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Non-Airline Mogul => General Chat => Topic started by: blue25 on December 30, 2007, 01:36:54 am
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What was your worst flight ever?
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NWA flight SEA-MSP... yuck.....
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NWA flight SEA-MSP... yuck.....
You can do that with United. Also, you could go SEA-MKE with AirTran :wink: and see what the difference is. Maybe Frontier can get you there better next time :wink:
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That was ages ago and you can't do SEA-MSP direct with UA. I'd rather do SEA-DEN-MSP anyday. :D
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A bad flight is impossible, because it involves flying :D
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A bad flight is impossible, because it involves flying :D
That is what I say. :D
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A bad flight is impossible, because it involves flying :D
That is what I say. :D
Not when they spill water on you when your only 8! :shock:
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I was stuck at several airports including LAX DEN and TUL for more than a 24 hour time period because of delays once. The total flying time was only suppose to be a few hours. Most people would call that a bad flight or flights but I enjoyed it very much.
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I would have enjoyed it. lots of pretty airplanes. :)
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Oh, yes. I sat at the end of terminal 7 I think it was and watched the active runway at LAX for several hours before my plane was actually ready to leave.
Although the United Airlines 737-300 had mechanical issues, which was the cause of the first delay, it made up for it because it had the new paint scheme. This was in 2004 I think, so there were not very many planes with the new paint scheme yet.
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NWA flight SEA-MSP... yuck.....
. Also, you could go SEA-MKE with AirTran.
Or if I take this route, I can go on a real airline not cattle class........
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That was ages ago and you can't do SEA-MSP direct with UA. I'd rather do SEA-DEN-MSP anyday. :D
Or SEA-ORD-MSP.....
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never mind this post, meant to post in the Late Flights thread
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China Eastern
Hangzhou-Xiamen... yuk....
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Mine was on Ted. The hole flight was disturbed by turbulence.
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With Qatar Airways.
5 hours "domestic" that flew over at least 5 countries from Tunis, Tunisia to Doha, Qatar. Cattle class is the same (or maybe worse than) the UA fleet. Ground crews are very unfriendly and unhelpful in both TUN and DOH.
In Tun, the check in lady (not the Tunisia Air personnel, real QR ground crew in uniform) didn't know how to check our group in and did so with snail pace then told our tour guide that "the counter opens at 10, you should have been there before so", while our flight departs at 1315.
In DOH, the gate personnel screamed and ordered us to board the plane at 0020 while the boarding time for the plane was 0040, with departure at 0115 (DOH-HKG). When we told him we have to wait for our friends, he said the gates would close at 10 mins and none of us would get on the plane. When I told him the plane is scheduled to start boarding at 0040 (as opposed to gate closed at 0030), he said the gate would close and we won't get on the plane. He basically threathen us. I am writing to complain to QR, but saw this thread, so my 2 cents on the "5-star" :roll: airline.
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Your the only person I've ever heard say they had a bad expeireince with QR! :shock:
btw, the final destination was MSP...I like DEN better then ORD...
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I apologize now for the book...I couldn't sleep :oops:
Wouldn't know where to begin on this one. I've been on several flights, several airlines, and many aircraft anywhere from the tiny Jetstream J-31 to the 747-400...even had a trip on good ol TWA when I was about 13....But the worst flight...I'd have to go with my most recent ones. Never again will I ever fly Malaysia Airlines :|
Dates in my sig as well as the routes. This trip was to visit a good friend of mine who lives in Taiwan. She came here as an exchange student and lived with a friend right across the street...very convenient I might add...long story how that went :D So anyways I promised her before she left that I would come and visit. Took a year but I pulled it off. Spent a wonderful 2.5 weeks in that beautiful country. But it was getting there and back that was a real adventure.
Began just like any other trip, get to my favorite airport FWA and check in. This time DFW was my first stop, had a long 5 hour layover then onto LAX...or so I thought, boarded the AA 757-200WL, I was tired but happy to be on my first winglet 757 even though it was to dark for pictures. We taxi out with the safety demo just like a normal departure, but when we reach the runway I heard the engines shut down, due to runway closed down at LAX we had an hour ground delay. I was expecting a tight connection at LAX anyways now I was thinking that I was screwed. Lucky with ground delay they allowed cell phones, got numbers for both American and Malaysia airlines and tried to find out what happens if I was to miss the flight. Theres many flights between LAX & TPE but only one MH flight a day. Basic story I got was that if missed I would be re-routed "somehow" and it wouldn't be direct :? At some point in there we taxied back to the terminal as someone had forgot to fill the water tanks :roll:
Eventually made it into LAX and ran to the disaster area known as the Tom Bradley terminal. Took forever just to figure out where the MH line was. Checked in and was told to hurry. Of course security lines are only a mile long in that place. I was still a little ways back in the line when my flight should have been boarding. Make it through the line about a minute before its supposed to push back and run as fast as my legs would allow to the gate only to find the nose of a Cathay 747 staring at me instead of a Malaysia 747...great...missed the flight...or not. Found out from a lady at the desk my flight had been moved to another gate clear at the other end of the terminal...but it was still supposedly on time. Ran down there and to my relief I found a MH 747-400. Flight was delayed about 1/2 hour.
