CFP it's in the 80s today

CFP wrote:Flight changed. Was going PHL > Charlotte > Phoenix but Charlotte overbooked so now going nonstop to Phoenix and a $200 voucher for changing/cooperating. Winning.

Might expire in 12 yrs tho

PrattRules wrote:She probably wouldn't give you a bumpkin either.

Would there be enough room in an outhouse?

jamiethekiller wrote:i'll ride on a plane for 24 hours if i don't have to make a stop

mid-air fueling!

Phan In Phlorida wrote:

jamiethekiller wrote:i'll ride on a plane for 24 hours if i don't have to make a stop

mid-air fueling!

Worked for President Harrison Ford

Feel like every crossing guard with a stop sign is drunk with power.

You might not feel like that if you were a parent.

CalvinBall wrote:

The Dude wrote:

BigEd76 wrote:

CFP wrote:Flight changed. Was going PHL > Charlotte > Phoenix but Charlotte overbooked so now going nonstop to Phoenix and a $200 voucher for changing/cooperating. Winning.

...except for the part where you're sitting on a plane for 5 hours nonstop

that's tons better than worrying about connecting flights and doing the boarding process again

yeah ed wtf is wrong with you

I should've clarified that one. Whenever I book, I always try to get direct flights because I don't wanna deal with 4-hour layovers or ones that are so short that you're racing to the next gate and your bags are guaranteed to get misrouted. I also stay away from those wacky ones where PHL to Tampa goes through Detroit or Cleveland...I mean c'mon. PHL to Vegas, I was fine, but about 4 hours in, I was getting a little restless and wanted to land. (The return trip was only 4, and I was fine on that one.) PHL to other places in the mountain and pacific timezones, there were midwestern stops for about an hour, which were great for a stretch, bathroom break and grabbing something to eat. Same thing with a 90-minute stop in Chicago coming back from Denver

TBF ed is a humungous person

<--- doesn't need an extender and doesn't spill into anyone else's seat (I've actually been seated next to people that spilled into mine. fkkkk that)

Never flown anything other than coach, and I've never had an exit row for extra leg room. I've also managed to avoid the middle seat every time except for my first time flying

I will say, flying to Moscow (10 hours) was bearable because on the way there, I did have an exit row (actually, was in the very front row of coach) and on the way back, had the entire 3 seat row to myself. Also, Air Singapore is way, way, way, better than any domestic Airline. The fact that foreign airlines cannot compete on domestic routes is a strong piece of evidence that anyone in politics who talks about markets is totally full of shit. If Congress cared about things like that, they'd open domestic flight routes up to international competition.

TenuredVulture wrote: If Congress cared about things like that, they'd open domestic flight routes up to international competition.

I hear that if given such a chance, Lufthanza would lower fares like a depressed junior pilot

Well, I'm probably wrong about this, but I would wonder if an airline that was basically all premium coach (providing the level of service common in say the 80s or 70s) that charged say 30% higher fares for that premium service wouldn't have some appeal. A little more room, a free drink, etc. I'm thinking something like Air Singapore level standards, maybe a notch less with food and such.

Also, I really wonder why it's treated as such a big deal to get to board a plane first. Unless you have specific issues, like kids you need to get settled or something, I don't see the advantage.

bc if you have a carryon you want some overhead space before it fills up

TenuredVulture wrote:Well, I'm probably wrong about this, but I would wonder if an airline that was basically all premium coach (providing the level of service common in say the 80s or 70s) that charged say 30% higher fares for that premium service wouldn't have some appeal. A little more room, a free drink, etc. I'm thinking something like Air Singapore level standards, maybe a notch less with food and such.

Also, I really wonder why it's treated as such a big deal to get to board a plane first. Unless you have specific issues, like kids you need to get settled or something, I don't see the advantage.

Fly Emirates?

Soren wrote:Fly Emirates?

By Mennen

Soren wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:Well, I'm probably wrong about this, but I would wonder if an airline that was basically all premium coach (providing the level of service common in say the 80s or 70s) that charged say 30% higher fares for that premium service wouldn't have some appeal. A little more room, a free drink, etc. I'm thinking something like Air Singapore level standards, maybe a notch less with food and such.

Also, I really wonder why it's treated as such a big deal to get to board a plane first. Unless you have specific issues, like kids you need to get settled or something, I don't see the advantage.

Fly Emirates?

I'm pretty sure Emirates doesn't fly domestic.

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TenuredVulture wrote:

Houshphandzadeh wrote:layovers are ok. take a pee. get a bagel

Unless something goes wrong, and you miss your connecting flight. And then there is the feeling you sometimes get when your stop takes you out of your way. I remember flying from PHL to Little Rock, with a change in DFW. On the PHL-DFW leg, we flew directly over Little Rock. And I knew I wouldn't actually be able to land there for another 3 hours.

Andddddd this happened to my friend today, who decided to come a day later.

Was going PHL > DFW> PHX and had to take a different route due to weather, and is now begging to get on any flight to Phoenix from Dallas and may miss the D'bags game with us. Fack.

Probably a good idea to try to avoid any kind of layover in DFW in the spring. I guess there's no real solution given US geography to avoid having major hubs in parts of the country where disruptive weather is common.