plane type. Does the first flight take the scenic route or something?

To the right of those sets of numbers you'll see "am" and "pm."

Morning and evening not withstanding those times are block-out to block-in.  They will compensate for the projected time it will take for taxi out and taxi in.  These times can vary fairly dramatically based on what time it is in Boston and Palm Beach depending on the various rush hours throughout the day.  Each airplane is flight planned the same route so the only thing that would affect the enroute time provided no delays, shortcuts or speed restrictions is the wind at altitude.

[C(Sea)Bass]

To the right of those sets of numbers you'll see "am" and "pm."

Morning and evening not withstanding those times are block-out to block-in.  They will compensate for the projected time it will take for taxi out and taxi in.  These times can vary fairly dramatically based on what time it is in Boston and Palm Beach depending on the various rush hours throughout the day.  Each airplane is flight planned the same route so the only thing that would affect the enroute time provided no delays, shortcuts or speed restrictions is the wind at altitude.

I swear when I looked last time both said AM... must have changed it after I saw it....

[trigger2]

I'd rather let a minor issue develop into a major one before I say "Pan-pan, Pan-pan, Pan-pan" on the radio.

Unless of course I own a Sanpan boat which case I might be tempted to call it Pan-pan.

Well, a jet, I'm guessing decently loaded, with a suspected landing gear malfuction, I'd probably consider that pan-pan, but if nothing else... props on the SECURITE landing.

[68Wooley]

I'm averaging about 8 flights a month at the moment.

Every airline can have a bad day, but - in general - Jet Blue are pretty good. I hadn't heard of them subbing flights to Virgin America, but it's be no problem if they did - Virgin America have the coolest planes in the sky and they're the only one I know of to have 3 pin regular 110v power sockets in coach.

If you are on a Jet Blue flight, you might want to to try and get one of their 'Roomor' seats near the front. You might need to pay a little extra for it, but the extra legroom is worth it. That said, it wont help width wise. Jet Blue fly A320's exclusively with a 3*3 seat layout. Most airlines reserve the exit rows for their frequent fliers so you might struggle to get one on Delta (a don't fly them often - only the occasional trip in to Atlanta). There's also a growing trend towards charging extra for aisle and windows seats and for checking bags (US Airways being the chief culprit). Don't know what Delta's policy is, but Jet Blue haven't gotten in to this yet.

Wooley.

[MORAY37]

Fly Southwest.