Then came the pain...mind you it had already been about 14 hours since I boarded my first flight in Fort Wayne. We finally began boarding, made my way back to row 46, seat K (window), and began to realize picking MH was a mistake. Both my seat mates were already there, both had to get up to let me in. I could barely squeeze over to my seat, then sat down to find it rather firm and uncomfortable. I'm long legged as well and my knees were jammed into the seat in front of me. All I could think about was trying to find a somewhat comfortable spot and sleep. After a long, heavy takeoff and climb, seatbelt sign off, drinks, seats could go back...they have a GREAT recline I have to say...unfortunately it all goes into the guy behind you. The guy in front of me used his recline to full crunching my already cramped legs, I literally couldn't move them as they were pinned between his seat back and the edge of mine. After an hour I finally managed to pass out...woke up a couple hours later to find we still had about 10 more to go. Decided to try the entertainment system....got nothing...they announced later there was a problem with it and were sorry it would not be available. Thank god for being 18 at the time and over international waters...had a couple beers and finally managed to pass out again. Woke up with about 5 hours left and couldn't go back to sleep, sun was beginning to rise anyways. Stayed awake the rest of the flight, about 2 hours out we were served a meal. I have to admit...as pathetic as MH's economy is they have some of the best airline food I've ever had. We landed at last after a LONG 14.5 hours on that bird. I went to stand up and fell back into my seat, my legs were on strike. Took a couple times to get the blood going again but managed to get off the plane. Took a whopping 10 minutes to legally enter Taiwan...5 of that was walking from the gate :shock: Total time from gear up at FWA to legally in Taiwan approx 29 hours, lost a day...arrived morning of August 1st.
4 days before my return we took a trip around the island, did some mountain hiking, simply beautiful country. My last night her brother and a friend took me to a bar since I was legal over there. Not like the 21 age limit stops me here at home...just cant go to the bar. I can hold alcohol well, 3 glasses of beer is nothing to me...but whatever was in the shot glasses they dropped in those 3 beers did me in...I've NEVER had a hangover...most I've ever had after getting that drunk is just a slight headache. For some reason this time I woke up the next morning with a head ready to explode. Spent the day trying to shake it off. Managed to get packed up and ready to go. Night finally arrived and my flight was to depart around 9:15 PM.
After a long goodbye I made my way to the gate....during my stay over there the liquid ban had taken place and what I didn't know was that once I cleared the special checkpoint at my gate I could not go back out. I had to stay in the holding area. I was about an hour early anyways so all I could do was wait. No longer had my pop or water that was originally in my carry on. Getting quite thirsty, its 9:15 and we still have no aircraft or even crew. Delayed...look over and see a pop machine...oh joy :D dug out a few of my Taiwanese coins I wasn't planing to save but forgot to exchange. Walked over to find a note saying it could not be used thanks to the liquid ban...great :cry: Water fountain...out of order...of course it is...why wouldn't it be :roll:
Dying of thirst our delay turned into over an hour. Finally board and once again make my way to a cramped window seat in row 43 this time. luckily they served drinks before push back along with the hot towels. Thirst quenched, legs cramped, thoughts of the flight over running through my head, and the end of the hangover headache splitting my head we make it out for another incredibly long takeoff. Supper was definitely the best airline food I've had...chicken something. Entertainment system actually worked this time and I found the country music station. With a couple drinks and a full belly I was out like a light for almost half the flight. Woke up to no headache and actually was kind of in a good mood, the guy in front didn't use his recline to its fullest so I could still feel my legs a little :D Watched a couple movies, then came breakfast, or lunch, not sure what you could call it really. Same options as the supper but they were prepared different...the chicken once again blew my taste buds away. Managed to get a second meal this time, seat mate didn't want his...traded my fruit dish for his main coarse :lol: It was a father and daughter on their way back home from Malaysia. Quite friendly people really. Pretty decent flight other then the horribly cramped seating. Kind of strange to land at LAX 3 hours before you even departed TPE :roll:
Then came the ever so fun process of re-entering the US. Mind you it only took a couple minute to clear Taiwan customs as a FOREIGNER....took me over 2.5 hours of standing in lines then dealing with rude customs agents who really don't seem to care if your alive or dead. After the first check point had to pick up my checked bag and lug it to a couple more check points...it was overweight...and after a 14 hour flight its the last thing you want to try to lug around. FINALLY I was a legal and found the drop off point for my checked bag. I still can't believe how things are, 5 MINUTES to enter Taiwan but 2.5 HOURS to legally re-enter the US as a CITIZEN :x And LAX staff is just SO friendly and helpful like they say on the website :roll: One airport I never want to see again...EVER...Or at least not Tom Bradly terminal...The livestock I work with is treated better than that :!:
Got checked in with AA again and made my way through their security. Found some food and tried to relax...still had about 3 hours before my flight to ORD. I found it delayed by 15 minutes when I arrived in the AA terminal but no big deal. Ate, walked around, then found a seat where I could see my gates jet way. Midnight rolls in, should be boarding, no aircraft at the gate yet. Eventually that 15 minute delay turned into almost an extra hour before an aircraft even pulled up to the gate. Original scheduled time was 11:55 PM...it was nearly 1:45 AM before we finally lifted off. My layover in Chicago was only supposed to be an hour and 20 minutes. Lucky for winds we made up some of the lost time. Got off in Chicago and thought there was no way to make the next flight. Flight should have already had doors closed. Got to the gate and found yet another delay of 20 minutes. Call home and let them know. We were waiting on the aircraft to get in from somewhere else. Finally it pulls up 30 minutes late. They unload but then the lady at the desks starts boarding a flight to Kentucky :o They too were using an ERJ-145 that morning. Our gate was moved, delay turned into over an hour. Finally boarded our little group going to FWA. 50 seat ERJ...total bodies on board including pilots and attendant...9 :lol: She told us to sit where ever we pleased and even served a quick drink before push back. Pushed back in Chicago about the same time we should have been hitting the ground at FWA. Great flight though...lots of leg room, all the pop you could down in that short flight. Your only in the air at max 30 minutes on that flight...quick climb and quick decent. 3 flights and 3 delays...instead of the planned 25 hours to get home it actually took a little over 30 :oops:
And that puts an end to that book. Its 3 AM here and I cant sleep...my mind decided to ramble all that off :cry:
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ok...um...:lol:
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Continental, MCO to YYZ.
Was (edit: after) a blizzard, but still they handled it terribly. For an airline based out of an airport that does receive snowfall in the winter, it was an unexcusable catastrophe. Somehow, we landed at CLE, stayed for 3 hours in this horrible excuse for an inn (which CO suggested was GOOD), got back on the plane, terrible pilot, landing on ice (YYZ's fault that one) and finding our luggage on an AC flight in from ORD.
It never added up.
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At least you got an inn, gizgiz.
I got stranded in IND 2 weeks ago for 26 hours with only a distressed customer voucher which translated into about $20 discount at an inn :roll:
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my friend was flying BDA-MSP on Continental, got stranded overnight in EWR, had to stay at a hotel :)
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@Triple7: But what was so bad about Malaysia? This rather sounded as if your experiences with US ground staff weren't quite that good :lol:
Flight experience itself must have been Jetstar from Brisbane to Cairns. Dirty, uncomfortable plane, rude fb's, pilots didn't care for the plane...
Worst overall experience was Lufthansa HAJ-FRA-LHR (and back)
HAJ-FRA everything was ok, flight arrived on time. Should have been a tight connection, 7 houers delay :evil: :evil:
Flight back got stuck in the chaos at LHR... set on the tarmac for two houers and then missed the connection flight from FRA to HAJ (was the last flight that day) at last LH rebooked us on the flight from FRA to HAM from where we took a taxi back to HAJ where our car was parked.
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My worst Flight was LAX-DFW and also DFW-LAX both flights we're ridiculously late and overbooked. It was an AA flight and I must say it was one of the worst in terms of staff friendliness and service. I was expecting more from AA. Maybe because I took a CX flight prior to the LAX-DFW.
Another bad flight was Rome-Milan on board Alitalia. The Airline's name tells u everything there is no need to comment.
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My worst Flight was LAX-DFW and also DFW-LAX both flights we're ridiculously late and overbooked. It was an AA flight and I must say it was one of the worst in terms of staff friendliness and service. I was expecting more from AA. Maybe because I took a CX flight prior to the LAX-DFW.
Another bad flight was Rome-Milan on board Alitalia. The Airline's name tells u everything there is no need to comment.
There you go! AA is the problem :lol:
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Continental, MCO to YYZ.
Was (edit: after) a blizzard, but still they handled it terribly. For an airline based out of an airport that does receive snowfall in the winter, it was an unexcusable catastrophe. Somehow, we landed at CLE, stayed for 3 hours in this horrible excuse for an inn (which CO suggested was GOOD), got back on the plane, terrible pilot, landing on ice (YYZ's fault that one) and finding our luggage on an AC flight in from ORD.
It never added up.
I won't defend their behavior but.....
IAH doesn't recieve snowfall.....(CO HQ is in Houston)
But you probably landed at CLE, becuase it was the closest CO base to your route. MCO to YYZ.... Would you have rather gone to EWR??????
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Another bad flight was Rome-Milan on board Alitalia. The Airline's name tells u everything there is no need to comment.
Oh yeah, I could add every flight I've ever taken on that airline to my list of negatives as well... :x
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Another bad flight was Rome-Milan on board Alitalia. The Airline's name tells u everything there is no need to comment.
Oh yeah, I could add every flight I've ever taken on that airline to my list of negatives as well... :x
I pretty understand you It's no wonder to me that nobody flies Alitalia , unless the ticket is cheap or it's their only choice. All my Flights have been dreadful with this airline.Poor service, rude flight crew,poor communication skills (I hardly understood what they say in English, How can the ICAO allow that?) and now to everybody's amazement the airline is in debt. I heard they loose about 1Million € a day. :shock:
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Another bad flight was Rome-Milan on board Alitalia. The Airline's name tells u everything there is no need to comment.
Oh yeah, I could add every flight I've ever taken on that airline to my list of negatives as well... :x
I pretty understand you It's no wonder to me that nobody flies Alitalia , unless the ticket is cheap or it's their only choice. All my Flights have been dreadful with this airline.Poor service, rude flight crew,poor communication skills (I hardly understood what they say in English, How can the ICAO allow that?) and now to everybody's amazement the airline is in debt. I heard they loose about 1Million € a day. :shock:
And they are merging with another airline :wink:
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Another bad flight was Rome-Milan on board Alitalia. The Airline's name tells u everything there is no need to comment.
Oh yeah, I could add every flight I've ever taken on that airline to my list of negatives as well... :x
I pretty understand you It's no wonder to me that nobody flies Alitalia , unless the ticket is cheap or it's their only choice. All my Flights have been dreadful with this airline.Poor service, rude flight crew,poor communication skills (I hardly understood what they say in English, How can the ICAO allow that?) and now to everybody's amazement the airline is in debt. I heard they loose about 1Million € a day. :shock:
And they are merging with another airline :wink:
Not really merging. They say Air France-KLM wants to buy it. They will for sure lay off a lot of employees. And they say that Rome FCO is going to be their Hub.
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But what was so bad about Malaysia?
Malaysia has great flight crews, great food....but their economy is the worst I've ever had to endure. The seats are firm and not comfortable what so ever to me, a little narrow, and if your long legged as in my case your knees are pushing into the seat in front of you. At least with AA there was actually decent room and my knees didn't even touch the next seat. That leg room MH boasts about must be in Buisness :? Then came the recline feature. They really boast about the 34 inch pitch. Its great except when the guy ahead of you uses it. Already had no leg room, he reclined literally pinning my legs...there was no way I could get up if I wanted to.
Overall I would fly them maybe on a short flight...but never two 14+ hour long hauls. I just wasn't impressed with the comfort factor for the price I paid. I could stretch out completely on a little AA ERJ-145...had plenty of room on the 757 & MD-83....my something as big as a 747-400 and I found myself a prisoner of my seat :cry:
This rather sounded as if your experiences with US ground staff weren't quite that good
Ground staff in most airports...not a problem...LAX customs department...I think I'd rather die then go through that again :roll: I work in veal and hog barns...We literally treat our livestock with more respect, the only thing LAX is missing is cattle prods :!:
If only every airport could be like little Fort Wayne (FWA)...they have awards for their ground staff. Always friendly smiles, treats everyone like a human instead of livestock. Greats each person as they come through the gate...after a long trip touching down at FWA and stepping into the terminal....you know your home :D The gate agent actually remembered me after 3 weeks, he was the one who checked me in when I left. Instead of the usual hello I was asked how Taiwan was :shock: Soon as you walk out of the security area upon return you are greeted again by someone handing out cookies to whoever wants them (just sugar cookies in little plastic bags but actually quite tasty...usually its an older person generally a women, always feels like a homely touch 8) Staff tend to remember people if there was something unusual...like going international...they don't get to many people through there who are headed out of the country other then maybe Mexico or Canada...so someone heading to farther then North America usually sticks in someones mind. You go through FWA and it really spoils you knowing how your treated at most major airports.
But FWA is a very small regional airport with only a hand full of flights a day. Till Allegiant Air moved in shortly after my return the largest passenger birds to land at FWA were 50 seat ERJ-s and CRJ-s. The staff are not constantly hit with floods of people. They say be at the airport 2 hours ahead of time...at FWA you can check in, chat with the staff, get through security while having a conversation with them also, and make it to your gate in a minute. Just so your there before check-in closes your fine. You simply can not beat the FWA experience... :lol:
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But what was so bad about Malaysia?
Malaysia has great flight crews, great food....but their economy is the worst I've ever had to endure. The seats are firm and not comfortable what so ever to me, a little narrow, and if your long legged as in my case your knees are pushing into the seat in front of you. At least with AA there was actually decent room and my knees didn't even touch the next seat. That leg room MH boasts about must be in Buisness :? Then came the recline feature. They really boast about the 34 inch pitch. Its great except when the guy ahead of you uses it. Already had no leg room, he reclined literally pinning my legs...there was no way I could get up if I wanted to.
Overall I would fly them maybe on a short flight...but never two 14+ hour long hauls. I just wasn't impressed with the comfort factor for the price I paid. I could stretch out completely on a little AA ERJ-145...had plenty of room on the 757 & MD-83....my something as big as a 747-400 and I found myself a prisoner of my seat :cry:
This rather sounded as if your experiences with US ground staff weren't quite that good
Ground staff in most airports...not a problem...LAX customs department...I think I'd rather die then go through that again :roll: I work in veal and hog barns...We literally treat our livestock with more respect, the only thing LAX is missing is cattle prods :!:
If only every airport could be like little Fort Wayne (FWA)...they have awards for their ground staff. Always friendly smiles, treats everyone like a human instead of livestock. Greats each person as they come through the gate...after a long trip touching down at FWA and stepping into the terminal....you know your home :D The gate agent actually remembered me after 3 weeks, he was the one who checked me in when I left. Instead of the usual hello I was asked how Taiwan was :shock: Soon as you walk out of the security area upon return you are greeted again by someone handing out cookies to whoever wants them (just sugar cookies in little plastic bags but actually quite tasty...usually its an older person generally a women, always feels like a homely touch 8) Staff tend to remember people if there was something unusual...like going international...they don't get to many people through there who are headed out of the country other then maybe Mexico or Canada...so someone heading to farther then North America usually sticks in someones mind. You go through FWA and it really spoils you knowing how your treated at most major airports.
But FWA is a very small regional airport with only a hand full of flights a day. Till Allegiant Air moved in shortly after my return the largest passenger birds to land at FWA were 50 seat ERJ-s and CRJ-s. The staff are not constantly hit with floods of people. They say be at the airport 2 hours ahead of time...at FWA you can check in, chat with the staff, get through security while having a conversation with them also, and make it to your gate in a minute. Just so your there before check-in closes your fine. You simply can not beat the FWA experience... :lol:
I see u took the MH flight that leaves LAX, the flight to Kuala Lumpur via TPE.
I remember an MH flight departing on the next gate that was beside my CX flight to HKG.Hehe the flight was after midnight. Im wondering if it's the same MH flight. Btw I know this MH guy that will flame you if he sees ur comment about Mh.Hahaha. Im sad to know that u didnt find in MH the so called Malaysian Hospitality. Try to search on you tube this is MH and tell me if that is really how it feels to ride MH. But strangely in contrast to my AA i rate AA one of the worst
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I see u took the MH flight that leaves LAX, the flight to Kuala Lumpur via TPE.
I remember an MH flight departing on the next gate that was beside my CX flight to HKG.Hehe the flight was after midnight. Im wondering if it's the same MH flight.
Yep...MH 95 according to my old ticket stubs it was supposed to depart at 1:40AM for TPE. The flight back to LAX (MH 94) arrives at 6:30PM or in my case it ended up being more like 7:45PM. Those are the only MH flights to LAX. When was your CX flight?
Try to search on you tube this is MH and tell me if that is really how it feels to ride MH.
Sure it is...if your in first or business :roll: That ad is just like every other airline ad. They show people relaxing in big comfy beds, or stretched out with tons of leg room. They use only the first and business class seats in detail for those ads. Only caught one glimpse of the economy section in the entire ad and it really only showed the tops of the seats...you cant see the cramped leg room.
The staff, food etc is great but the seating is a bit ridiculous. When you spend about a $1000 just for those 2 flights you expect better comfort. :? Its just way to cramped for a long haul :cry:
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Dunno, I never flew them on transpac (only FRA-KUL and KUL-Australia). Although I must admit that SQ is better in many terms I still love the MH FA's and groundstaff. Their hub isn't too bad either, but it's no comparison to SIN.
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Yep...MH 95 according to my old ticket stubs it was supposed to depart at 1:40AM for TPE. The flight back to LAX (MH 94) arrives at 6:30PM or in my case it ended up being more like 7:45PM. Those are the only MH flights to LAX. When was your CX flight?
So my memory was right, my flight also left LAX at that same time I remember MH pax boarding their flight 10min before mine.(they we're near Cx's gate) The flight was to KL via TPE. If ur asking about the time of my CX flight to HKG it was almost at the same time as MH's if ur asking about the period it was last year. Well it really depends on the plane I also took onetime a CX flight were seats were really small and I had a hard time in it. Strange though for a B747 but luckily the flight was only 2hrs. only. You must have been unlucky, but try making a long haul with AA, I couldn't stand a 3hrs flight, Im dreading a 8hrs and above flight.But one thing I can assure you My money on that CX flight was worth it, nice FAs, good IFE and tasty food outbound from HKG, they were serving food made in restaurants and not in catering. I nvr flew business and first, only economy :cry: but I was lucky enough to fly with a lot of airlines. I think i flew with almost every European airline, some Asian and only one American. Sometimes my choices are influenced by Alliance partners. I choose airlines that will make me earn miles, speaking about miles Im wondering what happened on my last flight with BA.
If you ever gonna fly with an European Airline i recommend British airways and Austrian Airlines. Both Airlines dont offer much refreshments like other do but they're the experience was quite good. On BA i got to try AVOD system. Although i hear its normal on emirates.But anyway wish u better luck on ur next flight. btw CX's commercial show economy class , the one i saw was a crowded economy, but you can avail of their service straight from the heart and CXstudio. CX should pay me LOL i talk so good about the airline.
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Dunno, I never flew them on transpac (only FRA-KUL and KUL-Australia). Although I must admit that SQ is better in many terms I still love the MH FA's and groundstaff. Their hub isn't too bad either, but it's no comparison to SIN.
Well SQ beats almost every airline in the world. It's always first in everything.
1st to fly the A380 for example. Btw congratulation to SQ for being the best airline in the world in 2007, stealing the recognition from CX winner of 2005 and 2006. But i have to Admit CX is cutting down on many costs, offering less service to its passengers.
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Btw I know this MH guy that will flame you if he sees ur comment about MH
u talking bout me, ain't ya?
and Triple_7, if u realized, u took the worst MH route... If you took KUL-LHR or whatever, you'll see a big difference...
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THe worst flight in the word that could possibly happen is being sat next to dktc for 12 hours :shock:
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THe worst flight in the word that could possibly happen is being sat next to dktc for 12 hours :shock:
Have you done it? :D
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No, and never will :shock:
I'd jump out of the plane!
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THe worst flight in the word that could possibly happen is being sat next to dktc for 12 hours :shock:
How could you say such a thing? :P
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Btw I know this MH guy that will flame you if he sees ur comment about MH
u talking bout me, ain't ya?
and Triple_7, if u realized, u took the worst MH route... If you took KUL-LHR or whatever, you'll see a big difference...
LOL, well to tell the truth I was really thinking about you when i wrote that, but there are also other Loyal MH ppol i know.
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THe worst flight in the word that could possibly happen is being sat next to dktc for 12 hours :shock:
How could you say such a thing? :P
Because Hampo has the idea that i fancy him :roll:
Actually, I am quite the gentleman on a plane, with my mature side showing :wink:
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Sounds absolutely disgusting :lol:
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Sounds absolutely disgusting :lol:
:roll: What were you thinking?
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Sounds absolutely disgusting :lol:
:cry:
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It's just that I'm having a hard time imagining his mature side. Usually, mature people who act like kids have a zoo in their back yard.
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It's just that I'm having a hard time imagining his mature side. Usually, mature people who act like kids have a zoo in their back yard.
:shock: You spying on me?
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Crap.
*tries to escape*
(Note: the above should by no means be seen as an excuse to start another italicized-comment-"action"-thread. Inappropriate posts will be deleted.)
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Two come to mind. Alitalia FCO-CDG... flight itself wasnt' bad at all. It was trying to get on it that sucked although in comparison to other nightmares it was minor. On honeymoon and taking the early flight out of Rome to Paris to have a full day. Had I known about morning fog in Rome I woulda gone to PAR the night before! The 6 morning flights, cancelled. After two hours of trying to get my luggage back (and finally succeeding) I managed to bludgeon groundstaff into endorsing my tix over to AF. Made zero difference... except now the groundstaff were contract and cared even less. In the end we got punted BACK to Alitalia and on the 1 PM flight when we shoulda been on the 6 AM.
It gets better. WE MISS THE FLIGHT. Being stupid Americans we trust the screens showing gate info and stay in the lounge. Only then do I find out that the posted gate was not only incorrect, it was 5 gate changes ago! We track down the right gate about 10 minutes after they close the door. Back to the lounge, lather, rinse, repeat. Rebooked on 3:20 flight. This time we learn and go to the gate an hour early. Same gate change gauntlet... except this time no one knows where they moved the flight. Finally wandering in desperation I see a line of people filing out a door down to a bus. Gate has ZERO info posted whatsoever. I go ask the GA if it's AZxxx and she nods. We kinda looked at each other and shrugged and figured if it wasn't we'd figure it out when we got wherever the hell the plane was going (it was the right flight). Only other issue would be that the MD-80 was almost as clean as the Flatbush Ave subway platform in New York and everyone stuffed everything they owned into the first four bins so we had no overhead space. The FA's just shrugged and strapped our hand-luggage to two empty seats. At least the beer was good. :)
Second was just flipping horrible. Flying AA from MIA to LHR. Despite knowing better I don't bother to check the seat out before we push. I'm so exhausted I crash out the moment I sit down and strap in. Wake up about 25 minutes after takeoff and go to swivel the seat so I can recline. No go. I call the FA, he can't get it working either. The manual controls don't work, so somehow the thing jammed. EVERY seat on the flight was full (overbooked) so they had no place to put me... so I spent what was supposed to be sleep-time sitting bolt upright for 8 hours. AA did make good on the flight though and gave me an MCO for the one-way cost of the ticket and the miles back from the upgrade. I'dve rather had the sleep though; I managed to reschedule meetings to the afternoon but was still a wreck.
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I'm waiting for Stephen to share his :twisted:
THe worst flight in the word that could possibly happen is being sat next to dktc for 12 hours :shock:
How could you say such a thing? :P
Would you make a proper post! :P
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Ryanair FR3125 from Valladolid (VLL) In Central Spain to London Stansted (STN) last year. It was 3 hours delayed and we were stuck in the tiny departure lounge for 4 hours. Boarding was the normal running for the stairs, we were aboard EI-CSN (The plane of evil) which follows me about and I flew on a few years before - London Stansted (STN) to Treviso (TSF) (FR advertises it as Venice) in Northern Italy. The plane is the old cloth interior, the cabin stunk like cheap perfume and cattle, the plane was dirty on the inside, the seats were ass-numbbing and the seat pocket was filled with used chewing gum.
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All flights on Cathay Pacific and Dragonair.
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All flights on Cathay Pacific and Dragonair.
Care to explain? They are both quite good :?
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All flights on Cathay Pacific and Dragonair.
Care to explain? They are both quite good :?
Those FAs were unkind to me.
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All flights on Cathay Pacific and Dragonair.
Care to explain? They are both quite good :?
Those FAs were unkind to me.
LOL u must have done something bad!! I must say that CX FAs are good. I noticed on Mmy MNL-HKG flight that they were so kind and helpful especially with passenger carrying children. HKG-LAX sad to say but im a little bit clumsy and i managed to loose my passport, I immediately received full assistance from CX FAs. Luckily I found my Passport. HKG-AMS I should have taken the flight to Amsterdam but due to some problems with my documents they boarded my on a HKG-FCO(Rome) flight since the flight for FCO was supposed to depart earlier they halted the flight and made us catch it. Once again full assistance from both ground and Flight crew. Regarding KA i cant say how they serve and treat passengers, I only took a codeshare flight it was Codeshared with Air China to Tianjin, Flight was horrible but food great, FAs need more training only 2 FAs serving the whole plane, Which in fact was a boeing something(I dont remember now the type) but it could have carried 150 pax.
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Only Singapore Airlines' FAs treated me nicely.
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Only Singapore Airlines' FAs treated me nicely.
Oh the Singapore Girl, now I understand. :D
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My worst flight was in 1996 when i was only 4 :P didn't remember much but my parents did. it was on a British Midland 737 Glasgow - Las Palmas. for a 4 1/2 hour flight the toilets wernt working! and my mum had to hold up the tray that hold your food because it was broken.
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Worst was ether Ted from Den-RNO or United LAX-SYD.
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Only Singapore Airlines' FAs treated me nicely.
You have to fly on more airlines (esp. US based ones :roll: )
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No one can say they have had a bad flight until you fly in America. Trust me, it is bad here.
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No one can say they have had a bad flight until you fly in America. Trust me, it is bad here.
I would believe it if you have flown QR "domestic" as well.... worse than US based carriers. At least you could scream at the ground staff in US, but the QR ground staff scream at you :roll:
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Have you ever watched the tv programe called Airliners? It is funny how mad people get at SouthWest
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Have you ever watched the tv programe called Airliners? It is funny how mad people get at SouthWest
no, never. But I just exploded at a CO ground staff at EWR 2 days ago :lol:
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funny, i like watching people get mad at the airline for something they didn't do.
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Have you ever watched the tv programe called Airliners? It is funny how mad people get at SouthWest
no, never. But I just exploded at a CO ground staff at EWR 2 days ago :lol:
My word, did you receive "help" after that? :lol:
Worst flight? [DAL] B757-200; The person next to me took up his seat and a little of mine :roll:
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No one can say they have had a bad flight until you fly in America. Trust me, it is bad here.
And i thought that Alitalia was ....... but then American Airlines amazed me LAS-DFW, now that was really crap
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I had that too on a WLG-SYD Qantas 737-400 flight. How do they treat those hugely obese people that wouldn't physically fit into an economy seat? Do they seat them in their own row and tell them as nicely as possible that they're not just huge, they summin else!
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In America if you take up part of the other seat you have to bye another ticket for it.
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In America if you take up part of the other seat you have to bye another ticket for it.
Yeah, the flight was "supposedly" full. Darn flight attendant :roll:
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Have you ever watched the tv programe called Airliners? It is funny how mad people get at SouthWest
no, never. But I just exploded at a CO ground staff at EWR 2 days ago :lol:
My word, did you receive "help" after that? :lol:
I did :lol:
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In America if you take up part of the other seat you have to bye another ticket for it.
Yeah, the flight was "supposedly" full. Darn flight attendant :roll:
Well, then they have to load him off. He can't use a seat someone else has paid for.
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I tried to put the arm rest down, but :shock: no work :(
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My worst flight was Dragonair flight 483
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No one can say they have had a bad flight until you fly in America. Trust me, it is bad here.
Noone can say they've had a BAD flight until they've flow Mesa(or SouthWorst)......
I very RARELY have bad flights.... But then I know what to try and avoid when booking. And I fly domestically almost exclusively......
Domestic US airline travel is a commodity. Stop expecting to be treated like you paid thousands for a ticket, when you paid $150...... An airline that gets me to my destination, with the least amount of hassle, within a reasonable time frame, with whatever baggage I brought with is half-way decent. A well-maintained aircraft, that is reasonably cleaned, and a flight crew that realizes their job and performs them, is what I ask. I don't need 14 forms of in-flight entertainment, nine differing food or drink services or china. Be reasonable in your expectations, and you will experience ALOT less dissapointments in life.
The US version of Airline is a fair representation of the nonsense that goes on with SouthWorst. They are the flying version of Greyhound Bus Company. They market themselves to the lowest common denominator of leisure travelers. Their high frequencies appeal to business people. Ever see any 'road-warriors' show on that TV show????? No, but that is for a reason, people experienced in business travel realize that weather delays happen, and don't get drunk in the airport bar about it. They realize SouthWorst's ticketing and check-in policies and abide by them...
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A couple years ago I flew out to Chicago to see Madonna out there. I went to see my third show on a Sunday night and my last night in the city. Afterwards a club called Berlin was having a special Madonna night (first Sunday of the month is Madonna night out there) so I ventured over there. I rarely tell people I am from out of town when I go out for safety reasons even though I am a guy but I'm not stupid but I made the mistake of telling this chick that I was from out of town. I'd already had two drinks and was about to hit my limit of three but she insisted on buying me more drinks! After the club closed at 4am I had seven drinks, mix of cocktails and shots. Anyways I end up talking to this boy and we head over to the lake I look at the time after a few and realize that my shuttle is picking me up in two hours and my hotel is waaaaay on the other side of town! So I flag a taxi get back to the red line and toss my cookies all over the tracks. I ended up passing out on the red line and end up 5 stops from where I was supposed to get off at. I make it back to the hotel 15 minutes before the shuttle is to arrive and almost puke again brushing my teeth, no time to shower (BLAH!). I end up missing my flight because of traffic and I still smell like alcohol. The nice ticket agent for AA puts me on stand by on a Denver flight and I pass out for a bit at the gate waiting for my flight. Ah now comes the great part! I get on the flight and I am in the middle seat. I hate middle seats but that was all that was available. The flight just reaches cruising and I toss my cookies AGAIN! OMG the poor people sitting next to me. The lady in the aisle was very nice and helped me clean up but there wasn't much to clean up since for once there was a barf bag. The thing that really sucks is that pretty much the only thing in my tummy at the time was those green breath mint strips. Till this day I can put one in my mouth cause I'll gag and I can't really drink anymore because of this whole ordeal. Sorry for the long post but I had to build up to the airplane part.